Thermal Modeling and Imaging of As-built Vehicle Components 2006-01-1167
This paper addresses the issue of thermal modeling of vehicle components where the 3D models of the components are not traditional CAD models derived from engineering drawings but are models derived from 3D-imaging scans of existing real-world objects. A “reverse engineering” pipeline is presented that uses 3D scanners to capture the geometry of an existing object from different views and then integrates these multiple views into a single 3D surface mesh description of the object. This process requires no a priori CAD drawings of the object and thus enables modeling in situations where the original manufacturer no longer exists or soldiers have made undocumented field modifications. The paper further discusses the use of these generated 3D models to simulate thermal imaging properties of the object using the Multi Service Electro-Optic Signature (MuSES) software. Thus, given an object of interest, this paper explores, first generating a 3D model of the object and, second, analyzing the thermal signature through simulation. As a third step, this paper investigates the experimental achievability and limitations of thermal image simulation of vehicle components.
Citation: Koschan, A., Govindasamy, P., Sukumar, S., Page, D. et al., "Thermal Modeling and Imaging of As-built Vehicle Components," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-1167, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-1167. Download Citation
Author(s):
Andreas Koschan, Priya Govindasamy, Sreenivas Sukumar, David Page, Mongi Abidi, David Gorsich
Affiliated:
The University of Tennessee
Pages: 12
Event:
SAE 2006 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Military Vehicles-SP-2040
Related Topics:
Scale models
Simulators
Simulation and modeling
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