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Abstract. If commanders are to have the freedom to move around
the battlespace to locations where they can best influence the
battle at the critical time and place they must be
sure in the knowledge that they can do so undetected.
Infrared (IR) sensors, with ever increasing sensitivity, are now well
established in the land environment. IR signature management is therefore
becoming evermore pertinent in that environment. Innovative design and the
use of modern materials can reduce the external temperature range
of a vehicle but can be expensive. It is therefore
paramount that vulnerable areas on a vehicle are identified so
that appropriate thermal camouflage can be applied in the most
cost-effective manner. High-fidelity thermal signature models are available but are
time consuming to run and heavy on computer processing power.
A simple, easy to use thermal signature model would provide
a ready alternative to the more exacting complex models. Whilst
not attempting to replace the high-fidelity models for the detailed
analysis of thermal signatures, a simple model would have utility
as a first filter of trials data and the initial
testing of signature reduction concepts. A single temperature difference model
of the Main Battle Tank for input into a Minimum
Resolvable Temperature Difference (MRTD) model is presented. The model is
used to predict detection range reduction and thereby identify the
areas on a MBT that require thermal signature reduction.
Related topics:
main battle tank, IR signature, surveillance and target acquisition
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