1-D Thermal Modeling of Layered Materials in Outdoor Environments. Countermine Phenomenology Program

Abstract

This report describes a physics-based, but relatively simple, thermal infrared computational tool that can be used in a personal computer (PC) environment to predict temperature profiles of layered media. The tool is a one-dimensional finite difference simulation code (written in FORTRAN) that is executed through a graphical user interface. Its current utility is in helping to design field tests of airborne mine detection sensor systems and to analyze the results of those tests to better understand the performance of the sensor in different environmental conditions. The tool does not address the separate issues of two-and three-dimensional effects, sensor hardware performance, sensor flight paths, or targeting algorithms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA444090

Entities

People

  • John O. Curtis

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Flux Density
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Optical Properties
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space