• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 49, Issue 7, 20201023 (2020)
Gongpei Pan1, Xuefeng Du2, and Jun Zhao3
Author Affiliations
  • 1南京理工大学 化工学院,江苏 南京 210094
  • 2沈阳理工大学 装备工程学院,辽宁 沈阳 110159
  • 3北京华如科技股份有限公司,北京 100193
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20201023 Cite this Article
    Gongpei Pan, Xuefeng Du, Jun Zhao. Experimental study on extinction characteristics of aqueous foam(Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(7): 20201023 Copy Citation Text show less
    Independent air bubble
    Fig. 1. Independent air bubble
    Discrete foam group
    Fig. 2. Discrete foam group
    Conglutinated foam aggregate
    Fig. 3. Conglutinated foam aggregate
    Foams cloud
    Fig. 4. Foams cloud
    Aqueous foam for measurement and foam cylinder for sampling
    Fig. 5. Aqueous foam for measurement and foam cylinder for sampling
    Principle of measurement
    Fig. 6. Principle of measurement
    Schematic of OPAG33 testing
    Fig. 7. Schematic of OPAG33 testing
    Scene of infrared extinction test of foams cloud
    Fig. 8. Scene of infrared extinction test of foams cloud
    Relation between infrared transmittance and time at different wavelengths
    Fig. 9. Relation between infrared transmittance and time at different wavelengths
    Foam infrared extinction coefficient vs wavelength diagram
    Fig. 10. Foam infrared extinction coefficient vs wavelength diagram
    Masking effect with SAT-HY6800 focal plane thermal image
    Fig. 11. Masking effect with SAT-HY6800 focal plane thermal image
    Extinction performance test system for laser(1.06, 10.6 μm)
    Fig. 12. Extinction performance test system for laser(1.06, 10.6 μm)
    Attenuation curves of different thickness foam with different bubble size distributions of 4−7 mm to 1.06 μm laser
    Fig. 13. Attenuation curves of different thickness foam with different bubble size distributions of 4−7 mm to 1.06 μm laser
    Attenuation curves of different thickness foam with bubble size distributions of 4−7 mm to 10.6 μm laser
    Fig. 14. Attenuation curves of different thickness foam with bubble size distributions of 4−7 mm to 10.6 μm laser
    Testing system for attenuation characteristics of foam to mm wave
    Fig. 15. Testing system for attenuation characteristics of foam to mm wave
    Attenuation effect with thickness of 20 cm to 8 mm wave
    Fig. 16. Attenuation effect with thickness of 20 cm to 8 mm wave
    Attenuation effect with thickness of 80 cm to 8 mm wave(foam bubble size distribution of 2-3.5 cm)
    Fig. 17. Attenuation effect with thickness of 80 cm to 8 mm wave(foam bubble size distribution of 2-3.5 cm)
    Attenuation effect with thickness of 80 cm to 8 mm wave(foam bubble size distribution of 0.8-2 cm)
    Fig. 18. Attenuation effect with thickness of 80 cm to 8 mm wave(foam bubble size distribution of 0.8-2 cm)
    Schematic diagram of measurement system for centimeter-wave attenuation characteristics
    Fig. 19. Schematic diagram of measurement system for centimeter-wave attenuation characteristics
    Attenuation effect with thickness of 20 cm to 2, 3 cm centimeter-wave
    Fig. 20. Attenuation effect with thickness of 20 cm to 2, 3 cm centimeter-wave
    Attenuation effect with thickness of 60 cm to 2, 3 cm centimeter-wave
    Fig. 21. Attenuation effect with thickness of 60 cm to 2, 3 cm centimeter-wave
    Attenuation effect with thickness of 80 cm to 2, 3 cm centimeter-wave
    Fig. 22. Attenuation effect with thickness of 80 cm to 2, 3 cm centimeter-wave
    Four types of foam interface
    Fig. 23. Four types of foam interface
    Thickness of foams camouflage effect Thickness / cm
    1213141520
    5.27%3.51%2.56%1.83%0
    5.35%3.21%1.93%0.59%0
    Table 1. Transmittance of different thickness of foams
    \begin{document}${T_{b0}}$\end{document}/K \begin{document}${T_{a0}}$\end{document}/K \begin{document}${T_b}$\end{document}/K \begin{document}${T_a}$\end{document}/K \begin{document}${C_m}$\end{document}/g·m−3\begin{document}$l$\end{document}/m \begin{document}${M_c}$\end{document}/m2·g−1
    Background295.29317.22
    Sample 1295.29317.22294.82291.0111.940.350.451
    Sample 2295.29317.22295.03290.8110.830.410.402
    Sample 3295.29317.22301.56304.4712.030.380.449
    Sample 4295.29317.22302.61306.5311.780.350.422
    Sample 5295.29317.22302.29296.9211.050.310.430
    Avg.=0.431
    Table 2. Infrared extinction coefficient of foam on un-cooling focal plane thermal image with SAT-HY6800
    Thickness/cm125710
    1.06 μm transmittance 57.25%47.03%26.23%12.00%6.02%
    10.6 μm transmittance61.97%52.98%41.63%23.04%7.63%
    Table 3. Average transmittance of laser with different thickness of foam bubble size distribution of 4−7 mm
    Foam bubble size1.3−2.5 cm4−7 mm0.8−2 mm
    1.06 μm transmittance17.86%6.02%0
    10.6 μm transmittance48.98%7.63%0
    Table 4. Average transmittance of laser with thickness of 10 cm different foam bubble size distributions(1.06 μm,10.6 μm)
    CategoryMinMaxAvg
    Attenuation decibels / dB16.0813.8214.93
    Transmittance2.47%4.15%3.21%
    Table 5. Test results of 3 mm millimeter-wave with thickness of 20 cm foams
    Thickness /cm2 cm/dBResult of 2 cm3 cm /dBResult of 3 cm
    202.316.8%8.542.5%
    6012.581.2%17.492.3%
    8029.9100%18.190.5%
    Table 6. Test results of 2, 3 cm centimeter-wave with different thickness foams
    Gongpei Pan, Xuefeng Du, Jun Zhao. Experimental study on extinction characteristics of aqueous foam(Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(7): 20201023
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