| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N32488/01 |
| Title: |
BIOMIMETIC DEPLOYABLE CAMOUFLAGE SYSTEMS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Vincent, Professor J |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Bath |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
13 October 2000 |
Ends: |
12 October 2003 |
Value (£): |
43,806
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Biological & Medicinal Chem. |
Development (Biosciences) |
| Materials testing & eng. |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
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Adaptive deployable camouflage has military advantage in terms of the weight to be carried and better match with the background. There are many examples of camouflage in nature, and most organisms have some element of deployment in their structure.We shall quantify deployment mechanisms in terms of their speed of deployment and the volume of the environment which can be addressed per unit weight of the mechanism. This will involve mechanical and behavioral studies, together with appreciation of material properties and scaling effects. Implementation of such mechanisms will probably use simple engineering, though the design may well be sophisticated.The colour change mechanisms in nature will also be investigated with special emphasis on time constants, which have not been properly investigated. Implementation can use either physical or chemical techniques - for instance gel-based mechanisms could mimic cuttlefish chromatophores.The demonstrator implementation will include feedback controls for deployment, reflection and colour.
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