It is important to understand how ballistic materials respond to impact from projectiles such that informed decisions can be made in the design process of protective armour systems. Ballistic testing is a standards-ba...It is important to understand how ballistic materials respond to impact from projectiles such that informed decisions can be made in the design process of protective armour systems. Ballistic testing is a standards-based process where materials are tested to determine whether they meet protection, safety and performance criteria. For the V50ballistic test, projectiles are fired at different velocities to determine a key design parameter known as the ballistic limit velocity(BLV), the velocity above which projectiles perforate the target. These tests, however, are destructive by nature and as such there can be considerable associated costs, especially when studying complex armour materials and systems. This study proposes a unique solution to the problem using a recent class of machine learning system known as the Generative Adversarial Network(GAN). The GAN can be used to generate new ballistic samples as opposed to performing additional destructive experiments. A GAN network architecture is tested and trained on three different ballistic data sets, and their performance is compared. The trained networks were able to successfully produce ballistic curves with an overall RMSE of between 10 and 20 % and predicted the V50BLV in each case with an error of less than 5 %. The results demonstrate that it is possible to train generative networks on a limited number of ballistic samples and use the trained network to generate many new samples representative of the data that it was trained on. The paper spotlights the benefits that generative networks can bring to ballistic applications and provides an alternative to expensive testing during the early stages of the design process.展开更多
针对现有合成孔径雷达(SAR)图像数据生成方法大多无法同时生成舰船图像及其检测标签的问题,面向SAR舰船图像生成及目标检测任务,构建基于位置信息的条件生成对抗网络(PCGAN).首先,提出将舰船位置信息作为约束条件用于限制生成图像中舰...针对现有合成孔径雷达(SAR)图像数据生成方法大多无法同时生成舰船图像及其检测标签的问题,面向SAR舰船图像生成及目标检测任务,构建基于位置信息的条件生成对抗网络(PCGAN).首先,提出将舰船位置信息作为约束条件用于限制生成图像中舰船的位置,并将其作为舰船图像的检测标签;随后,引入Wasserstein距离稳定PCGAN的训练过程;最后,利用生成的SAR舰船图像及对应检测标签完成YOLOv3网络的端到端训练,实现舰船数据增强与目标检测的协同学习,进而获得更耦合目标检测实际应用的多样性数据.在HRSID(high resolution SAR image dataset)数据集上的实验结果表明,PCGAN方法能生成清晰、鲁棒的SAR舰船数据,舰船检测准确度最高提升1.01%,验证了所提出方法的有效性.展开更多
基金supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number: EP/N509644/1]。
文摘It is important to understand how ballistic materials respond to impact from projectiles such that informed decisions can be made in the design process of protective armour systems. Ballistic testing is a standards-based process where materials are tested to determine whether they meet protection, safety and performance criteria. For the V50ballistic test, projectiles are fired at different velocities to determine a key design parameter known as the ballistic limit velocity(BLV), the velocity above which projectiles perforate the target. These tests, however, are destructive by nature and as such there can be considerable associated costs, especially when studying complex armour materials and systems. This study proposes a unique solution to the problem using a recent class of machine learning system known as the Generative Adversarial Network(GAN). The GAN can be used to generate new ballistic samples as opposed to performing additional destructive experiments. A GAN network architecture is tested and trained on three different ballistic data sets, and their performance is compared. The trained networks were able to successfully produce ballistic curves with an overall RMSE of between 10 and 20 % and predicted the V50BLV in each case with an error of less than 5 %. The results demonstrate that it is possible to train generative networks on a limited number of ballistic samples and use the trained network to generate many new samples representative of the data that it was trained on. The paper spotlights the benefits that generative networks can bring to ballistic applications and provides an alternative to expensive testing during the early stages of the design process.
文摘针对现有合成孔径雷达(SAR)图像数据生成方法大多无法同时生成舰船图像及其检测标签的问题,面向SAR舰船图像生成及目标检测任务,构建基于位置信息的条件生成对抗网络(PCGAN).首先,提出将舰船位置信息作为约束条件用于限制生成图像中舰船的位置,并将其作为舰船图像的检测标签;随后,引入Wasserstein距离稳定PCGAN的训练过程;最后,利用生成的SAR舰船图像及对应检测标签完成YOLOv3网络的端到端训练,实现舰船数据增强与目标检测的协同学习,进而获得更耦合目标检测实际应用的多样性数据.在HRSID(high resolution SAR image dataset)数据集上的实验结果表明,PCGAN方法能生成清晰、鲁棒的SAR舰船数据,舰船检测准确度最高提升1.01%,验证了所提出方法的有效性.
