Development and application of infrared thermography non-destructive testing techniques

Z Qu, P Jiang, W Zhang - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Effective testing of defects in various materials is an important guarantee to ensure its safety
performance. Compared with traditional non-destructive testing (NDT) methods, infrared …

Progress and trends in non-destructive testing for thermal barrier coatings based on infrared thermography: A review

J Zhu, Z Mao, D Wu, J Zhou, D Jiao, W Shi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), as effective thermal protection separating the substrate
from high-temperature combustion gases and reducing the substrate temperature, are …

Review of pulsed thermal NDT: Physical principles, theory and data processing

VP Vavilov, DD Burleigh - Ndt & E International, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper summarizes the basics of pulsed thermal nondestructive testing (TNDT) including
theoretical solutions, data processing algorithms and practical implementation. Typical …

Temporal and spatial deep learning network for infrared thermal defect detection

Q Luo, B Gao, WL Woo, Y Yang - Ndt & E International, 2019 - Elsevier
Most common types of defects for composite are debond and delamination. It is difficult to
detect the inner defects on a complex shaped specimen by using conventional optical …

A lightweight spatial and temporal multi-feature fusion network for defect detection

B Hu, B Gao, WL Woo, L Ruan, J Jin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a hybrid multi-dimensional features fusion structure of spatial and
temporal segmentation model for automated thermography defects detection. In addition, the …

Evaluation of coating thickness by thermal wave imaging: A comparative study of pulsed and lock-in infrared thermography–Part II: Experimental investigation

R Shrestha, W Kim - Infrared Physics & Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, we focused on the experimental arrangement of thermal wave imaging (TWI)
methods for the quantitative evaluation of non-uniform topcoat thickness of thermal barrier …

Testing and evaluation of thermal-barrier coatings

R Vaßen, Y Kagawa, R Subramanian, P Zombo, D Zhu - Mrs Bulletin, 2012 - cambridge.org
Thermal-barrier coatings are complex systems with properties that largely depend on their
specific microstructure. Their properties change during operation, typically leading to …

Non-destructive testing and evaluation of materials using active thermography and enhancement of signal to noise ratio through data fusion

R Shrestha, W Kim - Infrared Physics & Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Active thermography has emerged as an attractive and reliable technique for non-
destructive testing and evaluation of a variety of materials, structures, and components due …

Multi modal data fusion of PAUT with thermography assisted by Automatic Defect Recognition System (M-ADR) for NDE Applications

PL Sudharsan, T Gantala, K Balasubramaniam - NDT & E International, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we proposed a method for detecting and characterizing defects in metals by
combining the techniques of phased-array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) with pulsed …

Active IR thermography evaluation of coating thickness by determining apparent thermal effusivity

A Moskovchenko, V Vavilov, M Švantner, L Muzika… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pulsed thermography is a common technique for nondestructive testing (NDT) of materials.
This study presents the apparent effusivity method for the quantitative evaluation of coating …