TY - CONF
T1 - Implementation of a fast and low cost IR-NDT technique by means of a Square PulseModulated Lock-In Thermography
AU - Pitarresi, Giuseppe
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This work describes the development of an IR-NDT procedure based on a lock-in signal treatment in the frequency domain to obtain phase-contrast defect signatures. Heat stimulation is obtained by periodically shattering a common low-power halogen lamp. The delivered heat is then modulated as a train of square waves with multi-frequency harmonic content. The proposed lock-in algorithm is able to selectively retrieve phase and amplitude information at various frequencies of the acquired temperature, acting also as a narrow band filter to improve defect-signature to noise ratio. The procedure is implemented and evaluated by means of low cost IR equipment to investigate artificially defected thick Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) panels.
AB - This work describes the development of an IR-NDT procedure based on a lock-in signal treatment in the frequency domain to obtain phase-contrast defect signatures. Heat stimulation is obtained by periodically shattering a common low-power halogen lamp. The delivered heat is then modulated as a train of square waves with multi-frequency harmonic content. The proposed lock-in algorithm is able to selectively retrieve phase and amplitude information at various frequencies of the acquired temperature, acting also as a narrow band filter to improve defect-signature to noise ratio. The procedure is implemented and evaluated by means of low cost IR equipment to investigate artificially defected thick Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) panels.
KW - Glass Fibre Reinforced
KW - Infrared Thermography
KW - Lock In Thermograpghy
KW - NDT
KW - Glass Fibre Reinforced
KW - Infrared Thermography
KW - Lock In Thermograpghy
KW - NDT
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/64846
M3 - Other
ER -