Recent Advances in Active Infrared Thermography for Non-Destructive Testing of Aerospace Components

Sensors
Francesco CiampaMichele Meo

Abstract

Active infrared thermography is a fast and accurate non-destructive evaluation technique that is of particular relevance to the aerospace industry for the inspection of aircraft and helicopters' primary and secondary structures, aero-engine parts, spacecraft components and its subsystems. This review provides an exhaustive summary of most recent active thermographic methods used for aerospace applications according to their physical principle and thermal excitation sources. Besides traditional optically stimulated thermography, which uses external optical radiation such as flashes, heaters and laser systems, novel hybrid thermographic techniques are also investigated. These include ultrasonic stimulated thermography, which uses ultrasonic waves and the local damage resonance effect to enhance the reliability and sensitivity to micro-cracks, eddy current stimulated thermography, which uses cost-effective eddy current excitation to generate induction heating, and microwave thermography, which uses electromagnetic radiation at the microwave frequency bands to provide rapid detection of cracks and delamination. All these techniques are here analysed and numerous examples are provided for different damage scenarios and aerospace com...Continue Reading

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Jul 2, 2020·Sensors·Yanjie WeiDongsheng Zhang
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May 1, 2021·Polymers·Nik Nur Farisha Nik Md Noordin KaharZuratul Ain Abdul Hamid

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delamination
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