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This chapter summarizes applications of both passive and active IR thermography and TNDT, including power generation, civil engineering and buildings, smokestacks, electrical installations, aerospace, petrochemical, automotive industry, art objects, medicine and many others. The discussions are supported by numerous illustrations and an extensive bibliography.
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Vavilov, V., Burleigh, D. (2020). Applications of Thermal/Infrared NDT. In: Infrared Thermography and Thermal Nondestructive Testing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48002-8_11
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