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ThermoPoD: A reliability study on active infrared thermography for the inspection of composite materials

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In this study, a Probability of Detection (PoD) experimental study was carried out in the framework of a Belgian-Quebec/Canada collaborative research project called ThermoPoD. Experiments were implemented on a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) specimen with embedded material simulating delamination. For active infrared thermography, different heating sources (optical or ultrasound), heating forms (pulsed or lock-in), and data processing methods, such as Fourier Transform, Thermal Signal Reconstruction, Wavelet Transform, Differential Absolute Contrast, and Principal Component Thermography are of interest. In the present study, the effects of various data processing methods on PoD curves are compared.

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  1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China

    Yuxia Duan

  2. Computer Vision and Systems Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Université Laval, 1065, av. de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada

    Yuxia Duan, Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo & Xavier P. V. Maldague

  3. Societé NDT Pro, No. Entreprise BE 0883.019.209, Le grand enclos 18, B 6800, Libramont, EXE 14, Belgium

    Pierre Servais

  4. National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Building M-14, Room 130, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada

    Marc Genest

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Yuxia Duan is a Ph.D candidate in the Computer Vision and Systems Laboratory of Laval University, Quebec city, Canada. She received her M.S. in Optoelectronic Information Processing from Capital Normal University, Beijing, China. Her research interests are infrared thermography for nondestructive evaluation and digital image/sequence processing.

Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo is a professional researcher in the Computer Vision and Systems Laboratory of Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. As a member of the multipolar infrared vision Canada Chair (MIVIM), he has contributed to several publications in the field of infrared vision. His research interests are in signal processing and image analysis for the nondestructive characterization of materials by active thermography, as well as near and short-wave infrared reflectography/transmittography imaging. He is a member of IEEE, ASME, SPIE and CINDE.

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Duan, Y., Servais, P., Genest, M. et al. ThermoPoD: A reliability study on active infrared thermography for the inspection of composite materials. J Mech Sci Technol 26, 1985–1991 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-012-0510-8

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