Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Southampton
- Devises a new approach for indentifying defects in adhesive bonds using infra-red thermography
- Features new insights with a high level of novelty and innovation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Maximizing reader insights into the use of thermography, specifically pulsed and pulse phase thermography (PT and PPT), for the identification of kissing defects in adhesive bonds, this thesis focuses on the application of PT and PPT for the identification of a range of defect types in a variety of materials to establish the effect of material properties on identification of defects.
Featuring analysis of a numerical model developed to simulate the thermal evolution created during a PT or PPT experiment, after validation through a series of case studies, this model is then used as a predictive tool to relate defect detectability to the thermal property contrast between defect and bulk materials.
Demonstrating a means of producing realistic kissing defects in bonded joints where insufficient thermal property contrast exists defects have a limited effect on heat propagation through a component and therefore are not detected using PT or PPT, this thesis discusses the addition of a small load to bonds containing kissing defects which was found to open the defects sufficiently to enable their detection.
A low cost infrared detector, Flir Tau320, is compared to the research based photon detector, Flir SC5000, and is shown to be suitable for application in PT, thus enabling a significantly lower cost tool to be developed.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Rachael Waugh obtained an MPhys with honours degree in Physics at Lancaster University before going on to study for an MSc in Environmental Technology also at Lancaster University.
Relocating to the University of Southampton to study for a PhD in the Fluid Structures Interactions and Materials Engineering research groups, her current work focusses on NDE techniques, particularly thermography, applied to composite materials and adhesively bonded joints.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Development of Infrared Techniques for Practical Defect Identification in Bonded Joints
Authors: Rachael C. Waugh
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22982-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22981-2Published: 28 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37377-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22982-9Published: 16 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 149
Topics: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films