Matched excitation energy comparison of the pulse and lock-in thermography NDE techniques

NDT and E International

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 501-509

  Pickering, Simon ^a   Almond, Darryl ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infrared thermography; Thermal imaging; Thermal wave methods

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; DEFECTS; EXCITATION ENERGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MODULATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

ARTIFICIAL DEFECTS; CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITE (CFC); DEFECT DETECTION; DEFECT IMAGING; ELSEVIER (CO); LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; NEGATIVE PHASE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PHASE IMAGING; PHASE RESPONSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO (SNR); TRANSIENT THERMOGRAPHY;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 48149106160     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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