A comparison of the pulsed, lock-in and frequency modulated thermography nondestructive evaluation techniques

NDT and E International

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 655-667

  Chatterjee, Krishnendu ^a   Tuli, Suneet ^a   Pickering, Simon G ^b   Almond, Darryl P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind frequency; FMTWI; Image fusion; Lock in thermography; Matched energy comparison; Pulsed thermography

Indexed keywords

BLIND FREQUENCY; FMTWI; LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY; MATCHED ENERGY COMPARISON; PULSED THERMOGRAPHY;

CARBON FIBERS; DEFECTS; EXCITATION ENERGY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGE FUSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 79961121369     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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