Automatic defect identification using thermal image analysis for online weld quality monitoring

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1557-1566

  Sreedhar, U ^a   Krishnamurthy, C V ^a   Balasubramaniam, Krishnan ^a   Raghupathy, V D ^b   Ravisankar, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

AA2219 welding; Image processing; Online weld quality; Porosity; Thermal image

Indexed keywords

DEFECT IDENTIFICATION; DEFECT-FREE; HEAT INPUT; HIGH FRAME RATE; IMAGE-BASED; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MONITORING; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE RESOLUTION; THERMAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; THERMAL IMAGES; TIG-WELDING; WELD POOL; WELD QUALITY; WELDING PARAMETERS;

DEFECTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; POROSITY; RATING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); WELDS;

WELDING;

EID: 84859054610     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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