Application of the thermal line scanner to quantify material loss due to corrosion

K. Elliott Cramer; William P. Winfree

doi:10.1117/12.381553

30 March 2000 Application of the thermal line scanner to quantify material loss due to corrosion

Proceedings Volume 4020, Thermosense XXII; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.381553
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Recent advances in thermal imaging technology have spawned a number of new thermal NDE techniques that provide quantitative information about flaws in aircraft structures. Thermography has a number of advantages as an inspection technique for aircraft. It is a totally noncontacting, nondestructive, imaging technology capable of inspecting a large area in a matter of a few seconds. The development of fast, inexpensive image processors has aided in the attractiveness of thermography as an NDE technique. These image processors have increase the signal to noise ratio of thermography and facilitated significant advances in post- processing. The resulting digital images enable archival records for comparison with later inspections, thus providing a means of monitoring the evolution of damage in a particular structure.

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K. Elliott Cramer and William P. Winfree "Application of the thermal line scanner to quantify material loss due to corrosion", Proc. SPIE 4020, Thermosense XXII, (30 March 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.381553

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