Tracking composite material damage evolution using Bayesian filtering and flash thermography data

Elizabeth D. Gregory; Steve D. Holland

doi:10.1117/12.2222420

11 May 2016 Tracking composite material damage evolution using Bayesian filtering and flash thermography data

Elizabeth D. Gregory, Steve D. Holland

Proceedings Volume 9861, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVIII; 98610R (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2222420
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

We propose a method for tracking the condition of a composite part using Bayesian filtering of ash thermography data over the lifetime of the part. In this demonstration, composite panels were fabricated; impacted to induce subsurface delaminations; and loaded in compression over multiple time steps, causing the delaminations to grow in size. Flash thermography data was collected between each damage event to serve as a time history of the part. The ash thermography indicated some areas of damage but provided little additional information as to the exact nature or depth of the damage. Computed tomography (CT) data was also collected after each damage event and provided a high resolution volume model of damage that acted as truth. After each cycle, the condition estimate, from the ash thermography data and the Bayesian filter, was compared to 'ground truth'. The Bayesian process builds on the lifetime history of ash thermography scans and can give better estimates of material condition as compared to the most recent scan alone, which is common practice in the aerospace industry. Bayesian inference provides probabilistic estimates of damage condition that are updated as each new set of data becomes available. The method was tested on simulated data and then on an experimental data set.

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Elizabeth D. Gregory and Steve D. Holland "Tracking composite material damage evolution using Bayesian filtering and flash thermography data", Proc. SPIE 9861, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVIII, 98610R (11 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2222420

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