Active thermography methods for near-surface layers inspection

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Active thermography methods for near-surface layers inspection

Original language description

Active thermography is a method for infrared non-destructive testing of materials. This method is based on an external excitation of a measured sample and a thermographic analysis of its thermal response. The method has a lot of configurations and is usable for a wide range of applications and materials. However, it is especially suited for thin samples and near-surface layers. Pulsed thermography with a flash-lamp excitation source and Lock-In thermography with a LED-lamp excitation source are introduced in this contribution. A usability of both methods is demonstrated on an inspection of a stainless steel surface affected by laser marking and solar cells non-contact testing. Inspection of a stainless steel surface affected by the laser marking shows that both methods can detect changes made by the laser in a very thin stainless steel surface layer. Solar cells non-contact testing example shows that LED Lock-In thermographic analysis is able to detect some types of damages connected with electrical properties of the cells. It is shown, that it is complicated to detect these defects by a flash-pulse thermographic analysis. However, it is shown that the flash-pulse analysis is able to detect some material inhomogeneities, which are not detectable by the LED Lock-In inspection. Differences between the methods and their advantages or disadvantages in connection with the described examples are discussed in the contribution.

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů