Non-destructive inspection of honeycomb sandwich using infrared thermography

Author

Triska, Vaclav ; Bugajski, Gabriel T.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Defence, Kounicova, Czech Republic

fYear

2015

fDate

19-21 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The honeycomb sandwich construction is extensively used in aerospace and many other industries. It provides some key benefits over conventional material but it is considerably sensitive to damage, such as from object impact, mishandling, etc. Nondestructive inspection methods are needed for structural health examination. Active infrared thermography seems to be one of them. Honeycomb specimens with artificial defects were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the infrared thermography and heat pulse duration parameters in detecting defects.

Keywords

honeycomb structures; infrared imaging; inspection; sandwich structures; active infrared thermography; aerospace; artificial defects; heat pulse duration parameters; honeycomb sandwich construction; honeycomb specimens; nondestructive inspection methods; structural health examination; Area measurement; Infrared heating; Inspection; Reflection; Skin; Temperature measurement; aircraft; honeycomb sandwich; infrared thermography; non-destructive inspection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Technologies (ICMT), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brno

Print_ISBN

978-8-0723-1976-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILTECHS.2015.7153663

Filename

7153663