Journal
NDT & E INTERNATIONAL
Volume 133, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2022.102734
Keywords
Step heating thermography; Inverse heat conduction problems; Defect sizing; Reconstruction
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This study focuses on estimating the size of a subsurface defect using step heating thermography. By inverting the temperature images, the information loss during the propagation of thermal waves is overcome. The feasibility of the proposed approach is assessed through numerical simulations and experiments.
Step heating thermography is a non-destructive testing (NDT) technique that inspects interior defects by observing surface temperature rises during a long pulse heat stimulation. Due to the heat diffusion induced blurring of defect shapes, it is a challenging task to accurately determine the sizes of deep and small defects. This work focuses on estimating the size of a subsurface defect by an inversion of temperature images for the step heating thermography, to overcome the information loss during the propagation of thermal waves. We assume a space-and time-dependent virtual heat flux on the defect surface, which is reconstructed from surface tem-perature measurements by solving a two-dimensional inverse heat conduction problem. The local future time concept is combined with the Tikhonov's regularization to stabilize the inverse solution. A prudent choice of the regularization parameter is carried out through the L-curve. The feasibility of the proposed approach is assessed by numerical simulations and experiments. It is shown that the inversion brings an improvement in defect sizing accuracy for defects with low width-to-depth ratios and an efficient suppression of measurement noises.
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