期刊
SENSORS
卷 20, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s20123381
关键词
active infrared thermography; pulsed thermography; signal-to-noise ratio (SNR); UAV; aircraft-grade composites
资金
- British Engineering and Physics Sciences Research Council [EP/N509450/1]
- Canada Research Chair MIVIM
- CREATE-oN Duty! Program
- EPSRC [EP/N509450/1, 2199214] Funding Source: UKRI
This work aims to address the effectiveness and challenges of non-destructive testing (NDT) by active infrared thermography (IRT) for the inspection of aerospace-grade composite samples and seeks to compare uncooled and cooled thermal cameras using the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as a performance parameter. It focuses on locating impact damages and optimising the results using several signal processing techniques. The work successfully compares both types of cameras using seven different SNR definitions, to understand if a lower-resolution uncooled IR camera can achieve an acceptable NDT standard. Due to most uncooled cameras being small, lightweight, and cheap, they are more accessible to use on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The concept of using a UAV for NDT on a composite wing is explored, and the UAV is also tracked using a localisation system to observe the exact movement in millimetres and how it affects the thermal data. It was observed that an NDT UAV can access difficult areas and, therefore, can be suggested for significant reduction of time and cost.
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