复合材料脱粘缺陷的红外热像无损检测

以固体火箭发动机中的玻璃纤维复合材料壳体/绝热层试件的脱粘缺陷为研究对象,利用脉冲闪光灯热激励方式对试件进行加热,用红外热像仪实时监测试件的表面温度场,由表面温度差异来判定试件内部缺陷,然后通过对热像图进行图像增强处理和分割以定量识别缺陷。将实验结果与超声C扫描检测结果进行的对比分析表明:红外热像无损检测方法能够快速直观地发现深度5 mm以内、直径10 mm以上的脱粘缺陷,而超声C扫描检测更适合于对特定缺陷进行准确定量检测。     

Applications of pulse heating thermography and lock-in thermography to quantitative nondestructive evaluations

This paper describes several experimental investigations of newly developed thermographic NDT techniques based on the transient temperature measurements. Several experimental results of the pulse heating thermographic NDT and the lock-in thermographic NDT are shown.     

Fiber-optic acoustic sensor for nondestructive evaluation

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the applicability of fiber-optic acoustic sensors to detect internal flaws in polymeric materials. A polarimetric fiber-optic sensor embedded in a plexiglass model received the acoustic signals generated by an ultrasonic transducer. It is shown that proper control of the polarization and phase of the optical beam is required to obtain meaningful results from the amplitude of the fiber-optic sensor signal. The sensor has shown promising results in determining acoustical properties of plexiglass and locating internal defects. The attractive feature of this sensing scheme is that the optical fibers are not modified prior to embedding. Therefore, they preserve their mechanical properties which makes the embedding process much easier.     

基于涡流脉冲相位热成像的金属材料裂纹检测

涡流热成像可以对金属材料表面、近表面缺陷进行快速准确的检测。采用涡流热成像与脉冲相位分析相结合的方法,针对裂纹附近相位谱的分布规律及温度场对相位谱的影响关系问题,分别对带有上表面裂纹和下表面裂纹的45#钢料进行感应加热仿真和实验分析。结果表明,相位谱分布与温度大小无关,只与温度变化趋势有关,相位谱图对不均匀加热有很好的抑制作用,可以扩大裂纹的检测范围,当频率低于12.5 Hz时能够清晰地识别裂纹。结合实验验证了仿真结论的正确性,为下一步利用相位信息实现缺陷的定量检测提供参考。     

Coded waveforms for optimised air-coupled ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation

This paper investigates various types of coded waveforms that could be used for air-coupled ultrasound, using a pulse compression approach to signal processing. These are needed because of the low signal-to-noise ratios that are found in many air-coupled ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation measurements, due to the large acoustic mismatch between air and many solid materials. The various waveforms, including both swept-frequency signals and those with binary modulation, are described, and their performance in the presence of noise is compared. It is shown that the optimum choice of modulation signal depends on the bandwidth available and the type of measurement being made.     

Cooling analysis of welded materials for crack detection using infrared thermography

Infrared thermography offers a wide range of possibilities for the detection of flaws in welding, being the main difference among them the thermal excitation of the material. This paper analyzes the application of an inexpensive and versatile thermographic test to the detection of subsurface cracks in welding. The procedure begins with the thermal excitation of the material, following with the monitoring of the cooling process with IRT (InfraRed Thermography). The result is a sequence of frames that enables the extraction of thermal data, useful for the study of the cooling tendencies in the defect and the non-defect zone. Then, each image is subjected to a contour lines algorithm towards the definition of the morphology of the detected defects. This combination of data acquisition and processing allows the differentiation between two types of cracks: toe crack and subsuperficial crack, as defined in the quality standards.     

Experimental implementation of reverse time migration for nondestructive evaluation applications

Reverse time migration (RTM) is a commonly employed imaging technique in seismic applications (e.g., to image reservoirs of oil). Its standard implementation cannot account for multiple scattering/reverberation. For this reason it has not yet found application in nondestructive evaluation (NDE). This paper applies RTM imaging to NDE applications in bounded samples, where reverberation is always present. This paper presents a fully experimental implementation of RTM, whereas in seismic applications, only part of the procedure is done experimentally. A modified RTM imaging condition is able to localize scatterers and locations of disbonding. Experiments are conducted on aluminum samples with controlled scatterers.     

Advances of unilateral mobile NMR in nondestructive materials testing

Unilateral mobile NMR employs portable instrumentation with sensors, which are applied to the object from one side. Based on the principles of well-logging NMR, a hand-held sensor, the NMR-MOUSE (MObile Universal Surface Explorer) has been developed for nondestructive materials testing. In the following, a number of new applications of unilateral NMR in materials science are reviewed. They are the state assessment of polyethylene pipes, the characterization of wood, the in situ evaluation of stone conservation treatment, high-resolution profiling of rubber tubes and 2-D imaging for defect analysis in rubber products.     

涂层厚度与粘接质量的电磁声谐振无损检测

为了解决电磁超声(EMAT)涂层质量检测中接收信号信噪比较低的问题,将电磁声谐振技术(EMAR)应用于涂层质量检测,有效提高了超声接收信号的信噪比。在EMAR仿真中,通过变步长离散仿真得出了谐振与非谐振状态下的时域波形和频谱图,验证了利用电磁声谐振进行涂层质量检测的可行性。以电磁超声谐振驻波作为检测信号,实验中谐振信号的幅值为未谐振反射回波的2.52倍,信噪比由26 dB(反射回波)提高到34 dB(谐振信号)。利用EMAR信号的谐振频率差进行涂层厚度检测,对0.2~0.8 mm的试件的检测误差在5%以内且涂层厚度越大,谐振频率越多,谐振频率差越小,检测精度越高;通过功率谱密度函数(PSD)表征不同粘接程度的试件,不同试件的PSD比值为61.17:4.15:1,区分度相对于峰峰值比值提升明显。     

Defect detection and evaluation of ultrasonic infrared thermography for aerospace CFRP composites

The ultrasonic infrared thermography Non-destructive Testing is introduced for detecting the impact damage of a CFRP specimen for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The characteristics of thermal images with damage are particularly analyzed. A Local Binary Fitting (LBF) model based on a non-Gaussian kernel function is used to segment the defect edge. In view of the discontinuity of defect in thermal images due to multilayered structure of composite materials, defect merging algorithms are proposed including time domain and space domain methods by using a few thermal images, and the defect geometric distortion during camera imaging is also compensated. The defect in the composite material can be quantitatively analyzed after the defect reconstruction. The experimental result has shown that the proposed algorithm can effectively detect and evaluate the impact damage of thermal images and the accuracy of quantitative assessment is correspondingly increased.     

Quantitative evaluation of optical lock-in and pulsed thermography for aluminum foam material

In this article, quantitative evaluation of optical thermographic techniques relative to the non-destructive inspection of aluminum foam material is studied. For this purpose, a set of aluminum foam specimens with flat-bottom holes (FBH) was inspected by both optical lock-in thermography (LT) and pulsed thermography (PT). Probability of detection (PoD) analysis, as a quantitative method to estimate the capability and reliability of a particular inspection technique, was studied and compared for both optical LT and PT inspection results.     

Confocal enhanced optical coherence tomography for nondestructive evaluation of paints and coatings

We investigate confocal enhanced optical coherence tomography as a nondestructive evaluation tool for imaging with improved image contrast and depth resolution through a highly scattering paint layer. The depth responses provided by confocal microscopy, optical coherence tomography, and confocal enhanced optical coherence tomography for imaging through paint are investigated. We demonstrate that a new combination of confocal microscopy and optical coherence tomography provides significantly improved resolution and contrast for coherence gated imaging of substrate structures under the paint.     

Application of infrared lock-in thermography for the quantitative evaluation of bruises on pears

An infrared lock-in thermography technique was adjusted for the detection of early bruises on pears. This mechanical damage is usually difficult to detect in the early stage after harvested using conventional visual sorting or CCD sensor-based imaging processing methods. We measured the thermal emission signals from pears using a highly sensitive mid-infrared thermal camera. These images were post-processed using a lock-in method that utilized the periodic thermal energy input to the pear. By applying the lock-in method to infrared thermography, the detection sensitivity and signal to noise ratio were enhanced because of the phase-sensitive narrow-band filtering effect. It was also found that the phase information of thermal emission from pears provides good metrics with which to identify quantitative information about both damage size and damage depth for pears. Additionally, a photothermal model was implemented to investigate the behavior of thermal waves on pears under convective conditions. Theoretical results were compared to experimental results. These results suggested that the proposed lock-in thermography technique and resultant phase information can be used to detect mechanical damage to fruit, especially in the early stage of bruising.     

Quantification of defects in composites and rubber materials using active thermography

Active (lock-in and pulsed) thermography technique is used to quantify defect features in specimens of glass fiber reinforced polymer, high density rubber, low density rubber and aluminum bonded low density rubber with artificially produced defects. The relationship between phase contrast and thermal contrast with defect features are examined. Using lock-in approach, the optimal frequencies for different specimens are determined experimentally. It is observed that with increasing defect depth, the phase contrast increases while the thermal contrast decreases. Defects with radius to depth ratio greater than 1.0 are found to be discernible. The phase difference between sound and defective region as a function of square root of excitation frequency for glass fiber reinforced polymer specimen is found to be in good agreement with the predictions of Bennet and Patty model [1]. Further, using pulsed thermography, the defects depth could be measured accurately for glass fiber reinforced polymer specimen from the thermal contrast using the analytical approach of Balageas et al. [2].     

Two-dimensional virtual array for ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation using a time-reversal chaotic cavity

Despite its introduction more than a decade ago, a two-dimensional ultrasonic array remains a luxury in nondestructive evaluation because of the complexity and cost associated with its fabrication and operation. This paper describes the construction and performance of a two-dimensional virtual array that solves these problems. The virtual array consists of only two transducers (one each for transmit and receive) and an aluminum chaotic cavity, augmented by a 10 × 10 matrix array of rectangular rods. Each rod, serving as an elastic waveguide, is calibrated to emit a collimated pulsed sound beam centered at 2.5 MHz using the reciprocal time reversal. The resulting virtual array is capable of pulse-echo interrogation of a solid sample in direct contact along 10 × 10 scan lines. Three-dimensional imaging of an aluminum test piece, the nominal thickness of which is in the order of 1 cm, is successfully carried out using the virtual array.     

激光陀螺锁区的谐波测量方法

锁区对速率偏频激光陀螺的性能有重要影响,而高精度的锁区测最依然是一个难题.从激光陀螺闭锁方程出发,通过理论近似的方法得到了锁区与激光陀螺输出信号谐波的近似关系.在此基础卜提出了一种激光陀螺锁区的谐波测量方法,进而通过闭锁方程的严格数值解进行了修正和误差分析.最后利用谐波测量法测量了某一激光陀螺的锁区大小,结果表明精度能够优于5%.     

Determination of solid materials rigidity modulus by a new nondestructive optical method

We propose a new optical method for the determination of the rigidity modulus G of solid materials. The rigidity modulus is determined by measuring the twisted angle θ as a response of the material sample, depending on the applied force. The measuring of this twisted angle can be carried out by using an adapted polarimetric sensor. The effective measurement of rigidity modulus G for aluminum, Plexiglas and steel was experimentally obtained 1.4464×10¹⁰,0.99417×10⁹ and 1.0395×10¹¹ N m, respectively. The study has demonstrated the effective usefulness of our method for evaluating the rigidity modulus. A good agreement between the theoretical and experimental results was achieved.     

激光陀螺锁区最小化控制技术

通过分析激光陀螺锁区的形成原因,给出了锁区最小化控制的基本原理.由激光陀螺谐振腔相向传播光束的输出特性,说明了常规锁区控制方案存在的缺点.从激光陀螺基本方程推导出锁区误差判别信号,提出了基于拍频信号和腔长信号迭加放大的高信噪比锁区控制方案,对交变偏频和常值偏频激光陀螺均适用.运用该项技术,实现了对某型激光陀螺的全温范围内的锁区最小化控制.     

激光陀螺锁区最小化控制技术

通过分析激光陀螺锁区的形成原因,给出了锁区最小化控制的基本原理.由激光陀螺谐振腔相向传播光束的输出特性,说明了常规锁区控制方案存在的缺点.从激光陀螺基本方程推导出锁区误差判别信号,提出了基于拍频信号和腔长信号迭加放大的高信噪比锁区控制方案,对交变偏频和常值偏频激光陀螺均适用.运用该项技术,实现了对某型激光陀螺的全温范围内的锁区最小化控制.