Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2011

Journal or Book Title

NDT&E International

Volume

44

Issue

8

First Page

775

Last Page

782

DOI

10.1016/j.ndteint.2011.07.006

Abstract

Vibrothermography, also known as Sonic IR and thermosonics, is a method for finding cracks through thermal imaging of vibration-induced crack heating. Due to large experimental variability and equipment which has, up to now, yielded mostly qualitative results, little data has been available to help quantify the vibrothermographic effect. This paper quantitatively evaluates the relationship between vibrothermographic crack heating, crack size, and vibrational stress in a series of tests on 63 specimens each of Ti-6-4 titanium and Inconel 718 at three different sites with different equipments. Test specimens are excited in a resonant mode. Infrared cameras record the crack heating, and vibrational stress is evaluated from the known vibrational mode shape combined with vibrational velocities measured using a laser vibrometer. Crack heating increases both with crack length and dynamic vibrational stress level. Data from all three sites gives similar probability of detection (POD) curves. The relationship of crack heating to crack size and vibrational stress will provide a means in the future to predict crack detectability based on vibration measurements.

Comments

This is a post-print of an article from NDT&E International, 44, no. 8 (December 2011): 775–782, doi: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2011.07.006.

Copyright Owner

Elsevier Ltd.

Language

en

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