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This paper proposes a Barker coded excitation for defect detection using infrared non-destructive testing. Capability of the proposed excitation scheme is highlighted with recently introduced correlation based post processing approach and compared with the existing phase based analysis by taking the signal to noise ratio into consideration. Applicability of the proposed scheme has been experimentally validated on a carbon fiber reinforced plastic specimen containing flat bottom holes located at different depths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Thermoelastic stress analysis (TSA), performed on metallic components with a high diffusivity coefficient, seldom reaches adiabatic conditions. As a consequence, TSA results are affected by an attenuation whose entity varies locally, preventing the use of TSA as a reliable quantitative investigation means. The recovery of the adiabatic temperature and of the correct value of the first stress invariant, directly linked to it, can only be performed making an assumption on the local stress distribution. This article presents a method for automatically choosing, among a number of stress distribution functions, the one that performs the best correction of the raw TSA data. The implementation of this automatic correction procedure in a computer program allowed the point-by-point correction of whole TSA images. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Describes a procedure used to determine the thickness of a plate material by infrared scanning. Findings in the use of infrared thermography in determining the thickness of a plate; Comparison of the passive heating and analysis for infrared scanning used in the procedure from conventional heating and analysis.