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Physics-based Analysis of Infrared Images of Pulsed Buried Heat Sources<br />

Steve Holl<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>State</strong> University<br />

2331 Howe Hall, <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>State</strong> University, Ames, 50011, US<br />

Phone: 515-294-8659, Email: sdh4@iastate.edu<br />

Abstract:<br />

Modern infrared thermal cameras allow real time quantitative imaging of heat flow.<br />

Vibrothermography is a method of nondestructive evaluation that involves finding cracks from the heat<br />

they give off in response to vibration. Finding cracks in vibrothermography requires identifying <strong>and</strong><br />

localizing pulsed surface <strong>and</strong> subsurface heat sources from a time-series of infrared images. We present<br />

an algorithm that uses a-priori knowledge of heat conduction to constrain curve fits of the temperaturetime<br />

profile of the heating at each image pixel. The curve fitting process simultaneously compresses the<br />

time-series into a single image, improves sensitivity to faint indications, <strong>and</strong> estimates the source depth<br />

or distance. The critical parameters of fit quality, heating amplitude, <strong>and</strong> distance are combined into a<br />

single hybrid false-color image. This algorithm provides a means to transform the complicated<br />

sequence of images from a vibrothermography experiment directly into a single, easy to interpret<br />

summary. Examples of how this processing has the potential to improve industrial practice will be<br />

discussed.<br />

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