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This paper presents two techniques of active thermography i.e. the pulsed thermography technique and the step heating technique. The aim of this article is to compare these two techniques and present the possibilities, advantages and limitations of their use in the context of non-destructive testing of composite materials. The experimental section presents the results of tests carried out on samples of the polymer composites reinforced with glass fiber.

Comparison of Pulse Thermography (PT) and Step Heating (SH) Thermography in Non-Destructive Testing of Unidirectional GFRP Composites

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This paper presents two techniques of active thermography i.e. the pulsed thermography technique and the step heating technique. The aim of this article is to...

Comparison of Pulse Thermography (PT) and Step Heating (SH) Thermography in Non-Destructive Testing of Unidirectional GFRP Composites

Published Online: Jul 15, 2020

Page range: 87 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fas-2019-0009

Keywords
pulsed thermography, step-heating thermography, composites, NDT, NDE, GFRP

© 2019 Paulina Kamińska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Comparison of Pulse Thermography (PT) and Step Heating (SH) Thermography in Non-Destructive Testing of Unidirectional GFRP Composites

Published Online: Jul 15, 2020

Page range: 87 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fas-2019-0009

Keywordspulsed thermography, step-heating thermography, composites, NDT, NDE, GFRP

© 2019 Paulina Kamińska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pulsed thermography, step-heating thermography, composites, NDT, NDE, GFRP