Full-Field Vibration Measurement for Vibrothermography (Preprint)

Abstract

Vibrothermography is a nondestructive technique for finding defects through vibration-induced heating imaged with an infrared camera. To model the crack heating process in vibrothermography, it is essential first to understand the vibration that causes heat generation. We describe a method for calculating internal motions from surface vibrometry measurements. A reciprocity integral and Gauss's law allow representation of internal motion by a surface integral of boundary motion times the Green's Function. We present experimental results showing internal motions calculated from measured surface motions of a vibrating sample. This will ultimately allow estimation of the detectability of a hypothetical crack at an arbitrary location in a specimen.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA476864

Entities

People

  • Jeremy Renshaw
  • Stephen D. Holland

Organizations

  • Iowa State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Boundaries
  • Control Systems
  • Doppler Effect
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Integrals
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Vibration
  • Vibrometers
  • Vibrothermography
  • Waves

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  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.