Author:
Rittmann Johannes,Kreutzbruck Marc
Abstract
AbstractThe naturally diffusive heat flow in solids often results in differences in surface temperatures. Active thermography (AT) exploits such differences to gain information on the internal structure, morphology, or geometry of technical components or biological specimens. In contrast to sound or light waves, thermal waves are lossy; consequently, it is difficult to interpret measured 2D temperature fields. Most AT evaluation methods are based on 1D approaches, and measured 3D heat fluxes are frequently not considered, which is why edges, small features, or gradients are often blurred. Herein, we present a method for reducing the local temperature gradients at feature areas and minimizing the induced lateral heat flux in optical lock-in thermography (LT) measurements through spatial- and temporal-structured heating. The vanishing lateral gradients convert the problem into a 1D problem, which can be adequately solved by the LT approach. The proposed compensation method can bypass the blind frequency of LT and make the inspection largely independent of the excitation frequency. Furthermore, the edge sharpness and separability of features are improved, ultimately improving the feature-detection efficiency.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Universität Stuttgart
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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