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A Study on Real-Time Defect Detection Using Ultrasound Excited Thermography  

Cho, Jai-Wan (Nuclear Robotics Lab., Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Seo, Yong-Chil (Nuclear Robotics Lab., Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Jung, Seung-Ho (Nuclear Robotics Lab., Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Jung, Hyun-Kyu (Nuclear Robotics Lab., Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Seung-Ho (Nuclear Robotics Lab., Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Abstract
The UET(ultrasound excited thermography) for the ,eat-time diagnostics of the object employs an infrared camera to image defects of the surface and subsurface which are locally heated using high-frequency putted ultrasonic excitation. The dissipation of high-power ultrasonic energy around the feces of the defects causes an increase In temperature. The defect's image appears as a hot spot (bright IR source) within a dark background field. The UET for nondestructive diagnostic and evaluation is based on the image analysis of the hot spot as a local response to ultrasonic excited heat deposition. In this paper the applicability of VET for fast imaging of defect is described. The ultrasonic energy is injected into the sample through a transducer in the vertical and horizontal directions respectively. The voltage applied to the transducer is measured by digital oscilloscope, and the waveform are compared. Measurements were performed on four kinds of materials: SUS fatigue crack specimen(thickness 14mm), PCB plate(1.8 mm), CFRP plate(3 mm) and Inconel 600 plate (1 mm). A high power ultrasonic energy with pulse durations of 250ms Is injected into the samples in the horizontal and vertical directions respectively The obtained experimental result reveals that the dissipation loss of the ultrasonic energy In the vertical injection is less than that in the horizontal direction. In the cafe or PCB, CFRP, the size of hot spot in the vortical injection if larger than that in horizontal direction. Duration time of the hot spot in the vertical direction is three times as long as that in the horizontal direction. In the case of Inconel 600 plate and SUS sample, the hot spot in the horizontal injection was detected faster than that in the vertical direction
Keywords
Ultrasound; Thermography; Crack; Defect Detection; Thermal Infrared Image; Nondestructive Test;
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