Infrared thermal wave nondestructive technology on the defect in the shell of solid rocket motor

Wei Zhang; Yuanjia Song; Zhengwei Yang; Ming Li; Gan Tian

doi:10.1117/12.867511

12 October 2010 Infrared thermal wave nondestructive technology on the defect in the shell of solid rocket motor

Wei Zhang, Yuanjia Song, Zhengwei Yang, Ming Li, Gan Tian

Proceedings Volume 7659, 5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Smart Structures and Materials in Manufacturing and Testing; 76590V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.867511
Event: 5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies, 2010, Dalian, China

Abstract

Based on the active infrared thermography nondestructive testing (NDT) technology, which is an emerging method and developed in the areas of aviation, spaceflight and national defence, the samples including glass fiber flat bottom hole sample, glass fiber inclusion sample and steel flat bottom hole sample that the shell materials of Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) were heated by a high energy flash lamp. The subsurface flaws can be detected through measuring temperature difference between flaws and materials. The results of the experiments show that: 1) the technique is a fast and effective inspection method, which is used for detecting the composites more easily than the metals. And it also can primarily identify the defect position and size according to the thermal image maps. 2) A best inspection time at when the area of hot spot is the same with that of defect is exited, which can be used to estimate the defect size. The bigger the defect area, the easier it could be detected and also the less of the error for estimating defect area. 3). The infrared thermal images obtained from experiments always have high noise, especially for metal materials due to high reflectivity and environmental factors, which need to be further processed.

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Wei Zhang, Yuanjia Song, Zhengwei Yang, Ming Li, and Gan Tian "Infrared thermal wave nondestructive technology on the defect in the shell of solid rocket motor", Proc. SPIE 7659, 5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Smart Structures and Materials in Manufacturing and Testing, 76590V (12 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.867511

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