Research of Detectivity for Ultrasonic Infrared Thermography NDT in Composite Materials

In this paper, the ultrasonic infrared thermography (UIT) technique was applied to detect the composites damage. The frictional heating and thermal conductivity at the location of crack of the composites under ultrasonic excitation was simulated by finite element method (FEM). The excitation parameters including time, amplitude and frequency were studied. The composite involving delamination was detected by the ultrasonic generator. The results show that the UIT can identify the contacting interface-type damages at the surface or subsurface of composites rapidly, for example, delamination, fatigue crack et al.The excitation time, amplitude and frequency are impotent detection parameters. It can be seen accurately and intuitively of location of the damage, and there is no uniform heating problems from the experiment. Suitable coupling material can improve testing quality and eliminate “standing wave” effectively.