Quantitative assessment of aerospace materials by active thermography techniques

The inspection of aerospace materials such as composites, honeycomb structures, ceramics and GLARE has been the subject of many studies in the NonDestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E) community. Active thermography techniques have shown to be an interesting alternative or complementary to other classical NDT&E techniques. Nevertheless, the different techniques perform differently depending on the application. This study is part of a collaboration project between Laval University of Quebec, Canada and the ITC of Padua Italy in order to investigate the ability of pulsed and modulated thermography to inspect aerospace materials through optical, mechanical or electromagnetically induced excitation.