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Thermal imaging measurement of lateral diffusivity and non-invasive material defect detection

Patent ·
OSTI ID:875031

A system and method for determining lateral thermal diffusivity of a material sample using a heat pulse; a sample oriented within an orthogonal coordinate system; an infrared camera; and a computer that has a digital frame grabber, and data acquisition and processing software. The mathematical model used within the data processing software is capable of determining the lateral thermal diffusivity of a sample of finite boundaries. The system and method may also be used as a nondestructive method for detecting and locating cracks within the material sample.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 6517238
OSTI ID:
875031
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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The Application of Thermal Diffusivity Imaging to Sic-Fiber- Reinforced Silicon Nitride book January 1993
Novel Measurement of Anisotropie Thermal Diffusivity book January 1998