Title
Quantitative Detection of Cracks in Steel Using Eddy Current Pulsed Thermography.
Abstract
Small cracks are common defects in steel and often lead to catastrophic accidents in industrial applications. Various nondestructive testing methods have been investigated for crack detection; however, most current methods focus on qualitative crack identification and image processing. In this study, eddy current pulsed thermography (ECPT) was applied for quantitative crack detection based on derivative analysis of temperature variation. The effects of the incentive parameters on the temperature variation were analyzed in the simulation study. The crack profile and position are identified in the thermal image based on the Canny edge detection algorithm. Then, one or more trajectories are determined through the crack profile in order to determine the crack boundary through its temperature distribution. The slope curve along the trajectory is obtained. Finally, quantitative analysis of the crack sizes was performed by analyzing the features of the slope curves. The experimental verification showed that the crack sizes could be quantitatively detected with errors of less than 1%. Therefore, the proposed ECPT method was demonstrated to be a feasible and effective nondestructive approach for quantitative crack detection.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/s18041070
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
ECPT,quantitative detection,cracks,temperature variation
Canny edge detector,Thermography,Thermal,Nondestructive testing,Image based,Image processing,Electronic engineering,Eddy current,Acoustics,Engineering,Trajectory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
4.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
3
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhanqun Shi131.82
Xu Xiaoyu2124.61
Jiaojiao Ma310.37
Dong Zhen462.20
Hao Zhang 00095382.37