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- Title
Square Heating Applied to Shearography and Active Infrared Thermography Measurements Coupling: From Feasibility Test in Laboratory to Numerical Study of Pultruded CFRP Plates Glued on Concrete Specimen.
- Authors
Théroux, L.‐D.; Dumoulin, J.; Maladague, X.
- Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper investigates thermography and shearography couplings, using feasibility trials and numerical simulations, for non-destructive control evaluations of bonding of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer plates glued over concrete structures. Those are well-known methods in non-destructive testing (NDT) applied to civil engineering, but in this context, they are seen as paired because they use the same excitation source: square-pulsed optical heating. Furthermore, because both methods are based on different properties, the detection of defects is optimised regardless of its nature or type. The combination of the methods allows the measurement of a thermal as well as a thermomechanical response from the structure at the same time. A quick review of those methods and their respective advantage and inconvenient is mentioned. An in-depth study of the interpretation of the thermal and mechanical responses is carried out in relation to the thermal excitation. Then, the thought process behind the conception of the finite element model and its limitation is discussed. The experimental setup, used for feasibility testing, is described as well as a thorough analysis of the experimental and simulated results. Finally, the pairing of both methods is discussed regarding the evaluation of the bond quality, as well as the similitude of the sample and its numerical model.
- Subjects
NONDESTRUCTIVE testing; SHEAROGRAPHY; THERMAL stress cracking; FINITE element method; CARBON fiber-reinforced plastics
- Publication
Strain, 2014, Vol 50, Issue 5, p404
- ISSN
0039-2103
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/str.12086