Sparse Principal Component Thermography for Subsurface Defect Detection in Composite Products

Autor: Jin-Yi Wu, Yuan Yao, Stefano Sfarra
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Computer science
Active thermography
data analysis
nondestructive testing (NDT)
sparse principal component analysis (SPCA)
thermographic analysis

data analysis
Carbon fibers
02 engineering and technology
sparse principal component analysis (SPCA)
thermographic analysis
Nondestructive testing
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Active thermography
business.industry
Noise (signal processing)
020208 electrical & electronic engineering
nondestructive testing (NDT)
Pattern recognition
Fibre-reinforced plastic
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Computer Science Applications
Characterization (materials science)
Control and Systems Engineering
visual_art
Principal component analysis
Thermography
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Artificial intelligence
0210 nano-technology
business
Information Systems
Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 14:5594-5600
ISSN: 1941-0050
1551-3203
DOI: 10.1109/tii.2018.2817520
Popis: Active thermography is an efficient and powerful technique for nondestructive testing of products made of composite materials, which enables rapid inspection of large areas, presents results as easily interpreted high-resolution images, and is easy to operate. In recent years, a number of thermographic data analysis methods were developed to enhance the visibility of subsurface defects, among which principal component thermography (PCT) is recommended because of its capability to enhance the contrast between defective and defect-free areas, compress data, and reduce noise. In this study, a sparse principal component thermography (SPCT) method is proposed, which inherits the advantages of PCT and allows more flexibility by introducing a penalization term. Compared to PCT, SPCT provides more interpretable analysis results owing to its structure sparsity. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method are illustrated by the experimental results of the subsurface defect characterization in a carbon fiber reinforced plastic specimen.
Databáze: OpenAIRE