Multiple Thermal Characterizations in Materials Science

Dear Colleagues,

For several years, we have experienced a revolution in material science in aerospace, power production, car and boat manufacturing, and other hi-tech industries. Many metal structures, which are subject to corrosion and fatigue damage, are now being made of composites and ceramics, and this has created new challenges to nondestructive testing (NDT) of such defects, which are typical for composites. Since many traditional NDT techniques experience difficulties in application to composite materials, the importance of infrared nondestructive testing (IRNDT) has greatly increased in the last decade due to its effectiveness in the inspection of composite, ceramic, and hybrid structures. The first Special Issue put emphasis on the detection of structural defects in composite materials and the characterization of the thermal properties of novel anisotropic materials. The goal of this second Special Issue is to present new research results in the above-mentioned fields with emphasis being made on defect characterization, use of artificial intelligence, and development of automated and robotic IRNDT systems.

This Special Issue invites original submissions that reflect recent achievements in the development of quantitative aspects of both passive and active infrared thermography.

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Vavilov
Guest Editor

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• infrared thermography
• nondestructive testing
• IRNDT
• composite
• ceramics
• coating
• material damage
• mechanical stress
• structural defects
• defect characterization
• thermal properties
• image processing
• heat conduction
• optical heating
• convective heating
• inductive heating