Infrared Thermographic Testing - Level II Topical Outline
Intermediate Thermal/Infrared Physics
1.0 Basic Calculations in the Three Modes of Heat Transfer
- 1.1 Conduction
- 1 .2 Convection
- 1.3 Radiation
2.0 The Infrared Spectrum (Planck's law/curves)
3.0 Radiosity Problems
- 3.1 Blackbodies - theory and concepts
- 3.2 Emissivity problems
- 3.3 Calculation of emissivity, reflectivity, and transmissivity (practical use of Kirchoff's law)
- 3.4 Reflectivity problem (Quantifying effects of unavoidable reflections, Theoretical corrections)
- 3.5 Transmissivity problem
4.0 Resolution Tests and Calculations
Intermediate Thermal/ lnfrared Operation
5.0 Operating for Infrared Measurements (quantification)
6.0 Operating for High-Speed Data Collection
7.0 Operating Special Equipment for "Active" Techniques
8.0 Reports and Documentation
9.0 Intermediate Thermal/ lnfrared Applications
- 9.1 Temperature Measurement Applications
- 9.2 Energy Loss Analysis Applications (Conduction losses through envelopes, Mass-transfer heat exchange (air or other flows into or out of the system))
- 9.3 "Active" Applications ( Insulation flaws, De-Lamination of composites, Bond quality of coatings, Location of high heat-capacity components )
- 9.4 Filtered Applications ( Sunlight, Furnace interiors, Semi-transparent targets )
- 9.5 Transient Applications ( Imaging a rapidly moving process, Imaging from a vehicle)