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Quantitative Multi-Inspection-Site Comparison of Probability of Detection for Vibrothermography Nondestructive Evaluation Data
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation
  • Ming Li, Iowa State University
  • Stephen D. Holland, Iowa State University
  • William Q. Meeker, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2011
DOI
10.1007/s10921-011-0105-9
Abstract

This paper describes the estimation of probability of detection (POD) for a vibrothermography inspection procedure. The results are based on a large scale experiment on specimens with two different kinds of metal containing fatigue cracks. The specimens were tested independently at three inspection sites: Iowa State University (ISU), Pratt and Whitney (PW) and General Electric (GE). Despite the substantially different vibrothermography configurations and experimental measurement responses, the estimated PODs as function of crack length and dynamic stress were similar for all three inspection sites, which make quantitative POD comparisons possible across different inspection sites.

Comments

This is a pre-print of an article from Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 30, no. 3 (September 2011): 172–178, doi:10.1007/s10921-011-0105-9.

Copyright Owner
Springer
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Ming Li, Stephen D. Holland and William Q. Meeker. "Quantitative Multi-Inspection-Site Comparison of Probability of Detection for Vibrothermography Nondestructive Evaluation Data" Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Vol. 30 Iss. 3 (2011) p. 172 - 178
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wqmeeker/15/