Technical Seminar

On

Infrared Thermography and It’s Applications in

Civil Engineering Presented by,
PRIYANKA D T
4SU18CV414
VIII Sem, Civil Engg
SDM I T, UJIRE

Under the guidance of

Mr. Vinay M R
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering
SDM Institute of Technology,
(Affiliated to Visvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka)
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 Introduction
• IRT: Non destructive thermal method for NDT of structures
• New practice in the field of concrete structures
• Reliable and effective
• Enables detection of deeper defects
• Shortest detection time
• Evaluation area of subsurface delamination-7.62 cm in depth

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What is IRT?

• Literally means ‘writing with heat’ by absorbing IR rays

• Use infrared cameras for thermography
• Convert thermal radiations into thermal images
• Investigate structural conditions
• Acquisition and analysis of data from non-contact thermal imaging
devices

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Objectives of IRT
• Condition assessment: Determination of remaining service life
• Damage evaluation: Detection and characterization of defects
• Quality assurance: Safety and life expectancy of structure

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 Basics of IRT

• Heated object radiates electromagnetic energy

• Object’s temperature determines the amount of energy
• Thermal imager can determine the object’s temperature
without physical contact by measuring the emitted energy

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

Infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum

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Infrared Camera
• Advanced device
• Connected with heating equipment &
computer
• Produces sequences of thermal images Infrared camera

Other Models

FLIR E96 FLIR T1020

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 Methods of Thermography
PASSIVE THERMOGRAPHY

• By natural excitation sources

• Qualitative test
• Cheap & environment friendly
• Low heating power
Thermograms of defected bridge
• Dependent to weather conditions deck of Krapina Bridge

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ACTIVE THERMOGRAPHY
• Thermal destabilization by external stimulation of the object
• Transient heating or cooling

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PULSED THERMOGRAPHY (PT)

• Quick inspection
• Short thermal stimulation pulse
is used
• Border technique

Pulse thermography test procedure

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LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY (LT)

• Generation of thermal waves

inside the specimen
• Monitoring exact time
dependence b/w output signal &
input signal

Lock-in thermography test procedure

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 Advantages
• No physical contact between camera and object
• Large monitoring capacity
• More visibility
• Range of measurement: -20 to 1600ºC
• Fast response rate
• Lightweight thermal imaging equipment
• Data manipulation

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Problems

• Emissivity variation from material to material

• Attenuation of radiation in atmosphere
• Subsequent re-radiation in random directions

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Applications of infrared thermography

I. Bridge deck assessment

a) Visible Spectrum and

b) Infrared Spectrum of a concrete

bridge deck.

II. Testing for FRP wrapped columns

a) Digital picture of first pile after wrapping, and

(b) infrared image

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III. Thermal Measurement and Control of HMA Pavement Construction

a) Sensing Bar mounted to Paver

b) Display Screen

IV. Energy Efficiency Assessment in Buildings

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V. Building Moisture Inspection

Thermal Imaging Detects Moisture

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 CASE STUDY
I. Cooling tower at Amos plant located in central West Virginia

a) The visual image, b)Thermal

image of a cooling tower at Amos
plant located in central West
Virginia;

II. Smith Mountain Dam

A sample thermal image from Smith

Mountain dam is presented in Figure

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 SUMMARY
1) Infrared thermography is a fast, clean and safe technology

2) IRT is dependent on the sensor and the surrounding environment

3) The defect can only be detected if it possesses enough thermal resistance

4) The two available approaches for thermography inspections are the passive and active. The
passive approach measures the temperature differences of a structure that occur under normal
conditions, while the active approach generates the temperature differences of the structure
using an external stimulus.

5) The success of IRT to detect defects or damage in large concrete structures would be a major
breakthrough in NDE inspections of large structures such as dams and cooling towers as
traditional methods are very costly and time consuming

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 REFERENCES
1) Snehal R. Khedkar, Prof V.R. Dhawale, “Infrared thermography and its application in building
construction” volume: 06 issue: 05 may 2009
2) Gene F. Sirca Jr., Hojjat Adeli, “Infrared thermography for detecting defects in concrete structures”,
volume 24 ,issue 7: 508–515:(2008)
3) jungwon Huh, Quang Huy Tran, Jong-Han Lee Dongyeob Han, Jin-Hee ahn, and Solomon yim,
“Experimental study on detection of deterioration in concrete using infrared thermography technique”
volume 2016, issue 23 jun (2016)
4) Bojan Milovanovic and Ivana Banjad Pecur, “Review of active ir thermography for detection
characterization of defects in reinforced concret”
5) V.K.Divya,K.Sivasubramanian, D.Suji,”Defect identification in concrete using active thermography
technique”, vol. 4, issue 6, june 2015, an iso 3297: 2007 certified organization
6) Tarek Omar, Moncef L. Nehdi, “Application of passive infrared thermography for the detection of
defects in concrete bridge elements” (2016)

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THANK YOU

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