Composite materials are often more practical in use for different military applications. These materials provide interesting results especially through their good strength properties, corrosion resistance and low specific weight. These materials have various structures. Any defect of these materials usually has a more complicated and other form than in metals and that is why methods and diagnostic techniques checked in metal constructions are often deceptive in constructions made from composite materials. The infrared thermography non-destructive testing methods prove to meet the expectations well in composite constructions. The main centre in Poland for research and development works on infrared thermography non-destructive methods is the Military Institute of Armament Technology (MIAT) where works are carried out for three groups of composite materials used in following areas: aviation, light ballistic protections and ammunition. Also some works on using the infrared thermography to detect the buried mines are conducted here. In the presented paper the use of thermography techniques to military applications testifies that large possibilities exist in these specific applications. Relatively small number of publications about military applications of thermography techniques results first of all from the reason that not all of this information can be made publicly available. Also for this reason in the papers there is no introduced investigation results about elements of ammunition and rockets with the use of infrared. In the paper the main directions of works executed in MIAT were introduced. Regarding the fast development and use of more complicated composite materials in military applications the future works in MIAT over the exploitation of infrared thermography will be directed mostly on nondestructive testing of these materials.
Military applications of infrared thermography nondestructive testing in Poland
Militärische Anwendung der zerstörungsfreien Infrarotthermographie in Polen
2004
9 Seiten, 11 Bilder, 21 Quellen
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Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Datenträger
Englisch
Nondestructive Testing of Composite Ballistic Cover of Military Vehicles by IR Thermography Methods
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