Smart coatings for health monitoring and nondestructive evaluation

Timothy J. Bencic; Jeffrey I. Eldridge

doi:10.1117/12.606240

9 May 2005 Smart coatings for health monitoring and nondestructive evaluation (Invited Paper)

Timothy J. Bencic, Jeffrey I. Eldridge

Proceedings Volume 5770, Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606240
Event: Nondestructive Evaluation for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, 2005, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Luminescent coatings applications have been increased dramatically over the last decade as imaging capacities have advanced. These coatings have been used to monitor surface temperature and air pressure (oxygen sensing) in testing facilities around the world. Through the commercial suppliers of these coatings, custom assembled hardware systems and especially data reduction and analysis software, the use of smart luminescent coatings are starting to find their way in to inspection monitoring and nondestructive evaluation testing. The use of a temperature sensitive paint for example, can be a potential replacement for infrared imaging where IR techniques are limited due to access, reflections and complex geometries. Detection of the luminescent signal can use simple intensity ratio methods with synchronized pulsing systems to capture frequency responses in imaging applications. Time or frequency methods allow signals to be detected in the presence of high background noise that allow measurements that were previously unobtainable. This paper describes general luminescent sensors, detection methods and examples of coatings that are applied over test examples or embedded in materials to measure or monitor the health of a specimen.

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Timothy J. Bencic and Jeffrey I. Eldridge "Smart coatings for health monitoring and nondestructive evaluation (Invited Paper)", Proc. SPIE 5770, Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring, (9 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606240

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