Thermal tomography, characterization and pulse phase thermography of impact damage in CFRP, or why end-users are still reluctant about practical use of transient IR thermography

Results of inspecting a CFRP specimen with the impact damage defect are reported. The accent is made on dedicated data processing including the so called defect maps production which are of special interest for end-users. Comparison of thermal tomography and pulse phase thermography is made while applying these methods to both defect detecting and characterizing.