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A Review of Infrared Thermography for Delamination Detection on Infrastructures and Buildings
Ko Tomita1, Michael Yit Lin Chew1
1Department of the Built Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566, Singapore.
Abstract:
This paper provides a comprehensive review on the use of infrared thermography to detect delamination on infrastructures and buildings. Approximately 200 pieces of relevant literature were evaluated, and their findings were summarized. The factors affecting the accuracy and detectability of infrared thermography were consolidated and discussed. Necessary measures to effectively capture latent defects at the early stage of delamination before crack formation were investigated. The results of this study could be used as the benchmarks for setting standardized testing criteria as well as for comparison of results for future works on the use of infrared thermography for detection of delamination on infrastructures and buildings.
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