Optimization of active methods for infrared thermal diagnostics and non-destructive testing

The project is related to fundamental research in continuum theory for defects with disruption of the continuum medium, which is the theoretical basis of the thermal/infrared method for non-destructive testing and diagnosis. The applied aspect of the obtained results is related to expanding the functional capabilities and increasing the efficiency and quality of active infrared thermography, leading to an increase in the speed and accuracy of the diagnosis.
 The goal is to develop an optimal physical and mathematical model of the thermal control process for objects with different material compositions, sizes, shapes, and operating conditions. It is planned to develop an infrared defectoscope with a fundamental shift from hardware-oriented conventional measuring instruments to flexible software-oriented systems. In this way, the measuring system can be reconfigured by the user in accordance with specific needs.

 The tasks are related to the development of a database of algorithms for manipulation (input, storage, search, editing, etc.) of data for thermographic images, quantitative results from thermographic assessment, and algorithms for processing thermographic images. It is planned to create engineering, practically feasible approaches (based on the mechanism of heat conduction in a body with defects) for processing dynamic data (which are expressed by formulas obtained from solving multiple direct and inverse problems of thermal diagnostics.

 The tasks solved to achieve the goal have an interdisciplinary nature. They are related to unsteady heat conduction in a continuum, with analytical and numerical methods for modeling, with mathematical modeling of formalizable and weakly formalizable tasks, with processing of infrared images, with the creation of an intelligent information system for the synthesis of solutions to tasks for thermal detection of hidden subsurface objects, etc.