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The Laser ultrasonic and photothermal research of heterogeneous structures in Katholieke Universitet Leuven Arenberg, Belguim. Laser excited acoustic and thermal waves have the interesting property that they can deliver information about material properties on locations which are inaccessible for other techniques. In this research we study reflection, transmission, diffraction and nonlinear effects of thermal and elastic waves from the sub-Hz till GHz range using heterodyne diffraction, stroboscopic interferometric imaging, IR thermography and advanced data processing techniques (Gabor transformation, neural network recognition). In this way, in a non-contact way, it is possible, besides the elastic characterization of materials, to determine their depth sturcture, and to detect and identify sub-surface defects.

Scholarship Deadline:2009-12-19
Financing: available
Type of Position: scholarship
Source of Funding: research projects
Duration of the Project : 4 years
Research group: Department of Physics and Astronomy

Contact information: christ.glorieux@fys.kuleuven.be

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