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7 papers

physics.app-ph2026

Quantitative Infrared Thermographic Assessment of Hand Cooling Dynamics During Controlled Contact with Metal Plates

Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Stefano Sfarra +4

This study investigates the spatiotemporal thermal response of human hands during controlled contact cooling using short wave infrared (SWIR), mid wave infrared (MWIR), and long wa…

physics.app-ph2026

Generalized virtual wave reconstruction for vibrothermography: Overcoming the wavefront-free behavior and quantification challenges in the diffusion-wave field

Pengfei Zhu, Julien Lecompagnon, Mathias Ziegler +2

Wavefront-free behavior and the resulting quantification difficulties are intrinsic limitations of vibrothermography due to the diffusive nature of thermal fields. This work propos…

physics.app-ph2025

Thermal diffusivity measurement based on evaporative cryocooling excitation: Theory and experiments

Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Stefano Sfarra +4

Photo-thermal methods for measuring thermal diffusivity inherently pose an ill-posed inverse problem, affected by factors such as sample thickness, heating or cooling time, and exc…

physics.app-ph2025

Real-Time Super-Resolution Imaging System Based on Zero-Shot Learning for Infrared Non-Destructive Testing

Pengfei Zhu, Ziang Wei, Ahmad Osman +4

Infrared thermography (IRT) and photothermal coherence tomography (PCT) exhibit potential in non-destructive testing and biomedical fields. However, the inevitable heat diffusion s…

physics.app-ph2025

Thermal diffusivity characterization of impacted composites using evaporative cryocooling excitation and inverse physics-informed neural networks

Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Stefano Sfarra +5

The thermal diffusivity measurement of impacted composites using pulsed methods presents an ill-posed inverse problem influenced by multiple factors such as sample thickness, cooli…

physics.app-ph2025

A novel IR-SRGAN assisted super-resolution evaluation of photothermal coherence tomography for impact damage in toughened thermoplastic CFRP laminates under room temperature and low temperature

Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Stefano Sfarra +4

Evaluating impact-induced damage in composite materials under varying temperature conditions is essential for ensuring structural integrity and reliable performance in aerospace, p…