WILLIAM P. WINFREE, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Applied Science
(757) 864-4963
Bill Winfree is researching new applications of thermal wave
techniques for the
nondestructive evaluation (NDE) aerospace materials and
structures. The heat flow in these systems is investigated
using both experimental techniques and computer simulations.
Recent work has involved the inversion of thermographic data
to characterize subsurface characteristics such as subsurface
geometry, porosity, and delamination in laminated structures.
These techniques have diverse applications in characterizing
bonding in aging aircraft, measuring thermal diffusivity of
diamond film, and characterizing the laminar-turbulent transition
in air flow over an airfoil.
