journal article·2026-10

Multimodal non-destructive evaluation of lightning strike damage in painted CFRP laminates: An infrared thermography-based damage index approach with cross-validation

Sreedhar Unnikrishnakurup, Santhakumar Sampath, Zi Wen Tham, Siok Wei Tay, Jonathan Zheng, Vinod Kumar, Warintorn Thitsartarn, Lei Zhang, Andrew Ngo

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