Thermomechanical Assessment of Sports Facilities and Equipment Using Thermography and Artificial Intelligence
摘要
Sports equipment and facilities are subject to temperature variations that are reflected in other important parameters of their operation. Thermography is not only a temperature measurement technique; many mechanical and physical properties of materials have an associated thermal behavior that allows us to interpret and evaluate them. Friction, abrasion, fatigue, heat dissipation or aging can be tested using infrared cameras. In the world of sports, these and other properties give us information about the state and evolution of equipment, pavements or materials. In addition, applying advanced artificial intelligence and machine vision techniques to thermal images allows us to extract patterns and information to characterize sporting products objectively, without contact and in real time.