TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Boehm, Rainer A1 - Brackrock, Daniel A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Gohlke, Dirk A1 - Hosseini, Seyed A1 - Schadow, Florian A1 - Riemer, Stefanie T1 - Non-Destructive ultrasonic investigations on FRP structures N2 - Components made of fibre-reinforced plastic are a prominently used material in modern safety-relevant structures. Periodic in-service non-destructive inspection of these structures is necesary. The EMRP-funded project VITCEA aims on the evaluation of the performance of various non-destructive testing methods on the inspection of fibre-reinforced plastics. The physical layout of fibre layers leads to complex structures of fibre-reinforced plastic parts. Furthermore different material properties of the fibre and the resin cause anisotropic behaviour of the material.This poses a challenge for ultrasonic NDT by causing a complex acoustical response. The acoustical behaviour of fibre-reinforced plate materials has been simulated. Specimens with artificial flaws for the evaluation of the detection thresholds have been designed and manufactured. Mechanized ultrasonic testing methods using phased-array sensors, air-coupled transducers, immersion tank testing and contact technique have been evaluated on the specimen. In this talk results of different ultrasonic testing methods will be compared and discussed. T2 - VITCEA Steakholder Workshop CY - NPL, London, UK DA - 7.6.2017 KW - FRP KW - Fiber reinforced platic KW - Ultrasound KW - Matrix array KW - ACUT KW - Air coupled KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41153 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -