TY - JOUR A1 - Krause, Martin A1 - Mayer, K. A1 - Chinta, P.K. A1 - Effner, Ute T1 - Ultrasonic imaging of defects in building elements made from timber JF - Advanced materials research N2 - There is a great demand for non-destructive testing methods for quality assurance and to assess the safety and durability of wooden structures. Ultrasonic echo technique with shear waves in the frequency range of 50 kHz is one of those promising methods and is already frequently applied for usual and glued laminated timber. The article describes the development and first results for an imaging method for this purpose. The highly anisotropic properties of the ultrasonic velocity have to be considered. A 3D-SAFT (Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique) imaging scheme is developed initially for synthetic data resulting from modelling the elastic wave propagation. The main part of the paper describes the experimental validation of this evaluation technique by experimental studies applying automated ultrasonic scanning techniques. 3D ultrasonic imaging results are described for test specimens made from pine and spruce wood. Another object of investigation was a pedestrian bridge made from siberian larch. KW - Ultrasonic echo KW - Imaging KW - SAFT reconstruction calculation KW - Anisotropic wave propagation KW - EFIT modelling KW - Glued-laminated timber (glulam) PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.778.312 SN - 1022-6680 SN - 1662-8985 VL - 778 SP - 312 EP - 320 PB - Trans Tech Publ. CY - Zurich AN - OPUS4-29088 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -