TY - JOUR A1 - Bernegger, Raphael A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - Quantification of delaminations in semitransparent solids using pulsed thermography and mathematical 1D models JF - International Journal of Thermophysics volume N2 - Material defects in fiber reinforced polymers such as delaminations can rapidly degrade the material properties or can lead to the failure of a component. Pulse thermography (PT) has proven to be a valuable tool to identify and quantify such defects in opaque materials. However, quantification of delaminations within semitransparent materials is extremely challenging. We present an approach to quantify delaminations within materials being semitransparent within the wavelength ranges of the optical excitation sources as well as of the infrared (IR) camera. PT experimental data of a glass fiber reinforced polymer with a real delamination within the material were reconstructed by one dimensional (1D) mathematical models. These models describe the heat diffusion within the material and consider semitransparency to the excitation source as well to the IR camera, thermal losses at the samples surfaces and a thermal contact resistance between the two layers describing the delamination. By fitting the models to the PT data, we were able to determine the depth of the delamination very accurately. Additionally, we analyzed synthetic PT data from a 2D simulation with our 1D-models to show how the thermal contact resistance is influenced by lateral heat flow within the material. KW - Pulsed thermography KW - Quantification KW - Numerical simulation KW - Analytical model KW - Semitransparent KW - GFRP KW - Delamination PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-505766 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-020-02642-7 VL - 41 IS - 5 SP - Article number: 67 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-50576 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bernegger, Raphael A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Roellig, Mathias A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Applicability of a 1D analytical model for pulse thermography of laterally heterogeneous semitransparent materials JF - International Journal of Thermophysics N2 - Pulse thermography (PT) has proven to be a valuable non-destructive testing method to identify and quantify defects in fiber-reinforced polymers. To perform a quantitative defect characterization, the heat diffusion within the material as well as the material parameters must be known. The heterogeneous material structure of glass fiber-reinforced polymers (GFRP) as well as the semitransparency of the material for optical excitation sources of PT is still challenging. For homogeneous semitransparent materials, 1D analytical models describing the temperature distribution are available. Here, we present an analytical approach to model PT for laterally inhomogeneous semitransparent materials.We show the validity of the model by considering different configurations of the optical heating source, the IR camera, and the differently coated GFRP sample. The model considers the lateral inhomogeneity of the semitransparency by an additional absorption coefficient. It includes additional effects such as thermal losses at the samples surfaces, multilayer systems with thermal contact resistance, and a finite duration of the heating pulse. By using a sufficient complexity of the analytical model, similar values of the material parameters were found for all six investigated configurations by numerical fitting. KW - Absorption coefficient KW - Analytical model KW - GFRP KW - Heterogeneous KW - Pulse thermography KW - Semitransparent PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-018-2362-7 SN - 0195-928X SN - 1572-9567 VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - Article 39, ICPPP 19, 1 EP - 17 PB - Springer International Publishing AG AN - OPUS4-44003 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Weber, H. A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer T1 - Thickness determination of semitransparent solids using flash thermography and an analytical model JF - Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal N2 - As groundwork for thickness determination of polymeric surface protection systems for concrete, we present a method for measuring the thickness of isolated semitransparent solids using flash thermography both in transmission and reflection configuration. Since standard models do not capture semitransparency, an advanced analytical model by Salazar et al. is applied. Physical material parameters are deduced by fitting experimental data from samples of well-known thickness. Using those, the thickness of samples of the material can be obtained by fitting, as demonstrated for different semitransparent polymer materials. KW - Analytical model KW - Concrete KW - Semitransparency KW - Surface protection KW - Thermography KW - Thickness PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/17686733.2017.1331655 SN - 1768-6733 SN - 2116-7176 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 95 EP - 105 PB - Taylor and Francis CY - Abingdon, UK AN - OPUS4-40468 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -