TY - GEN A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Schubert, F. A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Impact-Echo: Experimental and Numerical Study of Acoustic Wave Propagation T2 - NDE Conference on Civil Engineering T2 - NDE Conference on Civil Engineering CY - St. Louis, Missouri, USA DA - 2006-08-14 KW - Impact-Echo KW - Nondestructive Testing KW - Geometry Effects KW - EFIT PY - 2006 SN - 1-57117-148-7 SP - 215 EP - 222 PB - ASTM CY - St. Louis AN - OPUS4-14123 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Impact-Echo Data Analysis Based on the Hilbert-Huang Transform T2 - TRB 86th Annual Meeting, January 21-25, 2007, Washington, D.C., USA T2 - TRB 86th Annual Meeting CY - Washington, D.C., USA DA - 2007-01-21 KW - Impact-Echo KW - Hilbert-Huang KW - Transformation PY - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 14 CY - Washington, D.C., USA AN - OPUS4-17469 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Impact-Echo Signal Processing T2 - NDE Conference on Civil Engineering T2 - NDE Conference on Civil Engineering CY - St. Louis, Missouri, USA DA - 2006-08-14 KW - Impact-Echo KW - Nondestructive Testing KW - Geometry Effects KW - EFIT PY - 2006 SN - 1-57117-148-7 SP - 207 EP - 214 PB - ASTM CY - St. Louis AN - OPUS4-14126 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert ED - Mazal, P. T1 - Identification of short transient signals within impact-echo data using the Hilbert-Huang-Transform T2 - NDT in progress : IIIrd International Workshop of NDT Experts, October 10 - 12, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic, Proceedings T2 - 3rd International Workshop of NDT Experts CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 2005-10-10 KW - Hilbert-Huang Transform KW - Time-Frequency Analysis KW - Impact-Echo KW - Concrete Structures PY - 2005 SN - 80-2142996-8 SP - 9 EP - 17 PB - Univ. of Technology CY - Brno AN - OPUS4-11711 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert A1 - Abraham, O. T1 - Scanning impact-echo for the investigation of tendon ducts in concrete T2 - Memorandum of the Workshop of COST on NDT Assessment and New Systems in Prestressed Concrete Structures T2 - Workshop of COST on NDT Assessment and New Systems in Prestressed Concrete Structures DA - 2005-09-18 PY - 2005 SP - 55 EP - 62 AN - OPUS4-11051 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert A1 - Schubert, F. T1 - A new approach for the investigation of geometry effects in impact-echo measurements - experimental results and numerical simulations T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT N2 - Impact-Echo (IE) measurements on concrete structures with compact dimensions are influenced by geometry effects, i.e. reflections especially of the surface waves at the boundaries of the test object, which in fact can lead to misinterpretation of the results. In contrast to the normal reflection arrangement, in which the excitation and the measuring sensor are placed on the same side of the specimen, measurements were carried out in a transmission arrangement, where the impactor and the measuring sensor are placed opposite to each other. This serves to reduce the influence of surface waves, and to investigate further their responsibility for the existence of geometry effects. Results obtained from laboratory specimens with smooth surfaces were still seriously affected by geometry effects. Numerical simulations led to the conclusion that surface waves travel around the edges of the specimen, thus creating geometry effects even on the opposite side. Measurements on a specimen, which was cut out from a bridge structure and had irregular connecting planes between the excitation and the measurement side, proved to be remarkably less affected. In order to analyze and visualize the surface wave propagation an arrangement is used, in which the excitation is fixed at a certain point on one plane of the specimen. A transducer scans all planes of the specimen in phase with the excitation. Time slices show the instantaneous wave field on all planes of the specimen. These are compared with numerical simulations. In particular, it can be proved that surface waves indeed travel around the edges of a specimen with smooth connecting planes, thus creating geometry effects even in the transmission arrangement. T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-09-25 KW - Impact-Echo KW - Nondestructive Testing KW - Geometry Effects KW - EFIT PY - 2006 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/ecndt2006/doc/P19.pdf SN - 3-931381-86-2 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-14434 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Alver, Ninel A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Modified SIBI application to scanning impact-echo T2 - Structural faults & repair 2008 (Proceedings) T2 - 12th International Conference and Exhibition "Structural Faults & Repair 2008" CY - Edinburgh, Scotland DA - 2008-06-10 KW - Impact echo KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung PY - 2008 SN - 0-947644-63-5 PB - Engineering Technics Pr., CY - Edinburgh AN - OPUS4-34608 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Arndt, Ralf A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Weritz, Friederike A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Structural investigation of concrete and masonry structures behind plaster by means of pulse phase thermography T2 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Quantitative Infrared Thermography (QIRT 2004) T2 - 7th International Conference on Quantitative Infrared Thermography (QIRT 2004) CY - Rhode-St-Genese, Belgien DA - 2004-06-05 KW - Pulse phase thermography KW - Nondestructive testing in civil engineering KW - Plaster KW - Concrete KW - Masonry KW - Delaminations KW - Voids PY - 2004 SP - I.3.1 EP - I.3.6 PB - Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics CY - Rhode-St-Genese AN - OPUS4-4397 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Beutel, R. A1 - Reinhardt, H.-W. A1 - Grosse, C. U. A1 - Glaubitt, A. A1 - Krause, Martin A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert A1 - Schickert, M. T1 - Performance Demonstration of Non-Destructive Testing Methods T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-09-25 KW - NDT-CE KW - Concrete KW - Ultrasonic echo KW - Impact-echo KW - Radar KW - Concrete cover of tendon ducts KW - Thickness measurement KW - Concrete slabs PY - 2006 SN - 3-931381-86-2 SP - 1(?) EP - 9(?) PB - European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-14382 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Brink, Arne A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert ED - Balageas, D. T1 - Application of quantitative impulse thermography for structural evaluation in civil engineering - comparison of experimental results and numerical simulations T2 - Quantitative infraRed thermography 6 T2 - 6th International Conference on Quantitative InfraRed Thermography ; 6th QIRT '02 CY - Dubrovnik, Croatia DA - 2002-09-24 PY - 2002 SN - 953-631350-2 SP - 35 EP - 40 PB - FSB CY - Zagreb AN - OPUS4-1822 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Brink, Arne A1 - Wedler, Gerd A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Weritz, Friederike A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Active infrared thermography in civil engineering - quantitative analysis by numerical simulation T2 - International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) N2 - The cooling-down process of building structures after heating-up with an external radiation source was analysed to detect voids inside and below the surface. Quantitative results of concrete test specimen containing voids with different sizes at various depths will be presented here. The experimental results were compared to numerical simulations performed with a Finite Difference program developed at BAM. T2 - 6th International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2003-09-16 KW - Non-destructive testing in civil engineering KW - Acitve thermography KW - Concrete KW - Voids KW - Numerical SImulation KW - Finite differences PY - 2003 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/ndtce03/papers/p024/p024.htm SN - 3-931381-49-8 SP - 1 EP - 8(?) PB - DGZfP CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-3403 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Gardei, André A1 - Mittag, Kornelia A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert A1 - Ripke, B. A1 - Jovanovic, M. T1 - Inspection of Concrete-Embedded Tracks Process development for the quality assurance of concrete-embedded tracks using non-destructive testing methods T2 - International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) N2 - In the framework of the feasibility study "Inspection of Concrete-Embedded Tracks" between BAM and Deutscher Bahn AG, application and further development of NDT- measurements for the constructional conditions of the concrete-embedded tracks are investigated. After first test series on the rail track [Ref 1] and in further laboratory investigations on test specimen [Ref 2], result of the three selected non-destructive methods impact- echo, ultrasonic-echo and impulse radar will be presented. T2 - 6th International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2003-09-16 PY - 2003 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/ndtce03/papers/v086/v086.htm SN - 3-931381-49-8 PB - DGZfP CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-3975 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Gucunski, N. A1 - Imani, A. A1 - Romero, F. A1 - Nazarian, S. A1 - Yuan, D. A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert A1 - Shokouhi, Parisa A1 - Taffe, Alexander A1 - Kutrubes, D. T1 - Nondestructive testing to identify concrete bridge deck deterioration T2 - SHRP 2 Report S2-R06A-RR-1 N2 - This work was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. It was conducted in the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. The project was managed by Monica Starnes, Senior Program Officer for SHRP 2 Renewal. The research reported herein was performed by the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University (RU); the Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP); the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany; and Radar Systems International, Inc. (RSI). Rutgers University was the coordinator and contractor for this project. Dr. Nenad Gucunski, professor and chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of CAIT’s Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program at RU, was the principal investigator. The other authors of this report are Dr. Soheil Nazarian, professor of Civil Engineering and director of CTIS at UTEP; Dr. Deren Yuan, research associate at CTIS at UTEP; Dr. Herbert Wiggenhauser, head of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) in Civil Engineering at BAM; Dr. Alexander Taffe, leader of Combination and Automation of NDT of Buildings at BAM; Dr. Parisa Shokouhi, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, hosted by BAM; and Doria Kutrubes, president of RSI. Arezoo Imani and Touraj Tayebi, graduate research assistants at RU, helped conduct the validation testing, data analysis, and web manual content preparation. Hoda Azari, a graduate research assistant, and Dr. Manuel Celaya, a research engineer at UTEP, assisted in the validation study as well. Hooman Parvardeh, research assistant at RU, helped build the reference database and develop the framework for the web manual, while Erica Erlanger, a research staff member at RU, edited the manuscript. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. The research team also gratefully acknowledges contributions of the participants from industry and academia in the validation testing. The participants include NDT Corporation; Germann Instruments; Olson Engineering; Dr. Ralf Arndt, National Research Council associate at FHWA Turner–Fairbank Highway Research Center; Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. (IDS), Italy; 3D-RADAR, Norway; Dr. John Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Jinying Zhu, The University of Texas at Austin; Rutgers University—Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation; and The University of Texas at El Paso—Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems. The contributions of these participants were critical for the evaluation and grading of the performance of NDT technologies. PY - 2013 UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/shrp2/SHRP2_S2-R06A-RR-1.pdf SN - 978-0-309-12933-6 SP - 1 EP - 96 PB - Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. AN - OPUS4-34732 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Mielentz, Frank A1 - Milmann, Boris A1 - Adam, Louisa A1 - Villalobos, S. A1 - Guimaraes, M. A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Detection of cracks perpendicular to the surface using acoustic methods JF - The e-journal of nondestructive testing & ultrasonics N2 - Cracks perpendicular to the surface may be initial indicators for a deterioration process of concrete structures. Moisture penetrates inside the structure and transports adverse chemicals. The paper presents an investigation about the reliability of available commercial non-destructive evaluation techniques to reliably estimate the depth of surface-breaking cracks in reinforced concrete structures. Aim of the study was the investigation of surface-braking cracks under laboratory conditions. Commercial acoustic devices as impact echo equipment, single ultrasonic transducers and arrays were applied even if they have not been developed for this purpose. The commercial software and descriptions for application was followed strictly to compare the function, precision and repeatability of the measurements. Both, perpendicular notches and cracks have been considered. The study was completed with a discussion about reference specimens. The study was the basis for formulation of gaps in research. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has initiated and funded a Project. T2 - NDT-CE 2015 - International symposium non-destructive testing in civil engineering CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 15.09.2015 KW - Acoustic test KW - Commercial acoustic devices KW - Ultrasonic test KW - Crack depth KW - Concrete specimens PY - 2015 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-345729 UR - https://www.ndt.net/?id=18412 SN - 1435-4934 VL - 20 IS - 11 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - NDT.net CY - Kirchwald AN - OPUS4-34572 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Streicher, Doreen A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Bridge inspection and condition assessment in Europe T2 - Proceedings of the TRB 87th Annual Meeting T2 - TRB 87th annual meeting CY - Washington, D.C., USA DA - 2008-01-13 KW - Construction KW - Environment and Energy PY - 2008 IS - CD-ROM (Paper 08-1450 / Session 568) SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - TRB CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-16651 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Stoppel, Markus A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert ED - Mencik, J. T1 - The role of advanced non-destructive techniques in condition assessment of existing bridges T2 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference "Reliability, Safety and Diagnostics of Transport Structures and Means 2005" T2 - 2nd International Conference "Reliability, Safety and Diagnostics of Transport Structures and Means 2005" CY - Parduce, Czech Republic DA - 2005-07-07 KW - Condition assessment KW - Non-destructive testing (NDT) KW - Scanning system KW - Impulse radar KW - Ultrasonic echo KW - Impact echo KW - Active thermography KW - LIBS PY - 2005 SN - 80-7194-769-5 SP - 111 EP - 118 PB - University of Pardubice CY - Pardubice AN - OPUS4-7695 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - A toolbox with non-destructive testing methods for the condition assessment of railway bridges T2 - Compendium of papers CD-ROM, TRB 85th annual meeting N2 - The unified economic structure of the European market requires a unified transport infrastructure to ensure seamless and barrierfree transportation of passengers and goods. The European commission is funding the European Integrated Project Sustainable Bridges to comply with future traffic demands. The main objective of the project is to reliably assess and upgrade the bridge infrastructure for the required increase of axle loads and transport volume. 32 Institutes from 12 countries develop unified procedures for the assessment and improvement of the existing railway bridge stock under the guidance and review of six major European railway companies. Non destructive testing (NDT) is given a high priority. One of the work packages concentrates on the potential of advanced NDT-methods and creates a toolbox with advisable methods for the condition assessment of all types of railway bridges. Although NDT-methods are implemented in the quality assurance process in many industries, their application in the railway infrastructure is not common. Only a few countries have included selected NDT-methods into advanced condition assessment procedures for the management of their bridge stock. This paper describes also current activities to enhance pulse-phase thermography, impulse-radar and acoustic methods. The advanced methods enable infrastructure owners to verify construction plans, to assess structures, repair and strengthening quality or to identify in-service damages. Latest development is an automated scanning system for combined acoustic and electromagnetic measurements. The results are then combined through data fusion techniques to further increase their value for the bridge owners. T2 - 85th TRB Annual Meeting CY - Washington, DC, USA DA - 2006-01-22 KW - Non-Destructive Testing KW - Thermography KW - Railway Bridges KW - NDT-toolbox PY - 2006 SP - 1 EP - 12(?) PB - TRB CY - Washington, D.C. AN - OPUS4-12037 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Non-destructive testing of concrete structures T2 - ICAMEM2008 - 4th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (Proceedings) T2 - 4th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (ICAMEM2008) CY - Sousse, Tunisia DA - 2008-12-16 KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Civil engineering KW - Inspection KW - Knowledge transfer KW - Case study PY - 2008 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-18655 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kohl, Christoph A1 - Krause, Martin A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Mayer, K. A1 - Wöstmann, Jens A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - 3D-Visualisation of NDT-Data using Data Fusion Technique T2 - International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) N2 - Non-destructive testing (NDT) of concrete structures is performed using pulse-echo methods. According to the type of the applied waves it can be classified as acoustic (Impact-Echo, Ultrasonics) and electromagnetic methods (Radar). The results are visualised through different imaging processes. This work is performed in the frame of a research project promoted by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FOR384).The objective of data fusion is to use the complementary information of the different methods. Radar can detect metallic reflectors in concrete (metallic ducts and concrete reinforcement) very well. This method is not able to locate defects behind these reflectors (injecting defects, defects behind close concrete reinforcement), because the electromagnetic waves are completely reflected at metals. The acoustic methods are able to compensate this deficit i.e. acoustic waves can penetrate through metal. But acoustic waves in the ultrasonic range are completely reflected by air layers. Air layers have smaller influence on radar propagation, so that both methods complement each other.In order to be able to combine the NDT-data from several methods records at the same volume, the different data setsmodes of signals must be adapted. The ultrasonic and radar data have to be reconstructed with programs based on the Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique (SAFT) before data fusion. Subsequently, a conversion of the data into a uniform format has to be carried out. This is a prerequisite in order to keep the data exchange between the project partners as simple as possible. After the data sets are imported and transferred into a common reference system, they can be processed with operations according to the purpose of the investigation. Results, which have been achieved in concrete test specimen with radar and ultrasonics, will be presented and will show the feasibility of the data fusion method. T2 - 6th International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2003-09-16 KW - Radar KW - Ultrasonic KW - Data Fusion PY - 2003 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/ndtce03/papers/v023/v023.htm SN - 3-931381-49-8 SP - 1 EP - 11(?) PB - DGZfP CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-3053 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kohl, Christoph A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Krause, Martin A1 - Streicher, Doreen A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert ED - Mazal, P. T1 - Data fusion of complementary NDT methods applied in civil engineering T2 - NDT in progress : IInd International Workshop of NDT Experts, October 06 - 08, 2003, Prague, Czech Republic, Proceedings T2 - 2nd International Workshop of NDT Experts CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 2003-10-06 KW - Non-destructive testing in civil engineering KW - Data fusion KW - Radar KW - Ultrasonics KW - Concrete PY - 2003 SN - 80-2142475-3 SP - 1 EP - 11(?) PB - Univ. of Technology CY - Brno AN - OPUS4-3054 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -