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 - 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 - JOUR A1 - Weritz, Friederike A1 - Arndt, Ralf A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Investigation of concrete structures with pulse phase thermography N2 - The applicability of pulse phase thermography (PPT) for the investigation of structures is studied systematically on concrete test specimens and on a plastered sandstone column. In the test specimens, voids and delaminations are implemented in different depths and with different sizes, modelling real voids, honeycombing and debonding. Delaminations of plaster in concrete and masonry and behind tiles on concrete are investigated. PPT is based on the frequency analysis of the cooling down process of actively heated surfaces. Therefore, it is contactless and thus completely non-destructive (if overheating of the surface is prevented), fast and allows the inspection of large surface areas. The interpretation of amplitude and phase images gives semi-quantitative information about the observed defects. The phase images provide a deeper probing up to 10–15 cm in relation to the interpretation of the thermograms and to the amplitude images. In addition, the influence of surface inhomogeneities and non-uniform heating is reduced. KW - Pulse phase thermography KW - Impulse thermography KW - Concrete KW - Voids KW - Honeycombing PY - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481657 SN - 1359-5997 SN - 1871-6873 VL - 38 IS - 9 SP - 843 EP - 849 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-12300 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Arndt, Ralf ED - Vladimir P. Vavilov, ED - Douglas D. Burleigh, T1 - Square pulse thermography in frequency domain N2 - In this paper a new approach for quantitative non-destructive testing (NDT) of near-surface structures in civil engineering (CE) with active thermography is presented. It adopts the method known as pulsed phase thermography (PPT) for the special requirements of NDT-CE and was developed in a German research project of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin. The new quantitative concept that might be understood as a square pulse thermography in frequency domain or an amplitude-expanded PPT with square pulse heating is based on the thermal diffusivity of the material and the characteristic frequency of the negative maximum phase and amplitude contrast. It aims at complementing the established approaches for defects depth calculation for measurements with long heating and observation times quite usual at active thermography in CE but is easily extendable to other fields of application. After an introduction to the basics of active thermography in CE and the thermography concept of BAM, qualitative results of several case studies will be presented. The main focus of the last section of this contribution is on applications of the new quantitative approach at test specimens of BAM to determine the concrete cover of artificially manufactured defects. KW - Square pulse heating KW - Civil engineering KW - Pulse phase thermography KW - Quantitative method KW - Frequency domain PY - 2008 SN - 978-0-8194-7179-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777697 SN - 0277-786X VL - 6939 IS - CD-ROM SP - 69390X-1 - 69390X-12 AN - OPUS4-17500 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Arndt, Ralf A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc ED - Thompson, D. O. ED - Chimenti, D. E. T1 - Influence of surface properties on the detection and quantification of voids in concrete structures using active thermography N2 - Impulse thermography is an active method for quantitative investigations of the near surface region of various structures. It has recently been applied and optimized to applications in civil engineering. For quantitative analysis of data recorded on the building site, the problems are manifold. Here, the influence of the different surface properties on the detection and characterization of voids and honeycombing simulated by polystyrene cubes and cubes prepared of porous concrete are demonstrated. T2 - 35th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Chicago, IL, USA DA - 2008-07-20 KW - Active thermography KW - Pulse phase thermography KW - Surface properties KW - Emissivity KW - Concrete KW - Voids KW - Honeycombing PY - 2009 SN - 978-0-7354-0629-2 SN - 0743-0760 SN - 0094-243X N1 - Serientitel: AIP conference proceedings – Series title: AIP conference proceedings IS - 1096 SP - 1505 EP - 1511 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-19438 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -