TY - CONF A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Riemer, Stefanie A1 - Gower, M. A1 - Baker, G. A1 - Lodeiro, M. A1 - Knazovicka, L. A1 - Blahut, A. A1 - Monte, C. A1 - Adibekyan, A. ED - Gutschwager, B. T1 - Characterisation of artificial and natural defects in fibre reinforced plastics designed for energy applications using active thermography N2 - Amongst various other NDT methods, within the EMRP-project ‘VITCEA’ active thermography is validated for testing of CFRP and GFRP structures constructed for energy application. In this contribution, the optical and thermal properties of CFRP and GFRP reference defect artefact (RDA) and natural defects artefact (NDA) test specimens are characterized. Different excitation techniques and techniques for data analysis are compared for optimizing the number of detected defects. T2 - 19th World Conference on Non-destructive Testing (WCNDT) CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.06.2016 KW - Active thermography KW - CFRP KW - GFRP KW - Artificial and natural defects PY - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-370207 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2016/papers/we2i4.pdf SN - 978-3-940283-78-8 VL - BB 158 SP - Paper we2i4, 1 EP - 9 PB - DGZfP CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-37020 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Gower, M. A1 - Baker, G. A1 - Lodeiro, M. A1 - Aktas, A. A1 - Knaszovicka, L. A1 - Blahut, A. A1 - Monte, C. A1 - Adibekyan, A. A1 - Gutschwager, B. T1 - Characterisation of artificial defects in CFRP and GFRP sheets designed for energy applications using active thermography N2 - The increased use of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites for improved efficiency and reliability in energy related applications e.g. wind and marine turbine blades, nacelles, oil and gas flexible risers, also increases the demand for innovative non-destructive testing technologies. Thus, in order to achieve increased acceptance of suited and optimized non-destructive testing (NDT) methods in industry, the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) project ENG57 Validated Inspection Techniques for Composites in Energy Applications (VITCEA) deals with the development and validation of innovative NDT technologies. In this contribution, results concerning thermographic investigations at test specimens during tensile loading and active thermography testing after tensile loading are presented. Additionally, the determination of the optical properties (relative transmittance and directional spectral emissivity) of CFRP and GFRP test specimens is described. T2 - Conference QIRT 2016 CY - Gdansk, Poland DA - 04.07.2016 KW - Active thermography KW - CFRP KW - GFRP KW - Validation of methods PY - 2016 UR - http://qirt.gel.ulaval.ca/archives/qirt2016/papers/076.pdf U6 - https://doi.org/10.21611/qirt.2016.076 SN - 2371-4085 SP - Paper 076, 527 EP - 536 CY - Quebec, Canada AN - OPUS4-37512 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Gower, M. A1 - Lodeiro, M. A1 - Baker, G. A1 - Monte, C. A1 - Adibekyan, A. A1 - Gutschwager, B. A1 - Knazowicka, L. A1 - Blahut, A. T1 - Evaluation of different techniques of active thermography for quantification of artificial defects in fiber-reinforced composites using thermal and phase contrast data analysis N2 - For assuring the safety and reliability of components and constructions in energy applications made of fiber-reinforced polymers (e.g., blades of wind turbines and tidal power plants, engine chassis, flexible oil and gas pipelines) innovative non-destructive testing methods are required. Within the European Project VITCEA complementary methods (shearography, microwave, ultrasonics and thermography) have been further developed and validated. Together with partners from the industry, test specimens have been constructed and selected on-site containing different artificial and natural defect artefacts. As base materials, carbon and glass fibers in different orientations and layering embedded in different matrix materials (epoxy, polyamide) have been considered. In this contribution, the validation of flash and lock-in thermography to these testing problems is presented. Data analysis is based on thermal contrasts and phase evaluation techniques. Experimental data are compared to analytical and numerical models. Among others, the influence of two different types of artificial defects (flat bottom holes and delaminations) with varying diameters and depths and of two different materials (CFRP and GFRP) with unidirectional and quasi-isotropic fiber alignment is discussed. KW - Active thermography KW - CFRP KW - GFRP KW - Delaminations KW - Flash excitation KW - Lock-in excitation PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-018-2378-z SN - 0195-928X SN - 1572-9567 VL - 39 IS - 5 SP - Article 61, 1 EP - 37 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-44687 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -