TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Hong, Shuxian ED - Miyamoto, A. ED - Hakola, I. ED - Yabe, A. ED - Emoto, H. T1 - Nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring N2 - The European project Smart Management of the Sustainable Human Environment (SmartEN) aims at developing and planning of early proactive measures to reduce the environmental impact of human actions, the influence of climate changes and to protect infrastructure as well as the environment. The work of SmartEN is organised in an initial training network (ITN) of early stage researchers (ESRs) in European universities, research Institutes and in industry. The participation of specialists from different disciplines as structural engineering, structural health monitoring, non-destructive testing, computational techniques and telecommunication allows a cross-themes Cooperation. The Cooperation between young engineers and scientists from different disciplines aims at improving the career perspectives of early stage researchers in both public and private sectors and enables them to create multidisciplinary networks in the field of structural monitoring. The project is structured into four thematic work Programmes: Wireless sensor networks, sensor signal processing, non-destructive evaluation and smart proactive management. Besides an in-depth theme about corrosion mapping with ground penetration radar (GPR) in work Programme 3, BAM is involved in specifying the links between NDE, inspection and SHM in structural engineering, including small and medium span bridges. The Work Programmes considers multidisciplinary tasks besides the PhDs that solve a specific open task in the defects detection. Multidisciplinary tasks to be considered in the field of NDE are the limitation and applicability of methods for the intended use for detection of the most critical parameter considering (1) Implementation of NDE in structural health monitoring, (2) Requirements on non-destructive evaluation, (3) Optimum sensor placement in infrastructure with special focus on small and medium span bridges and (4) Combined Monitoring and inspection Systems. In Smarten Work Programme 3, we studied the contribution of NDE to monitoring from a civil engineering point of view. An example presents NDE requirements from laboratory tests on demonstration specimens for ground penetration radar. T2 - CSHM-5 - 5th International workshop on civil structural health monitoring - Structural health monitoring and maintenance of short- & medium-span bridges CY - Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan DA - 24.10.2013 KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Requirements for NDE KW - Reinforced concrete bridges KW - Corrosion detection KW - Ground penetrating radar KW - Chloride contamination PY - 2013 IS - Keynote paper 4 SP - 49 EP - 56 AN - OPUS4-29510 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Krause, Martin A1 - Mielentz, Frank A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Taffe, Alexander A1 - Wilsch, Gerd ED - Naus, D. T1 - Non-destructive Testing of Nuclear Power Plant Concrete Structures State of the Art Report N2 - Nuclear Power Plants have been in operation for ca. 50 years. Based on this experience, non-destructive testing tasks specific to thick and highly reinforced nuclear containment structures have materialized. The performance based Service life extension of existing NPPs also needs a measurement based decision to support continuing the service of the concrete part of the installations. By nature, concrete is a very durable material and any natural Deterioration processes may take a long time to become critical to the structure. The experience of more than 50 years of service limits the testing tasks to a few ones which are not yet solved. Research in NDT of concrete structures is performed by many research institutions all over the world with different technical and systematic approaches. Results are mainly obtained on laboratory specimens, sometimes additional field studies are reported. This research takes place independently without coordination and as a result, the outcomes mostly lack full comparability. Software for data analysis has become indispensable and very powerful. This part of testing needs more attention when it comes to evaluate test results. Validation of NDE solutions is becoming a critical part in concrete structure testing. Validation is by definition the proof that a customer´s requirements in the test are being met by the testing solution. This includes equipment, personnel qualification and data analysis. In the following tables, the research recommendation Validation is used in the sense, that proof of the performance of existing solutions needs to be adressed. In general, a validation methodology for NDE solutions for concrete testing in itself needs to be researched and established. Comparability of research also needs an accepted and easily accessible reference. From experience, it is almost impossible to manufacture exact copies of test specimens at different locations. Round Robin tests are therefore needed to evaluate the performance of a test. Data evaluation is generally done using dedicated software, sometimes Hardware dependant and not interchangeable between systems. Software is ever more increasingly becoming more powerful and sophisticated. An in-depth evaluation needs to address the comparability and validation of Software used for data analysis and evaluation. The vision of a unified software pool for NDE investigations would undoubtedly support research tremendously. Quantitative NDE is mostly recommended to assess the condition of a structure. However, qualitative data can be very useful, especially for processes which change the material properties or deteriorate the structure (e.g. corrosion of reinforcement). The need for reliable baseline data is a key factor for such monitoring tasks. KW - Nuclear structures KW - Non-destructive testing KW - State of the art KW - Research needs PY - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 120 PB - BAM CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-51049 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 - 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 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst ED - Alexander, M. T1 - Non-destructive techniques for the condition assessment of railway bridges T2 - International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR) CY - Cape Town, South Africa DA - 2005-11-21 KW - Sustainable bridges KW - Non-destructive Testing KW - Quality assurance KW - Repair PY - 2005 SN - 0-415-39654-9 N1 - Serientitel: Balkema proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth sciences – Series title: Balkema proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth sciences SP - 163-165 / 429-435 (CD-ROM) PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London AN - OPUS4-11679 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hong, Shuxian A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie T1 - Non-destructive corrosion monitoring in concrete with ground penetrating radar N2 - In this research, laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the feasibility of using ground penetrating radar (GPR) for corrosion detection and/or monitoring, and the mechanism of corrosion caused GPR signal changes, taking into account the influence of several parameters: Chloride, rebar size and cover depth. With the understanding of the mechanism, a novel method for detecting reinforcement corrosion in concrete with GPR is proposed, together with a series of signal processing toolkits for corrosion visualization and image comparison. T2 - SmartEN Marie Curie ITN Final Conference CY - Limassol, Cyprus DA - 09.10.2013 KW - Concrete KW - Reinforcement corrosion KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Ground penetration radar KW - Long term corrosion monitoring KW - Periodic monitoring PY - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-29580 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Schultz, A. A1 - Vielhaber, J. A1 - Loehr, M. T1 - Non-destructive CFRP-bond evaluation T2 - 8th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (FRPRCS-8) CY - Patras, Greece DA - 2007-07-16 KW - Bond behaviour KW - Impulse thermography KW - Effectiveness of repair KW - CFRP-strengthening KW - Large scale testing KW - Validation KW - Acoustic emission KW - Combination of NDT-methods PY - 2007 SP - 106-107 (2-24) CY - Patras, Greece AN - OPUS4-15706 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Casas, J. ED - Jan Bien, ED - Lennart Elfgren, ED - Jan Olofsson, T1 - New methods for inspection and condition assessment KW - Brücken KW - Inspektion KW - Monitoring KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Eisenbahn PY - 2007 SN - 978-83-7125-161-0 SP - 83 EP - 91 PB - Dolnoslaskie Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne CY - Wroclaw, Poland AN - OPUS4-16182 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Milmann, Boris A1 - Wöstmann, Jens A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Feldmann, Rüdiger A1 - Täljsten, B. ED - Masoud Motavalli, T1 - Near surface mounted CFRP-rods - preparation of reinforcing measures and quality control by means of non-destructive testing T2 - 4th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE2008) CY - Zurich, Switzerland DA - 2008-07-22 PY - 2008 SN - 978-3-905594-50-8 SP - 1 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-17747 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Streicher, Doreen ED - Vincentsen, L. T1 - NDT Methods for Condition Assessment of Railway Bridges T2 - International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Conference on Operation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Large Infrastructure Projects, Bridges and Tunnels CY - Copenhagen, Denmark DA - 2006-05-15 KW - Condition assessment KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Automation KW - Method combination PY - 2006 SN - 87-91044-03-0 SP - 1(?) PB - IABSE CY - Zürich AN - OPUS4-14038 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie T1 - NDT Methods for condition assessment of railway bridges T2 - IABSE 2006 Conference on operations, maintenance and rehabilitation of large infrastructure projects, bridges and tunnels CY - Copenhagen, Denmark DA - 2006-05-15 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-14346 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -