TY - JOUR A1 - McHugh, Jarlath A1 - Stark, Wolfgang T1 - Determination and interpretation of changes in thermophysical properties of a carbon-fibre prepreg during cure JF - Polymer Testing N2 - Epoxy composites used for high-end structural applications are typically cured under the influence of temperature and pressure causing a number of complex chemical and physical transformations. On heating a mould, temperature gradients will occur through the component which will depend largely on the thermophysical properties of the specific composite. The crosslinking reaction is exothermic leading to additional heat release, thus complicating heat transportation models. If such effects are not accounted for, it can lead to variations in resin flow, poor fibre wetting causing voiding and inhomogeneous cure, leading to shrinkage and unfavourable variations in moulded part geometry. Limited information is available for thermal models used in the manufacture of reinforced thermosets. Autoclave [1, 2] and laser or infra-red curing processes [3, 4] typically use constant values determined on fully cured parts. In this work, the variation in thermal conductivity (K) (W/(m K)), thermal diffusivity (a) (m(2)/s) and specific heat capacity at constant pressure (c(p)) (J/(g K) is determined for a carbon fibre prepreg during cure. It is the intention to improve understanding of how these parameters are related to chemical or physical transformations occurring during cure, and where estimates or shortcuts may be used for heat transfer models KW - Differential scanning calorimetry KW - Temerature KW - Epoxy system PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2015.11.015 SN - 0142-9418 VL - 49 SP - 115 EP - 120 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-35788 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath T1 - Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of epoxy carbon-fibre prepregs partially cured in a discontinued autoclave analogue process JF - Polymer testing N2 - Epoxy carbon-fibre prepreg, Hexcel Type 6376 HTS, was investigated using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). The DMA characteristic parameters are storage modulus E', loss modulus E' and loss factor tanδ. These parameters are ideally suited to observe the vitrification, referred to as glass transition, resulting from the cross-linking reaction. Detection of the cure state may also be achieved by determining the momentary glass transition temperature of partially cured samples. The consequent use of a multi-frequency measuring regime was used to derive the apparent activation energy for the glass transition process. Different temperature programs were also applied to monitor the curing process directly, as well as to investigate the different states of incomplete cure reached in preceding curing steps. The intention was to provide better understanding of the consequences of an interrupted autoclave curing process and to use DMA to detect the cure state achieved. With DMA, the continuation of an incomplete curing process also can be monitored. DMA measurements up to 300 °C showed, furthermore, that the final glass transition temperature was reduced by thermal degradation at high temperatures. KW - Composites KW - Epoxy KW - Cross-linking KW - Prepreg KW - Degree of cure KW - Glass transition PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2014.11.004 SN - 0142-9418 VL - 41 SP - 140 EP - 148 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-32325 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Fideu, P. A1 - Herrmann, A. A1 - Stark, Wolfgang T1 - Determination and review of specific heat capacity measurements during isothermal cure of an epoxy using TM-DSC and standard DSC techniques JF - Polymer testing N2 - The technique normally used to measure Cp during isothermal cure is Temperature Modulated - Dynamic Scanning Calorimetry TM-DSC. It is however not standardised, experimentally complicated and quite time intensive. As will be shown, Cp may also be estimated during isothermal cure just from using dynamic heating experiments on a fully cured sample. Such values are often sufficient for isothermal heat transfer models that otherwise employ a constant Cp value obtained from the fully cured epoxy. Secondly, the results from dynamic heating experiments provide a quick means, in comparison to isothermal TMDSC measurements, of estimating Cp variation during cure as well as providing a good estimate value for Cp towards the end of isothermal cure. As will be shown, such values obtained from a standardised measurement procedure are very helpful in setting up TMDSC experiments that are more sensitive to experimental error influenced by factors such as sample weight and geometry. The DSC results illustrate that the measured heat capacity Cp for a fully cured epoxy over a temperature range are very similar to values for samples partially cured at corresponding isothermal temperatures, under the prerequisite that vitrification takes place. In such cases the primary influence on Cp is specific measurement temperature and not degree of cure. For isothermal cure temperatures investigated between 150 and 200 °C, the total change of Cp during cure is nearly constant and correlates well with values published by authors on other epoxy based systems. Taking Cp variation as constant, it is possible from just dynamic heating experiments on the cured epoxy to estimate Cp for the uncured epoxy system at specific cure temperatures. The next step would be to estimate the full Cp profile during isothermal cure, however, in such cases, the time to vitrification would also be needed as additional information. PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2010.04.004 SN - 0142-9418 VL - 29 IS - 6 SP - 759 EP - 765 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-21916 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Buchholz, Uwe A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath T1 - Material characterisation of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) and liquid silicone rubber (LSR) by means of ultrasonic spectroscopy T2 - Internationaler ETG-Kongress 2009 T2 - Internationaler ETG-Kongress 2009 CY - Düsseldorf, Germany DA - 2009-10-27 KW - Ultrasonic spectroscopy KW - Partial discharge KW - Material characterisation KW - Solid dielectric KW - Mechanical properties KW - DMA PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-8007-3195-4 SN - 0341-3934 IS - Paper 4.17 SP - 271 EP - 272 PB - VDE-Verl. CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-20265 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - McHugh, Jarlath T1 - Ultrasound Technique for the Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) N2 - The objective of this work is to demonstrate the practical application and sensitivity of ultrasound as a high frequency Dynamic Mechanical Analysis DMA technique for the characterisation of polymers. Conventional DMA techniques are used to determine thermo mechanical behaviour of polymers by typically employing dynamic shear or tensile loading modes at defined frequencies between 0.1 and 50 Hz. Sound waves may also be employed for DMA applications and depending on type of wave propagated, shear G´, G´´ and longitudinal L´, L´´ storage or loss modulus and tan (δ) may be determined from the measured acoustic parameters sound velocity and amplitude. The primary advantage of ultrasound DMA is that due to the compact sensor size it can easily be integrated into most manufacturing processes. To demonstrate the sensitivity of ultrasound to variations in the viscoelastic properties of polymers, the acoustic properties of a cured epoxy with an observed glass transition temperature of 86 °C (tan(δ) peak, 1Hz) were monitored in a temperature range from 20 to 200 °C and compared to conventional DMA results. The influence of measurement frequency, dispersion, hysteresis, reflections at material boundaries, and changes in material density on the measured sound velocity and amplitude were taken into account. To support conclusions a wide range of experimental data was evaluated using sensors operating in the frequency ranges 400 to 800 kHz and 3 to 6 MHz. The ultrasound results are compared to the tensile moduli E´, E´´ and tan(δ) measured using a conventional DMA technique operating at 0.1 to 33 Hz. Using different evaluation strategies such as the Williams Landel Ferry WLF equation it was possible to study the sensitivity of wave propagation to variations in the viscoelastic behaviour of a polymer. Taking advantage of this background knowledge, further experimental results are presented with the aim of demonstrating the sensitivity of this technique for cure monitoring applications and to the material transformations: gelation and vitrification. For this purpose an epoxy resin was cured at a range of constant temperatures whereby the curing reaction and the corresponding change in viscoelastic properties were monitored. Analysis techniques employed included ultrasound at 3 to 6 MHz, Differential Scanning Calorimeter DSC and Rheometry at 1 Hz. All results were summarised and presented graphically. Additionally an Arrhenius relationship was employed enabling direct comparison of results obtained from analysis techniques based on different working principles. Using this information, it was possible to demonstrate the practical application and the sensitivity of this technique to even small changes in viscoelastic properties of polymers. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 31 KW - Ultrasound Cure Monitoring KW - Frequency Dependence KW - Activation Energy KW - Dynamic Mechanical Analysis KW - Rheometry PY - 2008 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1278 SN - 978-3-9812072-0-0 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 31 SP - 1 EP - 153 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-127 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath T1 - Making cure visible: monitoring the crosslinking process using integrated ultrasound sensors JF - JEC Composites Magazine N2 - A special ultrasonic measuring system was developed to monitor the cross-linking process, enabling interaction with the manufacturing process in order to optimise part quality and reduce cycle times. KW - Thermoset KW - Ultrasound sensors KW - Mould KW - Rtm KW - Gelation KW - Vitrification PY - 2008 SN - 1639-965X IS - 38 SP - 64 EP - 66 PB - JEC CY - Paris AN - OPUS4-18610 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Guey, J. L. T1 - Relationship between the Mechanical and Ultrasound Properties of Polymer Materials T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-09-25 KW - Ultrasound KW - DMA KW - Epoxy KW - Modulus KW - tan delta KW - High temperature PY - 2006 SN - 3-931381-86-2 SP - 1(?) EP - 9(?) PB - European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-14065 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Stark, Wolfgang T1 - Ultrasound Cure Monotoring of Fibre Reinforced Composite Epoxy Structures T2 - Aerospace Testing Expo 2005 T2 - Aerospace Testing Expo 2005 CY - Hamburg, Germany DA - 2005-04-04 PY - 2005 AN - OPUS4-11184 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Vermesan, O. A1 - Blystad, L.-C. A1 - Bahr, R. A1 - Froelich, B. A1 - Ullate, L.G. A1 - Martinez, O. A1 - Fritsch Yusta, C. A1 - Guey, J.-L. A1 - Fleury, G. A1 - Liang, K. A1 - Mercier, D. A1 - Schoeb, P. A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath T1 - High temperature phased array ultrasonic system with integrated front end electronics T2 - Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium T2 - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium CY - Rotterdam, Netherlands DA - 2005-09-18 PY - 2005 SN - 0-7803-9382-1 VL - 1 SP - 186 EP - 189 PB - IEEE Operations Center CY - Piscataway, NJ AN - OPUS4-10993 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Stark, Wolfgang T1 - Making Cure Visible T2 - Aerospace Testing Expo 2005 Europe T2 - Aerospace Testing Expo 2005 - Europe, April 5-7, 2005, Hamburg CY - Hamburg, Deutschland DA - 2005-04-05 PY - 2005 SP - 4 pages PB - UKIP Media & Events CY - Dorking AN - OPUS4-7379 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fengler, Petra A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath T1 - Coupling of hidden ultrasound sensors to a moulding tool JF - The e-journal of nondestructive testing & ultrasonics N2 - Ultrasound on-line NDT methods have been demonstrated as a useful tool for monitoring the curing reaction of thermosets. In order to achieve this ultrasound sensors are incorporated into compression, injection and RTM (resin transfer) mould. For many commercial products imprints or any surface markings upon the moulded product are undesirable. Due to its physical properties ultrasound has a large advantage over other techniques for similar applications. The sound wave can pass through the wall of the mould and direct contact with the moulded part is not required. In this particular case one fundamental problem is a good coupling of the sensors to the mould wall. Several mediums came into question but because of the high technical (e. g. temperature and long time stability) and practical demands, it was decided that dry (non-fluid) coupling would be the most promising candidate. A handful of coupling foils suitable also at high temperatures and for long time application under industrial conditions were tested and are presented in this paper. KW - Sensors KW - Ultrasound KW - Mould wall coupling KW - Thermoset manufacturing PY - 2004 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/v09n03/stark/stark.htm SN - 1435-4934 VL - 9 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - NDT.net CY - Kirchwald AN - OPUS4-3316 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Stark, Wolfgang T1 - Ultrasound Process Control for Reactive Plastics T2 - 16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing (WCNDT 2004) T2 - 16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing (WCNDT 2004) CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 2004-08-30 PY - 2004 AN - OPUS4-4483 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Erhard, Anton T1 - Characterisation of epoxy materials used in the development of ultrasound arrays T2 - 16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing (WCNDT 2004) T2 - 16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing (WCNDT 2004) CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 2004-08-30 PY - 2004 AN - OPUS4-4504 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Erhard, Anton T1 - Characterisation of epoxy materials used in the development of ultrasound arrays T2 - 16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing T2 - 16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 2004-08-30 PY - 2004 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2004/pdf/materials_characterization/616_mchugh.pdf SP - 8 pages PB - International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing CY - Montreal AN - OPUS4-5215 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Döring, Joachim ED - Green, R. E. ED - Djordjevic, B. B. ED - Hentschel, M. P. T1 - Evaluation of the cure behaviour of epoxy resin using rheometric and ultrasonic techniques T2 - Nondestructive characterization of materials XI T2 - 11th International Symposium on Nondestructive Characterization of Materials CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2002-06-24 PY - 2003 SN - 3-540-40154-7 SP - 651 EP - 658 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-2772 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Knappe, S. T1 - Ultrasonic and Dielectric Process Monitoring at Thermoset Manufacturing T2 - Jahrestagung des AVK-TV 2003 T2 - Jahrestagung des AVK-TV 2003 CY - Baden-Baden, Germany DA - 2003-10-06 PY - 2003 AN - OPUS4-5062 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Schmachtenberg, E. A1 - Töpker, J. T1 - RTM Process optimization using incorporated ultrasonic sensors T2 - Tagungshandbuch der 5. Internationalen AVK-TV Tagung für Verstärkte Kunststoffe und Duroplastische Formmassen T2 - 5. Internationale AVK-TV Tagung für Verstärkte Kunststoffe und Duroplastische Formmassen ; 5th International AVK-TV Conference on Reinforced Plastics and Thermoset Moulding Compounds CY - Baden-Baden, Germany DA - 2002-09-17 PY - 2002 SP - B10-1-B10-10 CY - Frankfurt am Main AN - OPUS4-1853 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen T1 - Ultrasound on-line cure monitoring for industrial applications JF - Advanced composites letters N2 - In recent years eure monitoring with ultrasonic methods became more important. An on-line measurement System for industrial applications is presented in this paper. It operates in through-transmission and the measured parameters are the sound velocity and the attenuation of the sound wave. An objective of this paper is to establish the ränge of possible applications for an ultrasonic eure monitoring System. KW - Ultrasonic monitoring KW - Cure process KW - Composite material KW - Process controlling PY - 2000 SN - 0963-6935 PB - Woodhead Publ. CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-1061 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Mc Hugh, Jarlath T1 - Contribution to ultrasound cure control for composite manufacturing JF - The e-journal of nondestructive testing & ultrasonics N2 - The curing conditions play an important role in the quality assurance of composite products. Especially as composite materials are widely used in high tech areas so that they are required to fulfil high quality Standards. Some problems which occur during curing, for instance undercuring, can hardly be detected using Standard NDT investigations, mainly because they are manifested only at high temperatures, particularly close to glass-rubber-transition. On-line eure monitoring has the outstanding advantage that it can monitor the material parameters even at the highest temperatures possible. In recent years eure monitoring with ultrasonic methods has become more populär. In comparison to dielectric methods mechanical parameters are measured directly. The quantities to be measured are the velocity and the attenuation of the sound wave. On this basis the storage and loss modulus can be calculated. Depending on the form of excitation with longitudinal or transversal waves these moduli are referred to as long wave or shear modulus. Well developed Computer based technology and sensor materials are available in the non-destructive testing (NDT) market. The measuring equipment employed a commercial NDT System, which worked computer-aided. With a special Software the demands of automatic Operation under industrial conditions was accomplished. This measurement equipment was tested on composites. Its structure, performance and some practical results will be presented in the following paper. T2 - 15th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT) CY - Roma, Italy DA - 15.10.2000 PY - 2000 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt00/papers/idn482/idn482.htm SN - 1435-4934 VL - 5 IS - 11 PB - NDT.net CY - Kirchwald AN - OPUS4-2136 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -