TY - JOUR A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Köpp, Christian A1 - Hamann, M. A1 - Hennen, C. A1 - Binda, L. A1 - Saisi, A. A1 - Zanzi, L. T1 - Non-destructive investigation of structural elements of the "Altes Museum" in Berlin N2 - Strategies and methodologies for the assessment of historic masonry structures based on non-destructive and minor-destructive testing methods were developed in the European Research Project ONSITEFORMASONRY and were successfully applied to assess the structure and material properties of selected structural elements in the Altes Museum in Berlin-Mitte. For the planning of a broad reconstruction within the framework of a master plan concerning the whole of Museum Island in Berlin, several questions arose which are also typical for other historic structures in general, thus the Altes Museum was chosen as a pilot site for the validation of non-destructive testing methods. KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Historic masonry KW - Radar KW - Columns KW - Cupola KW - Anchors PY - 2008 SN - 978-1-84564-106-1 DO - https://doi.org/10.2495/HPSM080521 SN - 1746-4498 SN - 1743-3509 VL - 97 SP - 513 EP - 522 PB - WIT Press CY - Southampton [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-17890 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bosiljkov, V. A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Köpp, Christian A1 - Wöstmann, Jens T1 - Assessment of structure through non-destructive tests (NDT) and minor destructive tests (MDT) investigation: case study of the church at carthusian monastery at Zice (Slovenia) KW - On-site investigation KW - Destructive and non-destructive tests KW - Radar KW - Thermography KW - Historic masonry KW - Structural and material characterization PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/15583050902731031 SN - 1558-3058 SN - 1558-3066 VL - 4 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Philadelphia, Pa., USA AN - OPUS4-20465 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Gardner, S. A1 - Kind, Thomas A1 - Kaiser, R. A1 - Grunwald, Marcel A1 - Yang, G. A1 - Redmer, Bernhard A1 - Waske, Anja A1 - Mielentz, Frank A1 - Effner, Ute A1 - Köpp, Christian A1 - Clarkson, A. A1 - Thompson, F. A1 - Ryan, M. A1 - Mahon, D. T1 - Muon Tomography of the Interior of a Reinforced Concrete Block: First Experimental Proof of Concept N2 - Quality assurance and condition assessment of concrete structures is an important topic world-wide due to the aging infrastructure and increasing traffic demands. Common topics include, but are not limited to, localisation of rebar or tendon ducts, geometrical irregularities, cracks, voids, honeycombing or other flaws. Non-destructive techniques such as ultrasound or radar have found regular, successful practical application but sometimes suffer from limited resolution and accuracy, imaging artefacts or restrictions in detecting certain features. Until the 1980s X-ray transmission was used in case of special demands and showed a much better resolution than other NDT techniques. However, due to safety concerns and cost issues, this method is almost never used anymore. Muon tomography has received much attention recently. Novel detectors for cosmic muons and tomographic imaging algorithms have opened up new fields of application, such as the investigation of freight containers. Muon imaging also has the potential to fill some of the gaps currently existing in concrete NDT. As a first step towards practical use and as a proof of concept we used an existing system to image the interior of a reference reinforced 600 kg concrete block. Even with a yet not optimized setup for this kind of investigation, the muon imaging results are at least of similar quality compared to ultrasonic and radar imaging, potentially even better. The data acquisition takes more time and signals contain more noise, but the images allowed to detect the same important features that are visible in conventional high energy X-ray tomography. In our experiment, we have shown that muon imaging has potential for concrete inspection. The next steps include the development of mobile detectors and optimising acquisition and imaging parameters. KW - Concrete KW - Muon KW - Radar KW - Ultrasound KW - X-ray PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-529974 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-021-00797-3 VL - 40 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Springer Nature AN - OPUS4-52997 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -