TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Design of the BAM-ITEP-Trials 2005 an co-operation with HuMin/MD T2 - BAM-BMVg Seminar CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2005-04-21 PY - 2005 AN - OPUS4-11392 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Statistical design of experiments applied to tests of metal detectors used for mine detection T2 - 4th International Probabilistic Symposium CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-10-12 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-14200 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Trial design for testing and evaluation of metal detectors used in humanitarian landmine clearance T2 - ECNDT 2006 9. Europäische Konferenz für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-09-25 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-14202 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Müller, Christina ED - Proske, D. T1 - Statistical design of experiments applied to tests of metal detectors used for mine detection T2 - 4th International Probabilistic Symposium CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-10-12 KW - Zuverlässigkeit in der Minensuche KW - Feldtests KW - Modulares Modell KW - Metalldetektor PY - 2006 SN - 3-00-019232-8 SP - 253 EP - 264 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-14297 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Müller, Christina A1 - Ewert, Uwe A1 - Wilrich, Peter-Th. A1 - Spyra, W. T1 - Trial Design for Testing and Evaluation of Metal Detectors Used in Humanitarian Landmine Clearance T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-09-25 KW - Zuverlässigkeit in der Minensuche KW - Feldtests KW - Modulares Modell KW - Metalldetektor PY - 2006 SN - 3-931381-86-2 SP - 1(?) EP - 10(?) PB - European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-14420 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Versuchsplan für Prüfung und Bewertung von Metalldetektoren für die Minenräumung T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2007 (ZfP in Forschung, Entwicklung und Anwendung) CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 2007-05-14 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-14834 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Charakterisierung der Luftultraschallwandler aus zellulärem ferroelektrischem Polypropylen T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 2011-05-30 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-23908 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Parameter reproducibility of polypropylene ferroelectret transducers for air-coupled ultrasonic testing T2 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2011 CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 2011-10-18 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-25201 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Anregung von Lambwellen mit Luftultraschall T2 - Fachmesse "Sensor und Test 2009" CY - Nuremberg, Germany DA - 2009-05-26 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-25202 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Einsatz von Luftultraschall-Sensoren mit geringer akustischer Impendanz T2 - 36th Annual Conference on Acoustic - DAGA 2010 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2010-03-15 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-25203 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Bertovic, Marija A1 - Müller, Christina A1 - Zickler, S. A1 - Fahlbruch, B. A1 - Spokoiny, V. A1 - Schombach, D. A1 - Just, Tilman A1 - Cramer, H.-J. T1 - Untersuchungen zum Einfluss menschlicher Faktoren auf das Ergebnis von zerstörungsfreien Prüfungen, Möglichkeiten zur Minimierung dieses Einflusses und Bewertung der Prüfergebnisse KW - Menschliche Faktoren KW - ZfP KW - Manuelle Ultraschallprüfung KW - WkP KW - KKW PY - 2009 IS - BfS-Projekt SR 2514 / Endbericht SP - 1 EP - 79 CY - Salzgitter AN - OPUS4-26081 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bertovic, Marija A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Müller, Christina A1 - Fahlbruch, B. T1 - Investigating human factors in manual ultrasonic testing: testing the human factors model N2 - The human factors approach relies on understanding the properties of human capability and limitations under various conditions and the application of that knowledge in designing and developing safe systems. Following the principles of the MTO (Man Technology Organisation) approach, emphasis should be given to the way people interact with technical as well as organisational systems. A model describing human factor influences in relation to the performance shaping factors and their effect on manual ultrasonic inspection performance had been built and a part of it empirically tested. The experimental task involved repeated inspection of 18 defects according to the standard procedure under no, middle and high time pressure. Stress coping strategies, the mental workload of the task, stress reaction and organisational factors have been measured. The results have shown that time pressure, mental workload and experience influence the quality of the inspection performance. Organisational factors and their influence on the inspection results were rated as important by the operators. However, further research is necessary into the effects of stress. KW - Human factors KW - Manual ultrasonic testing KW - In-service inspection KW - Nuclear power plants KW - Time pressure PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1784/insi.2011.53.12.673 SN - 0007-1137 VL - 53 IS - 12 SP - 673 EP - 676 PB - British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing CY - Northampton AN - OPUS4-26083 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Brekow, Gerhard T1 - Einsatz von Luftultraschall-Sensoren mit geringer akustischer Impedanz T2 - DAGA 2010 - 36. Jahrestagung für Akustik CY - Berlin, Deutschland DA - 2010-03-15 KW - Luftultraschall KW - Sensor KW - Akustische Impedanz KW - Polypropylen PY - 2010 SN - 978-3-9808659-8-2 SP - 1041 EP - 1042 CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-26402 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Bovtun, V. A1 - Brekow, Gerhard A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc T1 - Charakterisierung der Wandler für Luftultraschallprüfung aus zellulärem Polypropylen-Ferroelektret N2 - In den letzten Jahren stieg die Anfrage für zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (ZIP) mit Luftultraschall deutlich. Die klassische ZfP mit Ultraschall nutzt Flüssigkeiten als Koppelmittel zwischen dem Wandler und dem Prüfkörper. Für die Prüfung von Gegenständen mit empfindlicher Oberfläche, die das Koppelmittel beschädigen oder verunreinigen kann, ist deswegen Luftultraschall besser geeignet. Eine mögliche Anwendung ist beispielsweise der Nachweis von Delaminationen in glas- und kohlefaserverstärkten Verbundwerkstoffen sowie Sandwichbauteilen, die in der Luftfahrt- und der Automobilindustrie eingesetzt werden. T2 - DAGA 2011 - 37. Jahrestagung für Akustik - Fortschritte der Akustik CY - Dusseldorf, Germany DA - 21.03.2011 KW - Luftultraschall KW - Wanderfolien KW - Zelluläres Polypropylen KW - Akustische Impedanz KW - Signal-Rausch-Anstand PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-939296-02-7 SP - 337 EP - 338 AN - OPUS4-26403 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Beck, Uwe A1 - Weise, Matthias A1 - Bovtun, Viktor Petrovic A1 - Brekow, Gerhard A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc T1 - Parameter reproducibility of polypropylene ferroelectret transducers for air-coupled ultrasonic testing N2 - The extremely low acoustic impedance of polypropylene ferroelectret combined with its piezoelectric properties makes this material suitable for construction of aircoupled ultrasonic transducers for non-destructive testing. For the fabrication of transducers with a stable quality, the reproducibility of their key parameters is of interest. The reproducibility was evaluated by means of (i) impedance spectroscopy and (ii) pulse-echo measurements. (i) Impedance spectroscopy was applied to identify the resonance frequency, the coupling factor and the acoustic impedance of several nominally identical transducers. (ii) Pulse-echo measurements yielded the signal form of these transducers. The variation of the signal amplitude measured with pulseecho technique was about 10 dB. A part of this variation Comes from the deposition of transducer electrodes and another part from local variations of ferroelectret properties. The variation of the signal amplitude was caused by the observed variation of the coupling factor, which was also about 10 dB. The variation of the acoustic impedance was only about 1 dB, thus having no effect on the variation of the signal amplitude. These results indicate that the variability can be reduced by improving the control of electrode deposition and by optimizing the production technology affecting the reproducibility of material properties. T2 - 2011 IEEE International ultrasonics symposium (IUS) CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 18.10.2011 KW - Air-coupled ultrasonic transducers KW - Polypropylene ferroelectret KW - Reproducibility PY - 2011 IS - Abstract-ID 258 SP - 1 EP - 3 AN - OPUS4-26405 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Brekow, Gerhard T1 - Entwicklung von Luftschall-Sensoren mit geringer akustischer Impedanz T2 - Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 - 15. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung CY - Nürnberg, Deutschland DA - 2010-05-18 KW - Luftultraschall KW - Sensor KW - Akustische Impedanz KW - Polypropylen PY - 2010 SN - 978-3-8007-3260-9 IS - A9/Paper 48 SP - 275 EP - 279 PB - VDE Verlag GmbH CY - Berlin, Offenbach AN - OPUS4-26407 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Bovtun, V. A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Erhard, Anton A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Yakymenko, Y. T1 - Piezoelectric and electrostrictive effects in ferroelectret ultrasonic transducers N2 - Electromechanical response of polypropylene ferroelectret transducers under application of high-voltage pulses was measured by laser Doppler vibrometry and compared with results of ultrasonic through-air transmission between two ferroelectret transducers. The electromechanical response was completely explained by piezoelectric and electrostrictive effects. The electrostrictive effect dominates at high voltages and provides significant enlargement of the transducer constant, up to factor of 2.5. The induced strain of 1.7% was achieved at – 2000 V. The nonlinear ultrasonic transmission was shown to be well described by the piezoelectric and electrostrictive response of transmitter, except in the range of high negative exciting voltages where some limitation of the transmitted signal was observed. This limitation seems not to be a fundamental one and does not abolish the advantages of high-voltage excitation of polypropylene ferroelectret transducers. KW - Electromechanical effects KW - Ferroelectric devices KW - Piezoelectric transducers KW - Piezoelectricity KW - Ultrasonic transducers KW - Ultrasonic transmission KW - Cellular polypropylene KW - Ferroelectret KW - Electrostriction PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4759052 SN - 0021-8979 SN - 1089-7550 VL - 112 IS - 8 SP - 084505-1 - 084505-6 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-26806 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Ferroelectret transducers for air-coupled ultrasonic testing of fiber-reinforced polymers T2 - QNDE-Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, 2012 CY - Denver, CO, USA DA - 2012-07-15 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-26758 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bovtun, Viktor Petrovic A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Erhard, Anton A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Yakymenko, Y. T1 - Enhanced electromechanical response of ferroelectret ultrasonic transducers under high voltage excitation N2 - Polypropylene based ferroelectret films exhibit a strong electromechanical activity and provide a promising solution for the air coupled ultrasonic (ACUS) transducers. Ultrasonic transmission between two air coupled ferroelectret transducers in dependence on the amplitude and polarity of the high voltage exciting pulse revealed a strongly non-linear electromechanical response of the ferroelectret transmitter which provides an increase in the transmitter efficiency. The authors present a simple model describing both promotion and competition of the piezoelectric and electrostriction contributions, as well as increase in the transducer constant under high voltage excitation. Enlargement of the inverse transducer constant of the polypropylene ferroelectret film by a factor of 4 was demonstrated. The non-linear properties of the polypropylene ferroelectrets result in a strong increase in their ACUS figure of merit under the high voltage excitation, which exceeds the results of their technological optimisation. Consequently, enhancement of the ACUS system transmission by 12 dB and signal to noise ratio by 32 dB was achieved. KW - Air coupled ultrasonics KW - Non-contact transducers KW - Ferroelectrets KW - Piezoelectric effect KW - Electrostriction KW - Cellular polypropylene KW - Ultrasonic transducer PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1179/1743676112Y.0000000021 SN - 1743-6753 SN - 1743-6761 VL - 112 IS - 2 SP - 97 EP - 102 PB - Maney CY - London AN - OPUS4-27880 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Air-coupled ultrasonic testing of metal adhesively bonded joints using cellular polypropylene transducers T2 - QNDE - Review of Prgress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Baltimore, MD, USA DA - 2013-07-21 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-29059 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Döring, Joachim A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Erhard, Anton A1 - Bovtun, Viktor Petrovic T1 - Ferroelektret-Prüfköpfe für die zerstörungsfreie Prüfung mit Luftultraschall N2 - Für die luftgekoppelte Ultraschall-Prüfung wird der Prototyp eines neuartigen Prüfkopfes vorgestellt. Statt eines piezokeramischen Ultraschall-Wandlers mit einer λ/4-Anpassschicht wird eine Ferroelektret-Folie aus schaumförmigem Polypropylen eingesetzt. Durch die außerordentlich geringe akustische Impedanz der Folie reduzieren sich die Reflexionsverluste an den Grenzschichten zur Luft so stark, dass bei diesem Prüfkopf auf eine λ/4-Anpassschicht verzichtet werden kann. Außerdem ist die Folie hochspannungsfest. Sie konnte mit Spannungen von mehr als 3500 V angesteuert werden und erlaubte eine Vorspannung am Ultraschall-Wandler des Empfangsprüfkopfes von 2000 V. Mithilfe der hohen Anregungsspannung stieg die Amplitude des akustischen Prüfimpulses auf das 11,2-Fache. Die Empfindlichkeit des Empfängers erhöhte sich durch die Vorspannung weiter um den Faktor 4,3. Insgesamt steigt die Amplitude am Empfänger also auf das 48-Fache, bei gleichbleibendem Rauschpegel. Ein abschließender Vergleich mit kommerziellen Luftultraschall-Prüfköpfen belegt die Überlegenheit der Folien-Prüfköpfe. Damit rückt der Einsatz einer vollwertigen Impuls-Echo-Technik auch bei der luftgekoppelten Ultraschallprüfung deutlich näher. KW - Prüfkopf KW - Ferroelektret KW - Luftultraschall KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung PY - 2013 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 55 IS - 2 SP - 96 EP - 102 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-27778 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -