TY - CONF A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Pelkner, Matthias A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Daschewski, Maxim A1 - Brackrock, Daniel T1 - Evolution of modern NDT-methods for the inspection of lightweight components T2 - 12th International conference of the Slovenian society for non-destructive testing - Application of contemporary non-destructive testing in engineering (Proceedings) N2 - NDT is a multidisciplinary research area fusing the disciplines of natural Science and engineering. Particularly in the early development stages of a new testing method, feasibility investigations focus on the fundamental physical interaction between the sensing mechanism and specimen. Research activities during subsequent phases of modular prototype development, technical System Integration and Validation primarily attempt to solve the practical engineering and real-life aspects of a testing method. We show several examples of new methods in different stages of development and highlight the potential for further industrial use. The first section deals with Steel surfaces of lightweight components which are inspected with pm-sized magneto resistive sensor arrays. This quantitative magnetic stray field approach combines high spatial resolution and very high sensitivity, enabling the user to detect even very small micro-defects. Tuming to CFRP components we also show new developments in airbome ultrasonic testing. Here we use ferroelectret foils to reduce the acoustical mismatch between transducer and air, which enhances the signal-to-noise ratio. A further example illuminates the use of metallic nano layers as a broadband thermo acoustical emitter. Their use provides both high sound pressures and very broadband Signal characteristics. When it comes to CFRP components and other anisotropic and highly Scattering materials, ultrasonic matrix arrays in conjunction with many angles of incidences per transducer position can help to enhance the statistics of a testing problem. In the field of conventional water-coupled UT testing we also show the use of matrix array transducers providing a tomographic-like 3D-image of impact damage in CFRP samples. T2 - 12th International conference of the Slovenian society for non-destructive testing - Application of contemporary non-destructive testing in engineering CY - Portoroz, Slovenia DA - 04.09.2013 KW - GMR-sensors arrays KW - Air coupled ultrasonics KW - Thermo acoustical transducers KW - Matrix arrays PY - 2013 SN - 978-961-93537-0-7 SP - 303 EP - 314 AN - OPUS4-29245 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Daschewski, Maxim A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Schadow, Florian A1 - Dohse, Elmar A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Weise, Matthias A1 - Beck, Uwe T1 - Novel air-coupled ultrasonic transducer combining the thermoacoustic with the piezoelectric effect T2 - Proceedings of WCNDT 2016 N2 - In recent years, there has been an increasing industrial demand for one-sided inspection of various structures by means of air-coupled ultrasonic technique. Lightweight structures based on carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers may have very complex shapes, making air-coupled transmission difficult or even impossible. The inspection of concrete structures is another example where one-sided inspection is required. To address these challenges a new type of transducer for air-coupled pulse-echo inspection was developed, which unites two principles: thermoacoustic emission and piezoelectric reception. The thermoacoustic emitter is a titanium electrode with a thickness of several tens of nanometer. This electrode was deposited onto charged cellular polypropylene, which serves as a piezoelectric receiver. The thermoacoustic transmission is based on a transformation of the thermal energy of an electrically heated electrode into the acoustic energy of an ultrasonic wave. Thermoacoustic emitters provide resonance-free behaviour and thus extremely broadband pulses. Charged cellular polypropylene is piezoelectric due to the polarization of its cells and it is well matched to air, with a Young modulus in the order of magnitude of MPa. In this contribution we present some pulse-echo measurements with the first prototypes of the combined thermoacoustic-piezoelectric transducer. T2 - World Conference of Non-Destructive Testing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.6.2016 KW - Thermoacoustic KW - Piezoelectric KW - Ultrasonic transducer KW - Ferroelectret PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-367151 VL - 158 SP - Mo.1.F.4, 1 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-36715 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Daschewski, Maxim A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Prager, Jens A1 - Dohse, Elmar A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Harrer, Andrea T1 - Resonanzfreie Messung und Anregung von Ultraschall JF - Technisches Messen N2 - In diesem Beitrag präsentieren wir innovative Methoden für die breitbandige und resonanzfreie Messung und Anregung von Ultraschall. Das Messverfahren verwendet eine Kunststofffolie und ein Laser-Vibrometer als breitbandigen und resonanzfreien Empfänger. Im Allgemeinen ermöglicht dieses Verfahren eine präzise Messung der Schallschnelle und des Schalldruckes in beliebigen, für das Laserlicht transparenten Flüssigkeiten und Gasen mit bekannter Dichte und Schallgeschwindigkeit. Das resonanzfreie Senden von Ultraschall basiert auf einem elektro-thermo-akustischen Wandlerprinzip und ermöglicht, im Gegensatz zu herkömmlichen Ultraschallwandlern, die Erzeugung von beliebig geformten akustischen Signalen ohne Resonanzen und ohne Nachschwingen. N2 - In this contribution we present innovative methods for broadband and resonance-free sensing and emitting of ultrasound. The sensing method uses a polyethylene foil and a laser vibrometer as a broadband and resonance-free sound receiver. In general, this method enables absolute measurement of sound particle velocity and sound pressure in arbitrary, laser beam transparent liquids and gases with known density and sound velocity. The resonance-free emitting method is based on the electro-thermo-acoustic principle and enables, contrary to conventional ultrasound transducers, generation of arbitrary shaped acoustic signals without resonances and post-oscillations. KW - Ultraschall KW - Übertragungsfunktion KW - Charakterisierung von Ultraschallmesssystemen KW - Thermo-akustische Ultraschallemitter KW - Ultrasound KW - Transfer function KW - Characterization of ultrasonic measurement systems KW - Thermo-acoustic ultrasound emitter PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/teme-2014-0020 SN - 0340-837X SN - 0178-2312 SN - 0171-8096 VL - 82 IS - 3 SP - 156 EP - 166 PB - Oldenbourg CY - München AN - OPUS4-32733 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Daschewski, Maxim A1 - Dohse, Elmar A1 - Köppe, Enrico A1 - Weise, Matthias A1 - Hillger, W. A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc T1 - Schwingverhalten des Ferroelektret-Senders für Luftultraschall T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2013 T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2013 CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 2013-05-06 KW - Luftultraschall KW - Wandler KW - Ferroelektret KW - Zelluläres Polypropylen KW - Elektrostriktion PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-940283-49-8 IS - Mo.3.B.4 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-28651 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -