TY - JOUR A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Cooling-down of thermal thick probes after flash excitation - A measure for the real energy density? N2 - Though flash lamps are one of the most applied heat sources in the field of Thermographic Testing (TT) using active thermography, only little is known about the actually achieved energy input into test objects. In this paper, an easy to realize sensor concept is proposed and experimentally evaluated. The concept is based on the measurement of the surface temperature of a thermal thick probe after flash excitation. After considering the sensor concept with FEM simulations the experimental investigation of four materials (two polymer and two building materials) is described. It will be shown that a suited coating is essential for the realization of the sensor concept. The experimental results prove the suitability of black rigid PVC as the most promising material. Using a coated PVC sample the energy density of short laser pulses, similar to flashes of flash lamps, could be determined exactly with an estimated relative uncertainty of only a few percent. KW - Infrared thermography KW - Flash lamps KW - Flash excitation KW - Flash thermography PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2015.07.014 SN - 1350-4495 VL - 72 SP - 258 EP - 265 PB - Pergamon Press CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-34284 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Doroshtnasir, Manoucher A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Studemund, Taarna T1 - Inspecting defective rotor blades by thermographic monitoring from greater distances: A review on results of the three-year project IKARUS T2 - DEWEK 2015 - 12th German Wind Energy Conference CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 2015-05-19 KW - Wind turbine KW - Thermography KW - Rotor blade PY - 2015 SP - Session No. 20, 1 EP - 4(?) AN - OPUS4-34348 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Doroshtnasir, M. A1 - Steinfurth, H. A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer T1 - Thermographic inspection of a wind turbine rotor blade segment utilizing natural conditions as excitation source, Part I: Solar excitation for detecting deep structures in GFRP N2 - This study evaluates whether subsurface features in rotor blades, mainly made of Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics (GFRP), can generally be detected with ‘‘solar thermography”. First, the suitability of the sun is tested for acting as a heat source for applying active thermography on a 30 mm thick GFRP test specimen. Second, a defective rotor blade segment is inspected outdoors under ideal natural conditions using the sun as excitation source. Additionally, numerical FEM-simulations are performed and the comparability between experiment and simulation is evaluated for outdoor measurements. KW - NDT KW - Numerical simulation KW - Solar excitation KW - On-site inspection KW - Structural health monitoring PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2016.04.011 SN - 1350-4495 VL - 76 SP - 756 EP - 766 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-36076 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Doroshtnasir, M. T1 - Thermographic inspection of wind turbine rotor blade segment utilizing natural conditions as excitation source, Part II: The effect of climatic conditions on thermographic inspections – A long term outdoor experiment N2 - The present study continues the work described in part I of this paper in evaluating a longterm-experiment, where a rotor blade segment of a wind turbine is exposed to the elements and thereby monitored with passive thermography. First, it is investigated whether subsurface features in rotor blades – mainly made of GFRP – can generally be detected with thermography from greater distances under favorable conditions. The suitability of the sun for acting as a heat source in applying active thermography has been tested in the previous study. In this study, the climatic influence on thermographic measurement is evaluated. It is demonstrated that there are favorable and unfavorable circumstances for imaging thermal contrasts which reflect inner structures and other subsurface features like potential defects. It turns out that solar radiation serves as a very effective heat source, but not at all times of day. Other environmental influences such as diurnal temperature variations also create temperature contrasts that permit conclusions on subsurface features. Particular scenarios are reconstructed with FEM-simulations in order to gain deeper insight into the driving mechanisms that produce the observed thermal contrasts. These investigations may help planning useful outdoor operations for inspecting rotor blades with thermography. KW - NDT KW - Meteorological influence KW - Long-term experiment KW - FEM KW - On-site inspection PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2016.04.012 SN - 1350-4495 VL - 76 SP - 767 EP - 776 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-36078 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Jegen, M. A1 - Swidinsky, A. T1 - Approximations for the 2-D coast effect on marine magnetotelluric data N2 - Marine natural source electromagnetic data acquired on continental margins are often of considerable scientific and commercial interest. However, the large conductivity contrast between the ocean and coast causes this type of data to be severely distorted. For a 2-D coastal model, this distortion is most pronounced for the marine magnetotelluric and geomagnetic Response function derived from induced currents flowing parallel to the coast. A maximal distortion occurs for a given period at a specific distance from the coast and causes severe anomalies in the magnitude and phase of the response functions. Based on a modelling study, we empirically relate the characteristic period and characteristic distance to physical parameters such as the ocean depth and the host resistivity. Based on a simple analytical approach, we test these approximations and show that maximum distortion occurs when destructive interference between the ocean and host response is at its highest. While the coast effect causes a large distortion in the marine responses we show through a resolution analysis that it does not mask subsurface conductivity anomalies but in fact increases the sensitivity to the seafloor. KW - Magnetotelluric KW - Magnetic anomalies KW - Modelling and interpretation KW - Marine electromagnetics KW - Magnetic field KW - Electromagnetic theory KW - Elektromagnetische Theorie KW - Magnetfeld KW - Modellierung KW - Inversion PY - 2012 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-255039 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.5385.x SN - 0956-540X SN - 1365-246X VL - 189 SP - 357 EP - 368 PB - Blackwell CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-25503 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Doroshtnasir, Manoucher A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Studemund, Taarna T1 - Inspecting rotor blades by thermographic monitoring from greater distances N2 - The paper presents some of the results obtained within a project concerning the validation of the thermographic inspection method applied to rotor blades of wind turbines. Thermographic testing (TT) is a well established nondestructive testing method under laboratory conditions. It is suited to detect typical structural features and also faults and damages within the blade structure. However, the onsite application for wind turbines during Operation is not straightforward. Some resuits of non-rotating blades as well as of rotating blades are presented. The simultaneous recording of all blades in the rotating state allows the application of a reference method suppressing disturbing influences and leading to enhanced thermal contrasts. T2 - DEWEK 2015 CY - Bremen, Deutschland DA - 19.05.2015 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33272 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Worzewski, Tamara T1 - Thermografie unter wechselnden Witterungsbedingungen zur Zustandsüberwachung eines Windkraftanlagen-Rotorblattes N2 - Weltweit errichtet man zunehmend Offshore-Windkraftanlagen (WKA). Diese auf hoher See errichteten WKA benötigen geeignete Wartungs- und Instandhaltungskonzepte. Bestehende Konzepte aus dem Landbereich geraten unter Offshore-Bedingungen an ihre Grenzen oder lassen sich überhaupt nicht anwenden, daher müssen neue Ansätze erprobt werden. Im Rahmen des BMBF geförderten Forschungsprojektes "IKARUS" ist das Potential der (berührungslosen) thermografischen Fernerkundung zur Zustandsüberwachung der Rotorblätter von WKA zu untersuchen. Veränderungen der Umgebungsbedingungen wie z.B. solare Einstrahlung oder der Tagestemperaturgang führen zu veränderlichen Energieeinträgen in ein Objekt, die beim Vorhandensein von Inhomogenitäten im Material oder Strukturmerkmalen thermische Signaturen hervorrufen können. Ebenso können Veränderungen der Witterungsbedingungen dazu führen, dass bereits vorhandene thermische Signaturen wieder ausgelöscht werden. Daher ist es unbedingt notwendig, systematische Langzeitmessungen bei verschiedenen Umgebungsbedingungen durchzuführen, um Fehlinterpretationen zu vermeiden. In diesem Beitrag wird anhand von Laborversuchen und Simulationen zunächst die grundsätzliche Eignung des thermografischen Ansatzes für glasfaserverstärkte Kunststoffe (GFK), aus denen die Außenhüllen der Rotorblätter gefertigt sind, demonstriert. Hierbei werden unterschiedliche Arten von Defekten an GFK vorgestellt, die zu thermischen Signaturen an Rotorblättern führen können. Anschließend werden Zwischenergebnisse aus einem laufenden Langzeitversuch zu einem demontierten Rotorblattsegment vorgestellt, welches unter verschiedenen Witterungsbedingungen und zu verschiedenen Tages- und Jahreszeiten thermografisch beobachtet wurde. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2014 CY - Potsdam, Germany DA - 2014-05-26 PY - 2014 AN - OPUS4-30789 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Doroshtnasir, Manoucher A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Steinfurth, Henrik A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - IKARUS - Forschung zur thermografischen Zustandsinspektion von Offshore Rotorblättern N2 - Eine Arbeitsgruppe der BAM in der Abteilung für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung forscht seit 2011 an verschiedenen technischen Fragestellungen, die sich aus dem thermografischen Lösungsansatz ergeben. Zum Beispiel werden spezielle Prüfkörper aus GFK im Labor unter dem Gesichtspunkt untersucht, inwieweit (materielle) innere Strukturen und äußerlich nicht sichtbare Schäden mit Thermografie offenbart werden können. Hierbei werden verschiedene Anregungs- und Auswertungstechniken auf ihre Eignung für diese Problemstellung untersucht. Der folgende Beitrag erläutert einige technische Schwierigkeiten bei der praktischen Anwendung der geplanten Inspektionsmethode und stellt einen erfolgversprechenden Lösungsansatz vor. KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Rotorblatt KW - Windkraftanlage KW - Thermografie KW - IKARUS PY - 2014 SN - 0941-3898 VL - 34 IS - 1 SP - 20 EP - 22 PB - Verl. Natürl. Energie CY - Seevetal AN - OPUS4-30245 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Doroshtnasir, Manoucher A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Röllig, Mathias T1 - On-site inspection of potential defects in wind turbine rotor blades with thermography N2 - Recurrent non-destructive testing inspections are necessary to prevent damages in wind turbine rotor blades, but so far, there is no established method that detects defects in blades from greater distances – although this becomes increasingly important in the context of hardly accessible offshore wind parks. Thermography is a promising method for detecting subsurface defects, but various challenges arise when this method is applied on-site to turbine blades in operation. Disturbing influences from the environment easily lead to a misinterpretation of thermograms (i.e. thermographic images), such as thermal signatures caused by reflections, dirt and other superficial inhomogeneities. This study explores several problems and effects that arise, when (rotating) blades are monitored with thermography. It will then be demonstrated that a meaningful defect inspection in this scenario is essentially restricted to a procedure following three steps: Firstly, calculating the so-called difference thermograms of all blade pairs for eliminating disturbing reflections. Secondly, identifying potentially relevant signals, which are associated neither with structural features nor with dynamical effects, and the identification of these signals’ allocations (through comparison of all difference thermograms with each other). And thirdly, comparing these signals with (processed) photos for excluding incorrect indications by surface effects. Unlike common thermographic analysis methods, which typically only include an aspect of this procedure, the composition presented in this contribution constitutes an advanced technique for minimizing disturbing influences in thermograms. The proposed thermographic technique enables the detection of potential subsurface defects within rotating rotor blades from greater distances – such as from the ground, air crafts or vessels. KW - NDT KW - Thermographic inspection KW - Wind turbine rotor blade KW - GFRP PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1927 SN - 1095-4244 VL - 19 IS - 8 SP - 1407 EP - 1422 PB - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. CY - Hoboken, New Jersey, USA AN - OPUS4-37291 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Doroshtnasir, Manoucher A1 - Steinfurth, Henrik A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Thermografie unter wechselnden Witterungsbedingungen zur Zustandsüberwachung eines Windkraftanlagen-Rotorblattes N2 - Weltweit errichtet man zunehmend Offshore-Windkraftanlagen (WKA). Diese auf hoher See errichteten WKA benötigen geeignete Wartungs- und Instandhaltungskonzepte. Bestehende Konzepte aus dem Landbereich geraten unter Offshore-Bedingungen an ihre Grenzen oder lassen sich überhaupt nicht anwenden, daher müssen neue Ansätze erprobt werden. Im Rahmen des BMBF geförderten Forschungsprojektes "IKARUS" ist das Potential der (berührungslosen) thermografischen Fernerkundung zur Zustandsüberwachung der Rotorblätter von WKA zu untersuchen. Veränderungen der Umgebungsbedingungen wie z.B. solare Einstrahlung oder der Tagestemperaturgang führen zu veränderlichen Energieeinträgen in ein Objekt, die beim Vorhandensein von Inhomogenitäten im Material oder Strukturmerkmalen thermische Signaturen hervorrufen können. Ebenso können Veränderungen der Witterungsbedingungen dazu führen, dass bereits vorhandene thermische Signaturen wieder ausgelöscht werden. Daher ist es unbedingt notwendig, systematische Langzeitmessungen bei verschiedenen Umgebungsbedingungen durchzuführen, um Fehlinterpretationen zu vermeiden. In diesem Beitrag wird anhand von Laborversuchen und Simulationen zunächst die grundsätzliche Eignung des thermografischen Ansatzes für glasfaserverstärkte Kunststoffe (GFK), aus denen die Außenhüllen der Rotorblätter gefertigt sind, demonstriert. Hierbei werden unterschiedliche Arten von Defekten an GFK vorgestellt, die zu thermischen Signaturen an Rotorblättern führen können. Anschließend werden Zwischenergebnisse aus einem laufenden Langzeitversuch zu einem demontierten Rotorblattsegment vorgestellt, welches unter verschiedenen Witterungsbedingungen und zu verschiedenen Tages- und Jahreszeiten thermografisch beobachtet wurde. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2014 CY - Potsdam, Germany DA - 26.05.2014 PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-309000 SN - 978-3-940283-61-0 IS - DGZfP-BB 148 SP - Di.2.B.3, 1 EP - 10 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) AN - OPUS4-30900 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Worzewski, Tamara A1 - Doroshtnasir, Manoucher T1 - Thermographic rotor blade inspection from larger distances – a promising tool for the maintenance of wind turbines N2 - The permanently increasing number of wind turbines requires suited inspection and monitoring methods to ensure liability and security. Concerning the inspection of ro-tor blades, only manual inspections are state of the art. Thermographic Testing (TT) has the potential to detect typical failures and damages on rotor blades. The paper presents some results of onsite measurements carried out as “passive thermogra-phy”, i.e. without a defined heating procedure. Due the totally contactless meas-urement principle, TT can be applied to rotating blades as well as to resting blades. Both methods will be compared with respect to their possible realization. T2 - WCNDT 2016 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.06.2016 KW - Wind turbine rotor blade KW - Thermographic inspection KW - Passive thermography KW - Nondestructive testing PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-366331 SN - 978-3-940283-78-8 SP - We.4.D.4., 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-36633 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -