TY - GEN A1 - Müller, Alexander A1 - Trappe, Volker A1 - Hickmann, Stefan A1 - Ortwein, H.-P ED - Christ, Hans-Jürgen T1 - Investigation of the infinite life of fibre-reinforced plastics using X-ray refraction topography for the in-situ, nondestructive evaluation of micro-structural degradation processes during cyclic fatigue loading T2 - Fatigue of Materials at Very High Numbers of Loading Cycles N2 - The described investigation of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP) documents that damage evolution can be observed by means of X-ray refractography. Comparative investigations with synchrotron technique on CFRP and grey-scale analysis on glass fibre-reinforced-plastics (GFRP) confirm these results. Moreover it was found that the fracture mechanical properties of the matrix system influence damage nucleation and propagation in the laminate during static and fatigue loads. Single-step fatigue tests were carried out on Laminates with RIM135 and LY556 matrix systems made from non-crimped fabric (NCF) or twill weave in different fibre orientations. The damage to the LY556 laminates was characterized by laminate cracks growing rapidly over the whole specimen width, whereas the damage on the RIM135 laminates was characterized by an earlier onset of micro-cracking followed by laminate cracks. The specimens were fatigued up to 108 (very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) regime) load cycles. S-N-curves of damage initiation were drawn and boundaries were identified for endurance within the VHCF regime. A phenomenology based model focusing on matrix stress was applied to reproduce the first inter-fibre failure (IFF) under static and fatigue loads. KW - Carbon fibre-reinforced-plastics KW - Fatigue KW - Damage evolution KW - X-ray refractography KW - Very high cycle fatigue PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-658-24531-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24531-3 VL - 2018 SP - 417 EP - 439 PB - Springer Spektrum CY - Wiesbaden ET - 1. Auflage AN - OPUS4-50096 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Eisermann, René A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Nagel, Lukas A1 - Hickmann, Stefan A1 - Munzke, Dorit A1 - Trappe, Volker T1 - Characterising the material degradation of inner pressure-loaded GFRP-tube specimens using distributed strain sensing T2 - ITG-Fb. 281: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2018 N2 - Glass-fibre-reinforced plastics (GFRP) are commonly used for the construction of pressure vessels and tanks for example in automotive and aerospace industries. Especially for pressure vessels used for the storage of natural gas or hydrogen with operation pressures up to 700 bar, an early material fatigue detection is of great interest. Measuring the distributed strain profile of GFRP structures helps to understand and detect material fatigue. In this article, we demonstrate the great potential of swept wavelength interferometry (SWI) based distributed strain sensing for the monitoring of pressure vessels made from GFRP. A resin transfer molding (RTM) process was used to manufacture GFRP-tube specimens. Commercial optical fibres with polyimid coating were glued to the surface externally in circumferential and axial direction. A cyclic load of up to 150 bar was applied to the samples using a servo-hydraulic test bench. Comparing the loaded and unloaded test conditions, we determined up to 2 % elongation in circumferential direction. We demonstrate reliable distributed strain measurements with sub-centimetre spatial resolution. By monitoring these high-resolution strain profiles, we were able to detect local material degradation that manifested itself as localized strain changes. Crucially, the material Degradation could be detected already after 75 % of dat the fatigue life before a crack appeared that led to leakage. T2 - Sensoren und Messsysteme - 19. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung CY - Nürnberg, Germany DA - 26.06.2018 KW - Distributed fibre optic sensors KW - Optical backscatter reflectometry KW - Swept wavelength interferometry (SWI) KW - Structural health monitoring (SHM) KW - Composite structures KW - Optical fibre PY - 2018 UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8436172/ SN - 978-3-8007-4683-5 SP - 239 EP - 242 PB - VDE VERLAG GMBH CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-45887 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Trappe, Volker A1 - Nielow, D. A1 - Hickmann, Stefan A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Redmer, Bernhard A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer T1 - Sandwich-Schalenstrukturen in situ charakterisiert mit Thermographie und Felddehnungsmessungen T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2018 N2 - An der BAM wurde ein Schalenprüfstand entwickelt, mit dem typische Sandwichschalenstrukturen unter simulierter Betriebsbeanspruchung belastet werden können. Im mechanischen Ermüdungsversuch wurden in situ die Entstehung von Schäden in Schalenprüfkörpern mit Test-Imperfektionen mittels der passiven Thermographie und Felddehnungsmessungen verfolgt. Damit konnten der Zeitpunkt, der Schadensursprung und der Schadensfortschritt zerstörungsfrei bestimmt werden. Zudem wurden vergleichend Schalenprüfkörper mit Luftultraschall und der Röntgen-Laminographie untersucht. Im Rahmen eines BMWi-Forschungsvorhabens wurden die Schädigungsmechanismen evaluiert und Empfehlungen für die Praxis der Fertigung von Rotorblättern abgeleitet. In diesem Beitrag wird sich auf die Darstellung der ZfP-Verfahren und der ZfP-Ergebnisse konzentriert. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2018 CY - Leipzig, Germany DA - 07.05.2018 KW - Windkraft KW - Rotorblatt KW - Schalenprüfstand KW - Thermographie KW - Laminographie KW - Luftultraschall PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-469395 VL - 166 SP - 1 EP - 11 AN - OPUS4-46939 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Munzke, Dorit A1 - Kraus, David A1 - Eisermann, René A1 - Kübler, Stefan A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Nagel, Lukas A1 - Hickmann, Stefan A1 - Trappe, Volker T1 - Distributed fiber-optic strain sensing with millimeter spatial resolution for the structural health monitoring of multiaxial loaded GFRP tube specimens JF - Polymer Testing N2 - Due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent fatigue resistance, glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP) are used as a construction material in a variety of applications including composite high-pressure gas storage vessels. Thus, an early damage detection of the composite material is of great importance. Material degradation can be determined via measuring the distributed strain profile of the GFRP structures. In this article, swept wavelength interferometry based distributed strain sensing (DSS) was applied for structural health monitoring of internal pressure loaded GFRP tube specimens. Measured strain profiles were compared to theoretical calculation considering Classical Lamination Theory. Reliable strain measurements with millimeter resolution were executed even at elongations of up to 3% in the radial direction caused by high internal pressure load. Material fatigue was localized by damaged-induced strain changes during operation, and detected already at 40% of burst pressure. KW - GFRP KW - Swept wavelength interferometry KW - Distributed fiber optic sensing KW - Material degradation KW - Structural health monitoring PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2019.106085 SN - 0142-9418 VL - 80 SP - 106085 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-48950 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -