TY - CONF A1 - Wosniok, Aleksander A1 - Königsbauer, Korbinian A1 - Nöther, N. A1 - Färber, J. A1 - Schaller, M.-B. A1 - Krebber, K. T1 - Verteilte POF-basierte faseroptische Sensoren zur Infrastrukturüberwachung in der Geotechnik N2 - Wir präsentieren unsere Forschungsergebnisse zur Entwicklung eines faseroptischen Sensorsystems mit polymeroptischen Fasern integriert in Geokunststoffe für die Überwachung von geotechnischen Anlagen. Das Sensorsystem dient der räumlichen Auflösung lokaler Dehnungsereignisse im für Anwender signifikanten Größenordnungsbereich von 3 % bis 10 %. Das gesamte Sensorkonzept besteht aus einem praxistauglichen Messsystem basierend auf der digitalen inkohärenten optischen Frequenzbereichsreflektometrie (I-OFDR) und einer Sensormatte in Form eines Geotextils mit integrierten faseroptischen perfluorierten polymeroptischen Fasern (PF-POFs). T2 - DGZfP Fachtagung Bauwerksdiagnose 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 29.02.2024 KW - Ortsverteilte faseroptische Sensorik KW - Optische Frequenzbereichsreflektometrie KW - Bauwerksüberwachung KW - Sensorbasierte Geokunststoffe PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59633 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Klewe, Tim A1 - Strangfeld, Christoph A1 - Ritzer, Tobias A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine T1 - GPR Dataset of Moisture Measurements on Building Floors in Laboratory and On-Site N2 - Related work Laboratory Study: Combining Signal Features of Ground-Penetrating Radar to Classify Moisture Damage in Layered Building Floors https://doi.org/10.3390/app11198820 On-Site Study: TBA Doctoral Thesis: Non-destructive classification of moisture deterioration in layered building floors using ground penetrating radar https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-19306 Measurement Parameters The GPR measurements were carried out with the SIR 20 from GSSI and a 2 GHz antenna pair (bandwidth 1 GHz to 3 GHz) in common-offset configuration. Each B-Scan consists of N A-Scans, each including 512 samples of a 11 ns time window. Survey lines were recorded with 250 A-Scans/ meter, which equals a 4 mm spacing between each A-Scan No Gains were applied. Folder Description: Lab_dry, Lab_insulDamage, Lab_screedDamage - each contain 168 Measurements (B-Scans) in .csv on 84 dry floors, floors with insulation damage and screed damage. - each floor setup was measured twice on two orthogonal survey lines, indicated by _Line1_ and _Line2_ in the file name. - the file names encode the building floor setup e.g. CT50XP100 describes a 50 mm cement screed with 100 mm extruded polystyrene below - the material codes are CT: cement screed, CA: anhydrite screed, EP: expanded polystyrene, XP: extruded polystyrene, GW: glass wool, PS: perlites further information can be found in the publication https://doi.org/10.3390/app11198820 OnSite_ - 5 folders containing B-Scans on 5 different practical moisture damages - the building floor setup is encoded according to the lab with an additional measurement point numbering at the start and a damage case annotation at the end of the file name with _dry, _insulationDamage and_screedDamage File Description: B-Scans, Measurement files - no header - dimension: 512 x N data point with N beeing the number of A-Scans including 512 samples of a 11 ns time window. - survey lines were recorded with 250 A-Scans/ meter, which equals a 4 mm spacing between each A-Scan Moisture References - Moist_Reference of On-Site Locations include the columns MeasPoint: Measurement point, wt%Screed: moisture content of screed layer in mass percent; wt%Insul: moisture content of insulation layer in mass percent. References were obtained by drilling cores with 68 mm diameter in the center of each survey line. - Moist_Reference_Screed of Lab data include the columns Screed: Screed material and thickness in mm, wt%Screed moisture content of screed layer in mass percent - Moist Reference_Insul of Lab data include the columns Insulation: Insulation material and thickness in mm, water addition in l: water added to the insulation layer in liters, V%Insulation: water added to the insulation layer in volume percent, RH%: resulting relative humidy in the insulation layer during measurement. These References are only avaible for Lab measurements on insulation damages. KW - GPR KW - Material Moisture KW - Building Floors KW - Laboratory KW - On-Site PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10776684 PB - Zenodo CY - Geneva AN - OPUS4-59609 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lu, Xin A1 - Hicke, Konstantin A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Distributed acoustic sensing to monitor ground motion/movement at multi-frequency bands JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology N2 - A novel distributed acoustic sensing technique is proposed that exploits both phase and amplitude of the Rayleigh backscattered light to quantify the environmental variation. The system employs a wavelength-scanning laser and an imbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer to acquire the reflection spectra and the phase of the detected light, respectively. Fading-free and low-frequency measurements are realized via the crosscorrelation of the reflection spectra. The discrete crosscorrelation is used to circumvent the nonlinear frequency sweeping of the laser. Based on the phase of the backscattered light, it is possible to quantify fast environmental variations. The whole system requires no hardware modification of the existing system and its functionality is experimentally validated. The proposed system has the potential to monitor ground motion/movement at very low frequency band like subsidence around mining areas and at high frequency band like earthquakes and vibrations induced by avalanches. KW - Distributed acoustic sensing KW - DAS KW - Distributed fiber optic sensing KW - Ground motion detection KW - Subsidence monitoring PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-596129 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2024.3358495 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Optical Society und IEEE Photonics Society AN - OPUS4-59612 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hicke, Konstantin T1 - Faseroptisches Monitoring von Brückenbauwerken N2 - Die Möglichkeiten von verteilter faseroptischer Sensorik (DFOS) im Allgemeinen und für das Monitoring von Bauwerken im Besonderen werden dargestellt und beispielhafte Anwendungen von DFOS im Kontext Brückenmonitoring illustriert. T2 - DGZfP Fachtagung Bauwerksdiagnose 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 29.02.2024 KW - Bauwerksüberwachung KW - Brückenmonitoring KW - Verteilte faseroptische Sensorik KW - Dynamische Strukturantwort KW - Spanndrahtbruchdetektion PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59613 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Trogadas, P. A1 - Cho, J. I. S. A1 - Rasha, L. A1 - Lu, X. A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Shearing, P. R. A1 - Brett, D. J. L. A1 - Coppens, M. O. T1 - A nature-inspired solution for water management in flow fields for electrochemical devices JF - Energy & Environmental Science N2 - A systematic, nature-inspired chemical engineering approach is employed to solve the issue of flooding in electrochemical devices. The mechanism of passive water transport utilized by lizards living in arid environments is leveraged to design flow-fields with a microchannel structure on their surface, through which capillary pressure rapidly removes the water generated in the electrochemical device. This water management strategy is implemented in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) with a lunginspired flow-field, which ensures uniform distribution of reactants across the catalyst layer. Jointly, this nature-inspired approach results in flood-free, stable operation at 100% RH and a B60% increase in current (B1.9 A cm-2) and peak power density (B650 mW cm−2) compared to current PEMFCs with a flood-prone, serpentine flow-field (B0.8 A cm-2 and 280 mW cm-2, respectively). This significant advance allows for PEMFC operation at fully humidified conditions. KW - Neutron imaging KW - X-ray tomography KW - Fuel cell PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-596662 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ee03666a VL - 17 SP - 2007 EP - 2017 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) AN - OPUS4-59666 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst T1 - X-rays without X-rays: Can muon tomography provide pictures from within concrete and other objects? N2 - Until the 1980s radiography was used to inspect civil structures 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. Meanwhile, 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 when applied to reinforced or prestressed concrete inspection. Muon tomography has received much attention recently. Muons are particles generated naturally by cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere and pose no risk to humans. Novel detectors and tomographic imaging algorithms have opened new fields of application, mainly in the nuclear sector, but also in spectacular cases such as the Egyptian pyramids. As a first step towards practical application in civil engineering 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 have been at least of similar quality compared to ultrasonic and radar imaging, potentially even better. Recently, the research was expanded to more realistic testing problems such as the detection of voids in certain structural elements. However, before practical implementation, more robust, mobile, and affordable detectors would be required as well as user-Friendly imaging and simulation software. The talk also discusses other applications , such as volcanology, mining and geothermal exploration. T2 - RWTH Aachen, Geophysikalisches Seminar CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 11.01.2024 KW - Muon tomography KW - Civil engineering KW - Mining KW - Geothermal engineering PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59349 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prabhakara, Prathik A1 - Lay, Vera A1 - Mielentz, Frank A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Behrens, Matthias T1 - Enhancing the Performance of a Large Aperture Ultrasound System (LAUS): A Combined Approach of Simulation and Measurement for Transmitter–Receiver Optimization JF - Enhancing the Performance of a Large Aperture Ultrasound System (LAUS): A Combined Approach of Simulation and Measurement for Transmitter–Receiver Optimization N2 - The Large Aperture Ultrasound System (LAUS) developed at BAM is known for its ability to penetrate thick objects, especially concrete structures commonly used in nuclear waste storage and other applications in civil engineering. Although the current system effectively penetrates up to ~9 m, further optimization is imperative to enhance the safety and integrity of disposal structures for radioactive or toxic waste. This study focuses on enhancing the system’s efficiency by optimizing the transducer spacing, ensuring that resolution is not compromised. An array of twelve horizontal shear wave transducers was used to find a balance between penetration depth and resolution. Systematic adjustments of the spacing between transmitter and receiver units were undertaken based on target depth ranges of known reflectors at depth ranges from 5 m to 10 m. The trade-offs between resolution and artifact generation were meticulously assessed. This comprehensive study employs a dual approach using both simulations and measurements to investigate the performance of transducer units spaced at 10 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm, and 40 cm. We found that for depths up to 5 m, a spacing of 10 cm for LAUS transducer units provided the best resolution as confirmed by both simulations and measurements. This optimal distance is particularly effective in achieving clear reflections and a satisfactory signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in imaging scenarios with materials such as thick concrete structures. However, when targeting depths greater than 10 m, we recommend increasing the distance between the transducers to 20 cm. This increased spacing improves the SNR in comparison to other spacings, as seen in the simulation of a 10 m deep backwall. Our results emphasize the critical role of transducer spacing in achieving the desired SNR and resolution, especially in the context of depth imaging requirements for LAUS applications. In addition to the transducer spacing, different distances between individual sets of measurement positions were tested. Overall, keeping the minimal possible distance between measurement position offsets provides the best imaging results at greater depths. The proposed optimizations for the LAUS in this study are primarily relevant to applications on massive nuclear structures for nuclear waste management. This research highlights the need for better LAUS efficiency in applications such as sealing structures, laying the foundation for future technological advances in this field. KW - Engineered barrier system KW - Phased array technique KW - Ultrasonic testing KW - Non-destructive testing in civil engineering KW - Seismic migration PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-592426 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/s24010100 VL - 24 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 23 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-59242 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bühling, Benjamin A1 - Maack, Stefan T1 - Improving onset picking in ultrasonic testing by using a spectral entropy criterion JF - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America N2 - In ultrasonic testing, material and structural properties of a specimen can be derived from the time-of-flight (ToF). Using signal features, such as the first peak or envelope maximum, to calculate the ToF is error-prone in multipath arrangements or dispersive and attenuating materials, which is not the case for the signal onset. Borrowing from seismology, researchers used the Akaike information criterion (AIC) picker to automatically determine onset times. The most commonly used formulation, Maeda's AIC picker, is reassessed and found to be based on inappropriate assumptions for signals often used in ultrasonic testing and dependent on arbitrary parameters. Consequently, an onset picker for ultrasonic through-transmission measurements is proposed, based on a spectral entropy criterion (SEC) to model the signal using the AIC framework. This SEC picker takes into account the spectral properties of the ultrasonic signal and is virtually free of arbitrary parameters. Synthetic and experimental data are used to compare the performance of SEC and AIC pickers. It is shown that the accuracy of onset picking is improved for densely sampled data. KW - Akaike information criterion picker KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Ultrasound KW - Time of flight PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-594284 UR - https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article/155/1/544/3061576/Improving-onset-picking-in-ultrasonic-testing-by DO - https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0024337 SN - 0001-4966 VL - 155 IS - 1 SP - 544 EP - 554 PB - AIP Publishing CY - Melville, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-59428 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Timofeev, Juri A1 - Azari, H. A1 - Satyanarayana, R. T1 - Controlled Creating of Delaminations in Concrete for Nondestructive Testing JF - Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation N2 - Locating and sizing delaminations is a common inspection task in the maintenance and quality control of construction and rehabilitation. Their detection is an important area of application of nondestructive testing in civil engineering (NDT-CE). To improve this application, NDT test systems and test solutions must be compared, for which specimens containing well-defined delaminations are needed to serve as a reference. Currently, there are no widely accepted procedures available for creating such flaws locally and reproducibly. This study presents procedures for creating artificial delaminations repeatably and as close as possible to natural delaminations. To produce the discontinuities only substances were used which can occur in concrete components and do not affect the application of NDT-CE methods. Ultrasonic pulse-echo (UPE) was used to test the flaws in the specimens. The delaminations were created by applying expansive mortar in prepared through holes. Three specimens with two delaminations each were built and tested using UPE. KW - Concrete KW - Reference KW - Delamination KW - Test specimen KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-595201 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-023-01044-7 SN - 0195-9298 VL - 43 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC AN - OPUS4-59520 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bühling, Benjamin A1 - Maack, Stefan A1 - Strangfeld, Christoph T1 - Fluidic Ultrasound Generation for Non‐Destructive Testing JF - Advanced Materials N2 - AbstractAir‐coupled ultrasonic testing (ACU) is a pioneering technique in non‐destructive testing (NDT). While contact testing and fluid immersion testing are standard methods in many applications, the adoption of ACU is progressing slowly, especially in the low ultrasonic frequency range. A main reason for this development is the difficulty of generating high amplitude ultrasonic bursts with equipment that is robust enough to be applied outside a laboratory environment. This paper presents the fluidic ultrasonic transducer as a solution to this challenge. This novel aeroacoustic source uses the flow instability of a sonic jet in a bistable fluidic switch to generate ultrasonic bursts up to 60 kHz with a mean peak pressure of 320 Pa. The robust design allows operation in adverse environments, independent of the operating fluid. Non‐contact through‐transmission experiments are conducted on four materials and compared with the results of conventional transducers. For the first time, it is shown that the novel fluidic ultrasonic transducer provides a suitable acoustic signal for NDT tasks and has potential of furthering the implementation of ACU in industrial applications.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved KW - Aeroacoustics KW - Air-coupled ultrasound KW - Fluidics KW - Harsh environment KW - Laser Doppler vibrometer KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-594273 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202311724 SN - 0935-9648 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-59427 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -