TY - CONF A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - Two-dimensional interference of photothermally generated moving thermal waves N2 - Structured illumination using high-power diode lasers generates a two-dimensional interference of thermal waves. In addition, the sources and the sample are moving relative to each other. Using different configurations, we investigate the validity of the temporal and spatial superposition principle of the heat diffusion equation for these cases both experimentally and by numerical-analytical modelling. Furthermore, we investigate the potential of this approach for non-destructive testing. T2 - 14th Quantitative Infrared Thermography Conference CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 24.05.2018 KW - Thermography KW - Thermal Wave KW - VCSEL KW - Laser KW - Thermal diffusion PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45621 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Thiede, Tobias A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Paul, Andrea A1 - Kranzmann, Axel A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Quality control in additive manufacturing via in-situ monitoring and non-destructive testing N2 - More than 80 representatives of SMEs, industrial companies and research institutes met on September 12 at the workshop "Challenges in Additive Manufacturing: Innovative Materials and Quality Control" at BAM in Adlershof to discuss the latest developments in materials and quality control in additive manufacturing. In special lectures, researchers, users and equipment manufacturers reported on the latest and future developments in additive manufacturing. Furthermore, funding opportunities for projects between SMEs and research institutions on a national and European level were presented. T2 - Challenges in Additive Manufacturing: Innovative Materials and Quality Control CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.09.2018 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Quality control KW - Non-destructive testing KW - In-situ monitoring PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46072 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Portella, Pedro Dolabella T1 - Structured heating in active thermography by using laser arrays N2 - Lock-in- and flash thermography are standard methods in active thermography. They are widely used in industrial inspection tasks e.g. for the detection of delaminations, cracks or pores. The requirements for the light sources of these two methods are substantially different. While lock-in thermography requires sources that can be easily and above all fast modulated, the use of flash thermography requires sources that release a very high optical energy in the very short time. By introducing high-power vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) arrays to the field of thermography a source is now available that covers these two areas. VCSEL arrays combine the fast temporal behavior of a diode laser with the high optical irradiance and the wide illumination range of flash lamps or LEDs and can thus potentially replace all conventional light sources of thermography. However, the main advantage of this laser technology lies in the independent control of individual array areas. It is therefore possible to heat not only in terms of time, but also in terms of space. This new degree of freedom allows the development of new NDT methods. We demonstrate this approach using a test problem that can only be solved to a limited extent in active thermography, namely the detection of very thin, hidden defects in metallic materials that are aligned vertically to the surface. For this purpose, we generate destructively interfering thermal wave fields, which make it possible to detect defects within the range of the thermal wave field high sensitivity. This is done without pre-treatment of the surface and without using a reference area to depths beyond the usual thermographic rule of thumb. T2 - ConaEnd&Iev 2018 CY - Sao Paulo, Brazil DA - 27.08.2018 KW - VCSEL KW - Active thermography KW - Laser KW - Structured heating KW - Subsurface defects PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45851 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Millar, Steven A1 - Gottlieb, Cassian A1 - Sankat, Nina A1 - Wilsch, Gerd A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine T1 - Chlorine determination in cement-bound materials with Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) – A review and validation N2 - The determination of chloride is still one of the main tasks for the evaluation of reinforced concrete structures. The corrosion of the reinforcement induced by the penetrating chlorides is the dominant damage process affecting the lifetime of concrete structures. In the recent years different research groups demonstrated that LIBS can be a fast and reliable method to quantify chlorine in cement-bound materials. Because chlorine in concrete can only occur as solved ions in the pore solution or bound in salts or hydrated cement phases, the detected emission of chlorine can be correlated with the chloride concentration determined e.g. with potentiometric titration. This work inter alia describes the production of reference samples and possible side effects during the production process. Due to transport processes in the porous matrix of the cement a misinterpretation of the concentrations is possible. It is shown how to overcome these effects and higher precisions of the single measurements can be realised. Using the calibration method, blank sample method and noise method, three different ways of calculating the limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) are compared. Due to the preparation of the reference samples a precision of the whole calibration model of sx0 = 0.023 wt% is determined. The validation of the model is based on different test sets, which are varying in their composition (different Cl-salts, water-to-cement ratios and additives). The determined mean error of the validation is 0.595 ± 0.063 wt%, which is comparable to standardised methods like potentiometric titration, direct potentiometry or photometry (0.40 ± 0.06 wt%) [1]. KW - LIBS KW - Chlorine KW - Cement KW - Calibration KW - Validation PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2018.05.015 SN - 0584-8547 VL - 147 IS - September SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-46558 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kotschate, Daniel A1 - Wendland, Saskia A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Airborne testing of molded polymer compounds N2 - Modern and energy-efficient materials are essential for innovative designs for aerospace and automotive industries. Current technologies for rapid manufacturing such as additive manufacturing and liquid composite moulding by polymer Extrusion allow innovative ways of creating robust and lightweight constructions. Commercially available printing devices often use polylactide (PLA) or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) as raw material. Therefore, parameters like the infill ratio, influencing the ability to resist mechanical stress, may have a beneficial impact on the lifetime of components. These manufacturing technologies require a good knowledge about materials and even adapted non-destructive testing technologies and methods. Airborne ultrasonic testing has beneficial advantages for testing those lightweight constructions. It is a contact-free testing method, which does not require a liquid couplant. Therefore, it allows fast test cycles without any unwanted alternations of the material properties due to interactions with any coupling liquid. This contribution deals with the characterisation of printed specimens based on PLA by using airborne ultrasound and presents the current edge of non-destructive testing and evaluation using airborne ultrasonic transducers. The specimens, manufactured by polymer extrusion, are printed as thin plates. The infill ratio, as well as the material thickness, were varied to model density imperfections with different geometric shapes and properties. For better understanding of the limits of airborne ultrasonic testing in transmission, we compared own-developed transducers based on different physical principles: on ferroelectrets, on the thermoacoustic effect, as well as a new type of transducers based on gas discharges. T2 - 10th International Symposium on NDT in Aerospace CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 24.10.2018 KW - Air-coupled ultrasonic testing KW - Polymer KW - Plasma acoustics KW - Gas discharges KW - Atmospheric pressure plasma PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-465609 VL - 168 SP - Th.6.C.1, 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-46560 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kotschate, Daniel T1 - Atmospheric pressure gas discharges and their acoustic emissions N2 - Overview about modelling, simulations and measurement of acoustic interactions caused by surface dielectric barrier discharges, micro hollow cathode discharges and plasma jets. T2 - Workgroup seminar on plasma physics and technology CY - Kiel, Germany DA - 25.10.2018 KW - Atmospheric pressure plasma KW - Gas discharges KW - Plasma acoustics KW - Plasma jet KW - Dielectric barrier discharge KW - Micro hollow cathode discharge PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46561 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Léonard, Fabien T1 - Distance maps and Avizo workflows for impact damage characterisation in composite panels N2 - During their life cycle, composite structures used in aircraft structures can be subjected to high- and low-velocity impact loading. High velocity impact damage is usually easy to detect as it creates visible external damage. Low-velocity impacts are more complex to assess because, although significant damage can be generated internally, there can be little indication of external damage on the impacted surface, leading to the term BVID. Impact damage, especially barely visible impact damage, is therefore of primary concern for design and maintenance of modern aircraft composite structures. As a result there is a concerted research effort to improve the damage resistance and tolerance of these materials. One of the great strengths of X-ray computed tomography over conventional inspection methods (ultrasound, thermography, radiography) is that it can image damage in 3D. or inter-ply interfaces. An X-ray computed tomography (CT) data processing methodology is developed to extract the through-thickness distribution of damage in curved or deformed composite panels. The method is applied to [(0°/90°)2]s carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) panels subjected to low velocity impact damage (5 J up to 20 J) providing 3D ply-by-ply damage visualisation and analysis. Our distance transform approach allows slices to be taken that approximately follow the composite curvature allowing the impact damage to be separated, visualised and quantified in 3D on a ply-by-ply basis. In this way the interply delaminations have been mapped, showing characteristic peanut shaped delaminations with the major axis oriented with the fibres in the ply below the interface. This registry to the profile of the panel constitutes a significant improvement in our ability to characterise impact damage in composite laminates and extract relevant measurements from X-ray CT datasets. T2 - Avizo/Amira User group meeting CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 14.11.2018 KW - Impact damage KW - Damage histogram KW - Damage correlation map KW - Composite panel KW - X-ray computed tomography PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46598 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bernegger, Raphael A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Iterative numerical 2D-modeling for quantification of material defects by pulsed thermography N2 - Pulsed thermography is a well-known non-destructive testing technique and has proven to be a valuable tool for examination of material defects. Typically, analytical 1D models are used to determine the defect depth of flat-bottom holes (FBH), grooves or delamination. However, these models cannot take into account lateral heat flows, or only to a limited extent. They are therefore limited by the FBHs aspect ratio (diameter to remaining wall thickness), to ensure that the heat flow above the defect can still be described one-dimensionally. Here, we present an approach for quantitative determination of the geometry for FBH or grooves. For this purpose, the results of a numerical 2D model are fitted to experimental data, e.g., to determine simultaneously the defect depth of a groove or FBH and its diameter of width. The model takes lateral heat flows into account as well as thermal losses. Figure 1 shows the temperature increase of a pulsed thermography measurement at three different locations on the sample. The numerical model is fitted to the experimental data (red lines) to quantify the groove. The numerical simulation matches the experimental data well. T2 - 45th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Burlington, VT, USA DA - 15.07.2018 KW - Opaque materials KW - Pulse thermography KW - Numerical modelling KW - 2D model KW - Data reconstruction KW - Flat bottom holes KW - Notches PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46353 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kowarik, Stefan A1 - Bogula, A1 - Boitano, A1 - Carla, A1 - Pithan, A1 - Schafer, A1 - Wilming, A1 - Zykov, A1 - Pithan, T1 - A novel 3D printed radial collimator for x-ray diffraction N2 - We demonstrate the use of a 3D printed radial collimator in X-ray powder diffraction and surface sensitive grazing incidence X-ray diffraction. We find a significant improvement in the overall Signal to background ratio of up to 100 and a suppression of more than a factor 3⋅10⁵ for undesirable Bragg reflections generated by the X-ray “transparent” windows of the sample environment. The background reduction and the removal of the high intensity signals from the windows, which limit the detector’s dynamic range, enable significantly higher sensitivity in experiments within sample environments such as vacuum chambers and gas- or liquid-cells. Details of the additively manufactured steel collimator geometry, alignment strategies using X-ray fluorescence, and data analysis are also briefly discussed. The flexibility and affordability of 3D prints enable designs optimized for specific detectors and sample environments, without compromising the degrees of freedom of the diffractometer. KW - 3D printing PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5063520 SN - 0034-6748 VL - 90 IS - 3 SP - 035102, 1 EP - 8 PB - AIP AN - OPUS4-48171 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Pérez Alonso, M. A1 - Albarrán Sanz, J. A1 - Dinkel, M. A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Kotschate, Daniel A1 - Cabeza, Sandra A1 - Senaneuch, J. A1 - Heikkila, I. A1 - Toscanelli, O. T1 - A novel approach for rating fatigue-initiating inclusions in highly demanding steel (INCAFAT) N2 - INCAFAT project aimed to improve existing fatigue damage models by establishing the most suitable combination of measurement techniques to characterise harmful inclusion populations in highly demanding steels. The different inclusion assessments carried out confirm that, chemical composition, secondary metallurgy and manufacturing route affect content, nature, size and shape of inclusions. According to the FEM model, inclusions produce an alteration of the stress field in their surrounding region, which can promote a fatigue failure. Experimental work on fatigue testing has demonstrated that depending on the stressed direction fatigue failures in highly demanding steels could be produced by different types of inclusions. Fractography analyses confirmed that meso-inclusions harmful in fatigue cannot be rated by standard methods, nor 10 MHz ultrasonic testing (macro) or micro-cleanness assessments. The necessity of rating these meso-inclusions has led to critical evaluation of Extreme Value Analysis according to ASTM E2283-08 and the development of high frequency immersion ultrasonic testing. EVA methodology based on inclusion width can be applied reliably when principal stress is parallel to the rolling direction. On the contrary, if inclusions are testing in the elongated directions its fails. On the other hand, the guidelines and recommendations for high frequency ultrasonic testing have been compiled in a new European standard draft. This method based on focal beam probes and high-resolution devices is able to provide information on meso-inclusion distribution. KW - Material characterisation KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Ultrasonic testing KW - Cleanliness PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-479219 UR - https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/6bd25206-316a-11e8-b5fe-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-68610160 SN - 978-92-79-76985-6 DO - https://doi.org/10.2777/473350 SN - 1831-9424 SN - 1018-5593 SP - 1 EP - 154 AN - OPUS4-47921 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kind, Thomas T1 - GPR Testing of concrete structures N2 - The basics of ground penetrating radar and its NDT application in civil engineering were shown. T2 - NDT&E Advanced Training Workshop CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.06.2018 KW - GPR KW - Concret KW - NDT PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46297 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bernegger, Raphael A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Quantitative determination of the geometry of defects by pulse thermography N2 - Pulsed thermography is a well-known non-destructive testing technique and has proven to be a valuable tool for examination of material defects. Material defects are often simulated by flat-bottom holes (FBH) or grooves. Typically, analytical 1D models are used to determine the defect depth of FBHs, grooves or delaminations. However, these models cannot take into account lateral heat flows, or only to a limited extent (semi-empirical model). They are therefore limited by the FBHs aspect ratio (diameter to remaining wall thickness), to ensure that the heat flow above the defect can still be described one-dimensionally. Here, we present an approach for quantitative determination of the geometry of FBH or grooves. For this purpose, the results of a numerical 2D model are fitted to experimental data, e.g., to determine simultaneously the defect depth of a FBHs or groove and its diameter or width, respectively. The model takes lateral heat flows into account as well as thermal losses. Figure 1 shows the temperature increase of a pulsed thermography measurement at three different locations on the sample. The numerical model is fitted to the experimental data (red lines) to quantify the groove. The numerical simulation matches the experimental data well. T2 - Progress in Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena CY - Erice, Italy DA - 06.09.2018 KW - Pulse thermography KW - Numerical modelling KW - 2D model KW - Data reconstruction KW - Flat bottom holes KW - Notches KW - Opaque materials PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46103 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bertovic, Marija T1 - Assessing and Treating Risks in Mechanised NDT: A Human Factors Study N2 - Reliability of NDT is affected by human factors, which have thus far received the least amount of attention in the reliability assessments. With increased use of automation, in terms of mechanised testing (automation-assisted inspection and the corresponding evaluation of data), higher reliability standards are believed to have been achieved. However, human inspectors, and thus human factors, still play an important role throughout this process and the risks involved in this application are unknown. The aim of this study was to explore for the first time the risks associated with mechanised NDT and find ways of mitigating their effects on the inspection performance. Hence, the objectives were to identify and Analyse potential risks in mechanised NDT and devise measures against them. To address those objectives, a risk assessment in form of a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) was conducted. This analysis revealed potential for failure during both the acquisition and evaluation of NDT data that could be assigned to human, technology, and organisation. Since the existing preventive measures were judged to be insufficient to defend the system from identified failures, new preventive measures were suggested. KW - NDT KW - Human factors KW - Risk assessment KW - FMEA KW - Reliability KW - Human error PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-463325 SN - 1616-069X IS - 161 SP - 52 EP - 62 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-46332 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Halisch, M. A1 - Dlugosch, R. A1 - Prinz, Carsten T1 - Enhanced characterization of pore systems by simultaneous use of SIP, µ-CT and NMR N2 - Other than commonly assumed the relaxation times observed in the electrical low-frequency range (1 mHz – 40 kHz) of natural porous media like sandstones and tuff stones cannot be directly related to the dominant (modal) pore throat sizes, measured (e.g.) with mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP). Working with a great variety of sandstones from very different origins and featuring great variations in textural and chemical compositions as well as in geometrical pore space properties, we observed that particularly samples with narrow pore throats were characterized by long (low-frequency) relaxations. These, however, can (following the current theories) be rather explained by long “characteristic length scales” in these media or low diffusion coefficients along the electrical double layer. However, there is no straightforward way (or single approved method) of getting reliable numbers for properties such as the lengths of pore throats, the diameter and length of the wide pores and their respective distributions. Consequently we follow a multi-methodical approach and combine the benefits of MIP, micro-computed tomography (µ-CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to achieve much deeper insight due to the different resolutions and sensitivities to either pore constrictions (throats) or wide pores. This helps us to understand, whether the observed electrical relaxation phenomena actually depend on geometric length scales or rather on other properties such as chemical composition, clay content, clay type or cation exchange capacity. Our poster showcases selected results of a systematic study on texturally and petrophysically very different sandstones. T2 - 5th Int. Workshop on Induced Polarization CY - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA DA - 03.10.2018 KW - µ-CT KW - Pore size distribution KW - Spectral induced polarzation KW - NMR PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46335 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sharma, Govind A1 - Kind, Thomas T1 - Distinction of tendon ducts and rebars by GPR reflection signal patterns N2 - We investigated the possibility of surrounding waves along with perimeter of large diameter tendon ducts during ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing of concrete structures. The surrounding waves influence the primary reflection from tendon duct and alter the phase as well as amplitude of signal depending on the diameter of the tendon duct. This phenomenon was studied in detail by conducting several simulations using a commercial software Reflexw®. Finite Difference Time Domain method was adopted to analyze reflection patterns from objects of various diameters located at different depths in concrete media. The proposed methodology will be useful in qualitative assessment of size of metallic objects greater than a diameter of 6 cm. In general, the identification of large diameter tendon ducts in a civil structure is carried out by prior knowledge of the civil plan and its diagonal appearance to smaller diameter object mesh. The proposed methodology will enhance the confidence in identification of the larger diameter tendon ducts even if the civil plan is not known accurately. T2 - 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar CY - Rapperswil, Switzerland DA - 18.06.2018 KW - Ground penetrating radar KW - Rebar KW - Concrete PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46246 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sharma, Govind A1 - Kind, Thomas T1 - Distinction of tendon ducts and rebars by GPR reflection signal patterns N2 - We investigated the possibility of surrounding waves along with perimeter of large diameter tendon ducts during ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing of concrete structures. The surrounding waves influence the primary reflection from tendon duct and alter the phase as well as amplitude of signal depending on the diameter of the tendon duct. This phenomenon was studied in detail by conducting several simulations using a commercial software Reflexw®. Finite Difference Time Domain method was adopted to analyze reflection patterns from objects of various diameters located at different depths in concrete media. The proposed methodology will be useful in qualitative assessment of size of metallic objects greater than a diameter of 6 cm. In general, the identification of large diameter tendon ducts in a civil structure is carried out by prior knowledge of the civil plan and its diagonal appearance to smaller diameter object mesh. The proposed methodology will enhance the confidence in identification of the larger diameter tendon ducts even if the civil plan is not known accurately. T2 - 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar CY - Rapperswil, Switzerland DA - 18.06.2018 KW - Ground penetrating radar KW - Rebar KW - Concrete PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-5776-8 SP - 232 EP - 235 AN - OPUS4-46247 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Völker, Christoph A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Ebell, Gino A1 - Shen, J. T1 - Toward Data based corrosion analysis of concrete with supervised machine learning N2 - Half-Cell-Potential Mapping (HP) is the most popular non-destructive testing (NDT) method for the detection of active corrosion in reinforced concrete. HP is influenced by parameters such as moisture and chloride gradients in the component. The sensitivity to the spatially small, but dangerous pitting is low. In this study we show how additional measurement information can be used with multi-sensor data fusion to improve the detection performance and to automate data evaluation. The fusion is based on supervised machine learning (SML). SML are methods that recognize relationships in (sensor) data based on given labels. We use SML to distinguish "defective" and "intact" labeled areas in our dataset. It consists of 18 measurement - each contains HP, ground radar, microwave moisture and Wenner resistivity data. Exact labels for changing environmental conditions were determined in a laboratory study on a reinforced concrete slab, which deteriorated controlled and accelerated. The deterioration progress was monitored continuously and corrosion was generated targeted at a predefined location. The detection results are quantified and statistically evaluated. The data fusion shows a significant improvement over the best single method (HP). We describe the challenges of data-driven approaches in nondestructive testing and show possible solutions. T2 - SMT/NDT-CE 2018 CY - New Brunswick, NJ, USA DA - 26.08.2018 KW - SMT KW - NDT-CE PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46261 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - 2D and 3D imaging characterization techniques for porous ceramics N2 - The combination of microstructural data with other experimental techniques and with modeling is paramount, if we want to extract the maximum amount of information on porous material properties. In particular, quantitative image analysis, statistical approaches, direct discretization of tomographic reconstructions represent concrete possibilities to extend the power of the tomographic 3D representation to insights into the material and component performance. I will show a few examples of possible use of X-ray tomographic data for quantitative assessment of porosity in ceramics. Moreover, I will show how not-so-novel 2D characterization techniques, based X-ray refraction, can allow a great deal of insights in the damage evolution in microcracked (and porous) ceramics. I will show how X-ray refraction can detect objects (e.g. microcracks) below its own spatial resolution. Finally, I will discuss the link between the microstructural findings and the mechanical properties of porous microcracked ceramics. T2 - Colloques de l"universite' de Limoges, France CY - Limoges, France DA - 17.10.2018 KW - Tomography KW - X-ray refraction KW - Porous ceramics KW - Microcracking PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46350 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Benefits & peculiarities of using highpower lasers for lock-in thermography N2 - Optical lock-in thermography is a completely contactless and very sensitive NDE technique. As an optical source of energy, incandescent (i.e. halogen) lamps are most commonly used because they are relatively inexpensive, do not need any work safety measures and offer high irradiances at the test site. However, they are strongly restricted by their low modulation bandwidth with a maximum modulation frequency of only about 1 Hz. The use of high-power kilowatt-class laser sources, e.g. diode laser arrays, pushes this constraint beyond 100 Hz. This allows for the exploration of the near-surface region of metals and layer systems with better and more accurate penetration depth and depth resolution. Moreover, these lasers are virtually free of any additional thermal radiation that could interfere with the “true” thermal response emitted from the heated sample. In turn, they can be easily used in a one-sided test configuration. Altogether using lasers considerably increases the application range of lock-in thermography, since especially for metals with a high reflectance and high thermal diffusivity a high irradiance is vitally important to allow for lock-in testing [1, 2]. We report on the mentioned benefits of using such high-power lasers and analyze the range of materials to be tested using lock-in thermography in dependence on the laser irradiance, the modulation frequency, the infrared camera as well as the optical and thermal material parameters. In this context, we also address a number of systematic errors caused by the use of ideal and non-ideal heat sources. For example, the measured phase angle in lock-in thermography depends on the irradiance and the modulation bandwidth of the source. This in turn has a decisive influence on the uncertainty in the quantification of, e.g. layer thicknesses. T2 - INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 62nd Course, Progress in Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena CY - Erice, Italy DA - 06.09.2018 KW - Thermography KW - Laser thermography KW - Lock-in thermography KW - NDT PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46282 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Röllig, Mathias T1 - Characterization of defects in fibre reinforced composites (FRC) using passive and active thermography N2 - Impact damages and delaminations in fibre-reinforced composites (FRC) might not be visible at the surface, but could have an influence on the resistance and on the long-term behaviour of the component. Therefore, and especially for safety relevant structures, non-destructive methods are required for the assessment of such damages. Active thermography methods are suitable to characterize damages after loading using different kind of excitation techniques and various configurations of infrared (IR) camera and heating sources. Here, flash lamps, impulse excitation with infrared radiator and lock-in technique with halogen lamps or widened laser beams are suited. In addition, non-optical sources like sonotrodes (requiring direct contact to the structure) or induction generators (only suited for carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) structures) could be applied as well. For the investigation of the evolution of the damage during the impact, passive thermography can be applied in-situ. Elastic and plastic deformations alter the temperature of the structure and thus the temperature on the surface. In this contribution, at first the general principles of quantitative defect characterisation in FRC using active thermography with flash, impulse and lock-in excitation are described. Optical and thermal properties of the FRC material and its anisotropy are considered. Results of phase differences obtained at flat bottom holes with flash and lock-in thermography are compared for qualifying both methods for quantitative defect characterization. Secondly, the damage evolution of CFRP and GFRP structures under impact load and static tensile loading is described. The spatial and temporal evolution of the surface temperature enables us to distinguish matrix cracks or fibre-matrix separation from delaminations between the layers. Afterwards, all results for loading defects, obtained by passive and active thermography, are compared with each other. Fig. 1 and 2 show the difference of passive and flash thermography obtained at impact and tensile loaded CFRP plates, respectively. As one purpose of these investigations is the development of standards within national (DIN) and European (CEN) standardisation bodies, new draft and final standards are presented and further needs are discussed at the end of the presentation. T2 - INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 62nd Course, Progress in Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena CY - Erice, Italy DA - 06.09.2018 KW - Thermography KW - Flash thermography KW - Lock-in thermography KW - CFRP KW - GFRP PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46283 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -