TY - CONF A1 - Müller, I. A1 - Moll, J. A1 - Kexel, C. A1 - Schubert, L. A1 - Tschöke, K. A1 - Prager, Jens A1 - Lugovtsova, Yevgeniya A1 - Bach, M. A1 - Vogt, T. T1 - SHM using Guided Waves – Recent Activities and Advances in Germany N2 - Issues that prevent Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) based on Guided Waves (GW) from being a part of today’s monitoring solutions in industry are not all obvious to the scientific community. To uncover and overcome these issues, scientists working on SHM and GW problems joined in an expert committee under the patronage of the German Society for Non-Destructive Testing. An initiated online survey among more than 700 experts and users reveals the hurdles hindering the practical application of GWbased SHM. Firstly, methods for proof of reliability of SHM approaches are missing. Secondly, detailed understanding of phenomenological described wave-damage interactions is needed. Additionally, there are significant unsolved implementation issues and unsolved problems of signal processing including handling of environmental influences. To enable substantial proof of reliability without unaffordable experimental effort also efficient simulation tools including realistic damage interaction are needed, enabling the joint use of experimental and simulated data to predict the capabilities of the Monitoring system. Considering these issues, the committee focusses on simulation, signal processing, as well as probability of detection and standardization. In the presented work, recent activities of the expert committee starting with survey results are summarized. An open access data basis of life-like measurements is presented to allow testing and comparison of signal processing and simulation algorithms. Finally, a strategy for efficient proof of reliability increasing the acceptance of SHM in industry and for successful Integration of SHM into real-world engineering structures is proposed. T2 - The 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM) CY - Stanford, California, USA DA - 10.09.2019 KW - Structural Health Monitoring KW - Ultrasonic Guided Waves KW - Non-Destructive Testing KW - Survey KW - Probability of Detection KW - Reliability PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49231 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, I. A1 - Moll, J. A1 - Kexel, C. A1 - Schubert, L. A1 - Tschöke, K. A1 - Prager, Jens A1 - Lugovtsova, Yevgeniya A1 - Bach, M. A1 - Vogt, T. T1 - SHM using Guided Waves – Recent Activities and Advances in Germany N2 - Issues that prevent Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) based on Guided Waves (GW) from being a part of today’s monitoring solutions in industry are not all obvious to the scientific community. To uncover and overcome these issues, scientists working on SHM and GW problems joined in an expert committee under the patronage of the German Society for Non-Destructive Testing. An initiated online survey among more than 700 experts and users reveals the hurdles hindering the practical application of GWbased SHM. Firstly, methods for proof of reliability of SHM approaches are missing. Secondly, detailed understanding of phenomenological described wave-damage interactions is needed. Additionally, there are significant unsolved implementation issues and unsolved problems of signal processing including handling of environmental influences. To enable substantial proof of reliability without unaffordable experimental effort also efficient simulation tools including realistic damage interaction are needed, enabling the joint use of experimental and simulated data to predict the capabilities of the Monitoring system. Considering these issues, the committee focusses on simulation, signal processing, as well as probability of detection and standardization. In the presented work, recent activities of the expert committee starting with survey results are summarized. An open access data basis of life-like measurements is presented to allow testing and comparison of signal processing and simulation algorithms. Finally, a strategy for efficient proof of reliability increasing the acceptance of SHM in industry and for successful Integration of SHM into real-world engineering structures is proposed. T2 - The 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM) CY - Stanford, California, USA DA - 10.09.2019 KW - Structural Health Monitoring KW - Ultrasonic Guided Waves KW - Non-Destructive Testing KW - Survey KW - Probability of Detection KW - Reliability PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-49232 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bernard, D. A1 - Léonard, Fabien A1 - Plougonven, E. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - On the use of autocorrelation functions, permeability tensors, and computed tomography to characterize the anisotropy of Diesel particulate filter materials N2 - 3D images such as those produces by X-ray tomography can provide a wealth of information on the internal structure of materials, but quantification of specific geometrical or topological characteristics linked to some bulk physical property is far from being straightforward. This study focuses on methods to quantify the differences in physical properties as a function of direction, i.e. their anisotropy, and how it can be linked to measures of anisotropy of the internal structure of the material. The auto-correlation function gives a similarity measure in the volume as a function of distance and direction. This is a cross-correlation of the image with itself fast to compute and relatively insensitive to noise. It is why we focus on this method to compare with the physical property of our DPF material. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) materials are porous ceramics that; a) can be used at very high temperatures; b) have very good thermal shock resistance; c) are inert; d) can be manufactured with tailored porosity. Their usual way of production consists of the extrusion of a slurry into the desired filter shape, with successive ceramming at high temperature. This process causes anisotropy at both microscopic and macroscopic levels. T2 - ICTMS 2019 CY - Cairns, Australia DA - 22.07.2019 KW - Structure-property relationship KW - Anisotropy estimate KW - Porous ceramics KW - Autocorrelation PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49226 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer T1 - Entwicklung einer reproduzierbaren und quantifizierbaren Heißluftquelle für thermografische Untersuchungen N2 - Der Beitrag beschreibt den Aufbau und die Entwicklung einer Heißluftquelle als Wärmequelle für die aktive Thermografie. Als Ausgangspunkt wird zunächst die Quellenlage betrachtet. In der Literatur über Thermografie spielt Heißluft als Wärmequelle nur in weniger als 0,1% eine Rolle, die Ursache dafür ist nicht bekannt. Es wird vermutet, dass dieser Erwärmungsmethode unterstellt wird, sie hätte Nachteile bezüglich Homogenität der Erwärmung sowie Leistungseintrag. In einer der raren Publikationen über einen Verfahrensvergleich schnitt die Heißluft-Thermografie jedoch nicht schlechter als die Vergleichsverfahren mit optischer Anregung ab, bei gleichzeitig deutlichem Zeitgewinn und geringerem technischen Aufwand. Danach wird der fertige Versuchsaufbau mit seinen wesentlichen Komponenten dargestellt. Der Einfluss der Geometrie der Luftaustrittsdüse auf die erreichbare Wärmeverteilung an einem flachen Blech wurde an mehreren Düsen untersucht. Hierbei erwies sich eine langgestreckte Umlenkdüse mit einer Strahlumlenkung von etwa 20° als optimal zur Erzeugung einer möglichst homogenen Erwärmung. Ein weiterer zu optimierender Parameter war die erreichbare Schaltdynamik des Heißgasstromes. Beim schnellen Schalten großer Volumenströme treten Druckstöße mit entsprechenden Temperaturänderungen auf. Hinzu kommt, dass der verwendete MFC (mass flow controller) bei großen Volumenströmen zum Einschwingen bei Schaltprozessen neigt. Daher enthält der Aufbau einen offenen Bypass zur Stabilisierung des Volumenstroms. Mit dem so realisierten Messplatz wurde die Reproduzierbarkeit der erzielten Erwärmung durch mehrfache Wiederholungsmessungen über einen längeren Zeitraum untersucht. Hierzu wurde ein auch zu Validierungszwecken genutzter PVC-Block mit 13 mm Dicke jeweils für 60 s erwärmt und die Oberflächentemperatur des PVC-Blocks mit einer IR-Kamera aufgezeichnet. Bei jeweiligem Neuaufbau ohne Justierhilfe ergab sich eine Reproduzierbarkeit von etwa 22% bei 5 Versuchen. Unter Nutzung einer Justierhilfe (Schablone für Abstand in der Kamerasoftware) ließ sich die Reproduzierbarkeit auf 5% bei 7 Versuchen reduzieren. Ein weiterer zu klärender Punkt war der erzielbare Wärmeeintrag im Vergleich zu einer Anregung mit Blitzlampen. Hierzu wurde eine Messung mit 60 s Heißluftheizung direkt mit einer Evaluierungsmessung mit Blitzlampen am gleichen PVC-Probekörper mit 4 FBB an der Rückseite verglichen. Die Inhomogenität der Erwärmung wurde durch eine Phasenauswertung unterdrückt. Die Phasenauswertung gestattete den Nachweis aller 4 FBB, wobei das Signal zu Rausch-Verhältnis bei der Heißlufterwärmung deutlich besser war. Der direkte Vergleich der Temperaturkurven zeigt, dass bei 60 s Heizlufterwärmung ca. 4,5 mal mehr Energie als bei der Blitzanregung vom Probekörper absorbiert wurde. Hieraus lässt sich die eingekoppelte Heizleistung mit 100 mW/cm² abschätzen. Das entspricht in etwa dem Niveau, wie es auch mit bewegten Halogenstrahlern, bewegten IR-Strahlern oder der Sonne erreicht wird. Diese Ergebnisse belegen, dass eventuell vorhandene Vorbehalte gegenüber einer Heißluft als Wärmequelle für die aktive Thermografie zumindest für thermisch langsame Materialien wie Kunststoffe oder mineralische Baustoffe unbegründet sind. Die Einsatzgrenzen bei der Untersuchung thermisch schnellerer Materialien wie Metalle steht noch aus, hier ist mit Abstrichen zu rechnen. Auf der anderen Seite lässt eine mögliche Düsenoptimierung noch deutliche Verbesserungen erwarten. T2 - Thermografiekolloquium der DGZfP 2019 CY - Halle, Germany DA - 19.09.2019 KW - Thermografie KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Heißluftquelle PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49217 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Metz, Christian A1 - Franz, Philipp A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Wachtendorf, Volker A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Zerstörungsfreie Charakterisierung der Alterung additiv gefertigter Kunststoffbauteile N2 - Das vorgestellte Projekt beschäftigt sich mit den optischen, thermophysikalischen und mechanischen Materialeigenschaften von additiv gefertigten Kunststoffteilen und deren Alterung. Dazu wurden mittels Fused Layer Modeling (FLM) Probekörper aus ABS hergestellt, die anschließend für drei Monate einer künstlichen Bewitterung unterzogen wurden. Die dabei erzeugte definierte Alterung wurde nach drei Zeitabschnitten jeweils mit zerstörungsfreien Methoden charakterisiert. Dabei wurde neben den spektroskopischen Standardmethoden auch die aktive Thermografie eingesetzt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich mittels der Thermografie sowohl chemische Veränderungen als auch mechanische Schädigungen (Fehlstellen) darstellen lassen. Die Bewitterung beeinflusst die Teiltransparenz der Proben zumindest im sichtbaren Spektralbereich, was bei der Charakterisierung der Fehlstellen, die mittels optisch angeregter aktiver Thermografie detektiert wurden, berücksichtigt werden muss. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2019 CY - Friedrichshafen, Germany DA - 27.05.2019 KW - 3D Druck KW - Additive Fertigung KW - Thermografie KW - Polymere KW - Künstliche Bewitterung PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-491561 UR - https://jt2019.dgzfp.de/Portals/jt2019/bb/Di.3.B.1.pdf SN - 978-3-947971-02-2 VL - 171 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-49156 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Stelzner, Ludwig A1 - Weise, Frank A1 - Oesch, Tyler A1 - Dlugosch, R. A1 - Powierza, Bartosz T1 - Transport and reconfiguration of moisture in HPC due to unilateral heating N2 - Explosive spalling is caused by, among others, the thermohydraulic spalling mechanism. During this process, vaporization, dehydration, moisture-transport and condensation processes interact. As a result, a drying and dehydration zone as well as a saturated zone, known as a moisture clog, are observed inside the unilaterally-heated concrete. The presented research is focused on the experimental investigation of the underlying thermohydraulic processes. To investigate these, a test methodology based on X-ray computed tomography (CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was developed. Thereby, the X-ray CT scans are carried out simultaneously during the application of a defined unilateral-heating regime on a specially-constructed specimen. This miniaturized specimen, equipped with a double-layer casing, reproduces the condition within a planar, unilaterally-heated building component. A preliminary test methodology and the first experimental results were presented at the 5th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling in Borås, Sweden (2017). The contribution for the upcoming workshop presents an improved version of this test methodology and new results for a high-performance concrete (HPC) mixture exposed to temperatures up to 500 °C. Regarding the CT measurements, a higher time-resolution of 15 min was achieved and a quantification of the moisture changes was implemented. Due to an increase in signal quality of the NMR measurements, a pore-size specific moisture distribution can now be resolved. This allows to conclude about the moisture reconfiguration between small gel pores and larger interhydrate pores. Additionally, the NMR measurement are no longer limited to first 2.5 cm below the heated surface but a one-dimensional moisture distribution can now be estimated over the whole 10 cm long specimen. The presented results demonstrate that the combination of X-ray CT and NMR measurements enables to image and quantify the thermally-induced moisture transport and reconfiguration from small gel pores up to macro pores. This provides important insights into the thermohydraulic damage mechanism and leads to a better understanding of spalling avoidance strategies, like the addition of polypropylene fibres. T2 - 6th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to fire exposure CY - Sheffield, UK DA - 19.09.2019 KW - Moisture clog KW - X-ray CT KW - NMR KW - Moisture transport KW - HPC PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49159 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Strangfeld, Christoph A1 - Munsch, Sarah Mandy A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine T1 - Water content in construction materials N2 - Discussion of material moisture and moisture transport in liquid and vapour phase. Prediction of the pore saturation in partially saturated pores in building materials. T2 - 5. Herbstschule Competence Center for Material Moisture CY - Ettlingen, Germany DA - 08.10.2019 KW - Material moisture KW - Building materials KW - Embedded sensors KW - Partially saturated pores PY - 2019 N1 - Geburtsname von Munsch, Sarah Mandy: Nagel, S. M. - Birth name of Munsch, Sarah Mandy: Nagel, S. M. AN - OPUS4-49260 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Strangfeld, Christoph T1 - Correlation between the electric impedance and the water layer thickness in partially saturated screed samples N2 - Discussion of material moisture in liquid and vapour phase. Prediction of the pore saturation in partially saturated pores in building materials. Correlation between the electric impedance and the water layer thickness in partially saturated screed samples. T2 - 10. CMM Tagung CY - Ettlingen, Germany DA - 10.10.2019 KW - Embedded sensors KW - Corresponding relative humidity KW - Electrical impedance KW - Material moisture KW - Building materials KW - Partiallly saturated pores PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49261 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Völker, Tobias A1 - Millar, Steven A1 - Strangfeld, Christoph A1 - Wilsch, Gerd T1 - Classification of cement pastes with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy N2 - In civil engineering, the investigation of existing infrastructure is of major importance for maintaining and ensuring stability of the structures. To ensure durability, uniform regulations and standards apply e.g. the European standard EN 206-1. In some countries, the EN-standard is supplemented by additional standards, as in Germany with DIN 1045-2. Here, specific application rules are described, e.g. for the cement type, to ensure the resistant to different exposures. Therefore, the knowledge of the materials originally used is important in assessing the condition of existing concrete structure. Unfortunately, these are often unknown and must be determined retrospectively. Therefore, we present the application of the laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to distinguish between different types of cement. Spectral information’s are used to build a classification model. First, the accuracy of the classification is analyzed on ten pure laboratory cement samples. To investigate possible sources of error, the model was then applied to cement samples with different moisture content. The study shows that LIBS is a promising tool for distinguishing between cement types. For further industrial application, however, factors influencing the LIBS signal must be included to ensure a robust model. T2 - 10th Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy CY - Brno, Czech Republic DA - 08.09.2019 KW - Spectroscopy KW - LIBS KW - Cement KW - Classification PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49253 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Brackrock, Daniel T1 - Linear and matrix phased array inspection of complex thin wall components N2 - The application of phased arrays in either linear or matrix arrangement in combination with signal processing opens the door for the mechanized inspection of different thin wall materials itself as well as their joining methods. Modern lightweight components are typically manufactured by a composition of different types of e.g. steels, metals, fiber reinforced plastics and glass. Dependent on the material combinations e.g. welding, brazing, bonding, cladding or coating may be applied during the manufacturing process to join different semi-finished products to form the component. The resulting complex material composition and different damage mechanisms pose new challenges to non-destructive testing with ultrasound due to the different material properties and the overall arrangement of the materials employed. The sound field variation capabilities of array probes may be helpful to overcome some of these challenges if adapted to the specific inspection task. Examples for the non-destructive mechanized phased array inspection of different types of materials and joining methods will be presented. T2 - KINT Symposium CY - Amsterdam, The Netherlands DA - 30.10.2019 KW - Matrix array KW - Phased array KW - Joints PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49538 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prager, Jens A1 - Vogt, T. T1 - Zum Einsatz geführter Wellen für die Ultraschallprüfung – Ergebnisse der Onlineumfrage N2 - Der Unterausschuss „Geführte Wellen“ im Fachausschuss „Zustandsüberwachung“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) hat in einer Online-Umfrage den aktuellen Stand des Einsatzes geführter Ultraschallwellen für die zerstörungsfreie Prüfung und die Strukturüberwachung (structural health monitoring) ermittelt. Es wurden deutsche und internationale Firmen und Forschungseinrichtungen befragt und mehr als 400 beantwortete Fragebögen ausgewertet. Die Umfrageergebnisse zeigen deutlich, welche Vorteile geführte Wellen bringen, aber auch welche Probleme zu bewältigen sind, um einen breiteren Einsatz der Verfahren zu ermöglichen. Aus den Ergebnissen werden Schlussfolgerungen für die weitere Ausrichtung der Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten aber auch von Aktivitäten zur Normung und zur Bewertung der Zuverlässigkeit der Prüfverfahren abgeleitet KW - Structural Health Monitoring KW - Geführte Wellen KW - Zustandsüberwachung PY - 2019 UR - https://www.dgzfp.de/Portals/24/Zeitung/Ausgaben/Zeitung166.pdf SN - 1616-069X VL - 166 IS - Oktober SP - 8 EP - 9 PB - DGZfP e.V. CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-49508 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Strangfeld, Christoph A1 - Stolpe, Heiko A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine ED - Schumann, R. T1 - Correlation between the electric impedance and the water layer thickness in partially saturated screed samples N2 - The moisture content of screed samples is monitored by means of embedded sensors. Relative humidity sensors and multi-ring-electrodes are used to measure the spatial moisture distribution during desorption. Based on the humidity data and the pore volume distribution, the moisture and the water layer thickness within the pore space are predicted. Slit shape as well as cylindrical pores are evaluated. Finally, the measured real part of the electrical impedance and the calculated water layer thickness are correlated. Based on the available data, a significant trend change of the impedance is documented at a water layer thickness of approximately 3 nm. This water layer thickness corresponds to a relative humidity of 88.3%. T2 - 10. CMM Tagung CY - Ettlingen, Germany DA - 10.10.2019 KW - Material moisture KW - Screed KW - Embedded sensors KW - Electric impedance KW - Water layer thickness PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-494636 VL - 10 SP - 79 EP - 102 PB - CMM, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie CY - Karlsruhe AN - OPUS4-49463 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Völker, Christoph T1 - Integration von Forschungsdaten im Bereich zerstörungsfreien Prüfung (ZfP) im Bauwesen N2 - Der Vortrag gibt einen Überblick zu Fragestellungen, Herausforderungen und Nutzen von semantischer Datenintegration im Forschungsbereich der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung im Bauwesen. T2 - 1. KDA Kolloquium der BAM CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 29.03.2019 KW - Digitalisierung KW - Ontology KW - ZfP KW - Beton KW - Datenanalyse PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50026 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Schumacher, David T1 - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung mit photonenzählenden und spektralauflösenden Röntgenmatrixdetektoren am Beispiel von Werkstoffverbunden N2 - Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Eigenschaften der photonenzählenden und spektralauflösenden Detektortechnik und möglichen Anwendungsgebieten in der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung. Dabei wurden konventionelle und photonenzählende Detektortechniken hinsichtlich der Bildqualität und Anwendbarkeit bei unterschiedlichen Prüfaufgaben verglichen und untersucht, inwiefern sich die Energieschwellwertsetzung auf die erreichbare Bildqualität und eine Materialdiskriminierbarkeit bei verschiedenen radiographischen Verfahren auswirkt. Anhand von Anwendungsbeispielen wurden diese Eigenschaften und deren Auswirkung auf das Messergebnis analysiert. Neben der Radiographie wurden auch dreidimensionale Verfahren wie CT und Laminographie berücksichtigt. Als eine der wichtigsten Eigenschaften der photonenzählenden Detektortechnik wurden zunächst die Energieauflösung des photonenzählenden Detektors und die Homogenität der Energieantwort über größere Detektorbereiche bestimmt. Dabei stellte sich heraus, dass die Energieauflösung eines abgegrenzten Detektorbereichs ca. 32 % bei 60 keV beträgt und die Streuung in der Energieantwort der einzelnen Detektorbereiche ca. 12 % ausmacht, woraus sich eine Gesamtunsicherheit in der spektralen Detektorantwort von ca. 44 % ergibt. Die geringe Energieauflösung und das stark heterogene Verhalten der Detektorbereiche ergeben sich vor allem aus der Detektorelektronik, welche nur eine globale Energieschwellwertsetzung zulässt. Trotz dieser Einschränkungen konnte demonstriert werden, dass auch konventionelle radiographische Verfahren, wie Radiographie oder CT, vom Einsatz der photonenzählenden Technik profitieren. So ist es mit dieser Technik möglich, bei sehr geringen Dosisleistungen (z.B. aufgrund der Durchstrahlung großer Wandstärken von dichten Materialien) noch sehr gute Bildqualitäten zu erreichen. Die hohe Dynamik und Kontrastempfindlichkeit dieser Technik begünstigen die Inspektion von Leichtbauwerkstoffen wie Faserverbunde, was anhand von Vergleichen mit herkömmlicher Detektortechnik und anderen ZfP-Verfahren gezeigt werden konnte. Daneben konnte durch den Einsatz der Energieschwellwertsetzung der Einfluss von nicht bildzeichnender Streustrahlung im Röntgenbild um bis zu 20 % reduziert werden. Die Auswirkungen von Aufhärtungseffekten in der CT konnten sogar um bis zu Faktor 1 000 (in der mittleren quadratischen Abweichung), im Vergleich zu herkömmlicher Detektortechnik, reduziert werden. Der Einsatz von photonenzählender Detektortechnik mit Röntgenblitzröhren ist hingegen nicht sinnvoll, da aufgrund der hohen Photonendichte pro Puls und einer endlichen Totzeit des Detektors in der Größenordnung der Pulsbreite eines Blitzes nur ein geringes Signal detektiert werden kann. Im Hinblick auf eine Materialdiskriminierbarkeit konnte demonstriert werden, dass im Fall einer Radiographie anhand der Energieschwellwertsetzung im Detektor eine materialstärkenunabhängige Diskriminierung zwischen zwei Materialien (hier: Al und Fe) erzielt werden kann. Unter Einsatz mehrerer Energiefenster und eines Verfahrens der explorativen und multivariaten Datenanalyse konnte eine materialaufgelöste CT eines Multi-Material-Phantoms erreicht werden, wobei die Schwächungskoeffizienten der enthaltenen Materialien im relevanten Energieberiech teilweise sehr dicht beieinander lagen. Neben Radiographie und CT wurde auch die Möglichkeit einer materialaufgelösten Laminographie am Beispiel eines glasfaserverstärkten Rotorblatts untersucht. Anhand der Energieschwellwertsetzung war nicht nur eine eindeutige Trennung der Glasfasern von der Epoxidharzmatrix möglich, sondern auch eine signifikante Reduzierung der durch die Laminographie entstandenen Artefakte. Der damit verbundene Gewinn an Information führt zu einer verbesserten Aussagefähigkeit des Untersuchungsergebnisses, was letztendlich eine gesteigerte Betriebssicherheit zur Folge hat. N2 - This thesis investigates the properties of photon counting and energy discriminating digital detector arrays and possible applications in the field of non-destructive testing. Conventional integrating detector technology was compared with photon counting technology in terms of image quality and applicability in different inspection tasks. The impact of internal energy thresholding on material discriminability and achievable image quality was investigated for different radiological methods. The properties of photon counting detectors and their impact on the measurement result were analyzed for different applications including three-dimensional methods such as CT and laminography in addition to radiographic testing. Energy resolution is one of the most important properties of photon counting technology. Therefore, energy resolution was initially determined in addition to the homogeneity of the energy Response across the detector. It was found that the energy resolution amounts to approx. 32 % for a 60 keV monoenergetic spectrum (241Am). In combination with the variance in the response of single detector tiles of approx. 12 % the total uncertainty in the detector energy response appears to approx. 44 %. This low energy resolution and strongly heterogenous detector response result mainly from the detector electronics which only allow setting global energy thresholds. Despite these limitations it was demonstrated that even conventional single energy techniques, such as radiography or CT, benefit from photon counting technology. Thus, this technology allows to gain high quality images even at very low dose rates which might occur e.g. at high wall thickness Penetration of dense materials. The high dynamic range and high contrast sensitivity facilitate the inspection of lightweight materials such as fiber composites which was shown by comparison with integrating technology and other NDT methods. Furthermore, the use of energy thresholding enables to reduce the influence of non-imaging scattered radiation within the X-ray image by about 20 %. The impact of beam hardening artefacts in CT was reduced even up to a factor of 1 000, compared to conventional integrating detector technology. In contrast, the use of photon counting technology with x-ray flash tubes is not useful, since the high photon density within a single flash and a finite dead time of the detector only yield a very low signal. In terms of material discriminability, it was shown that due to energy thresholding a thickness Independent material separation between two materials (here: Al and Fe) can be achieved in the case of a radiography. By using more than two energy windows in combination with multivariate methods of data analysis, a material resolved CT of a multi-material phantom was performed in which six materials were separated distinctly despite very close attenuation coefficients in the relevant energy range. In addition to radiography and CT, the possibility of a material resolved laminography was investigated by means of a glass fiber reinforced wind turbine blade. In addition to a distinct separation between glass fibers and resin matrix, a significant reduction of cross artefacts that inherently arise from the laminography could be achieved. This gain in information yields a higher significance of the measurement and hence an increased reliability of the component or the whole system. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 165 KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Photonenzählende Detektoren KW - Radiographie KW - Laminographie KW - Computer-Tomographie KW - Dual-Energy KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Photon counting detectors KW - Radiography KW - Laminography KW - Computed tomography KW - Dual energy PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-500327 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 165 SP - 1 EP - 172 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-50032 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Strangfeld, Christoph A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias T1 - Smart RFID Sensors Embedded in Building Structures for Early Damage Detection and Long-Term Monitoring N2 - In civil engineering, many structures are made of reinforced concrete. Most Degradation processes relevant to this material, e.g., corrosion, are related to an increased level of material moisture. Therefore, moisture monitoring in reinforced concrete is regarded as a crucial method for structural health monitoring. In this study, passive radio frequency identification (RFID)-based sensors are embedded into the concrete. They are well suited for long-term operation over decades and are well protected against harsh environmental conditions. The energy supply and the data transfer of the humidity sensors are provided by RFID. The sensor casing materials are optimised to withstand the high alkaline environment in concrete, having pH values of more than 12. Membrane materials are also investigated to identify materials capable of enabling water vapour transport from the porous cement matrix to the embedded humidity sensor. By measuring the corresponding relative humidity with embedded passive RFID-based sensors, the cement hydration is monitored for 170 days. Moreover, long-term moisture monitoring is performed for more than 1000 days. The Experiments show that embedded passive RFID-based sensors are highly suitable for long-term structural health monitoring in civil engineering. KW - RFID based sensors KW - Embedded sensors KW - Corresponding relative humidity KW - Porous building materials KW - Reinforced concrete KW - Corrosion KW - Civil engineering PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-500831 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/s19245514 VL - 19 IS - 24 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Swiss AN - OPUS4-50083 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Hufschläger, Daniel A1 - Bente, Klaas T1 - Advances in air-coupled ultrasonic transducers for non-destructive testing N2 - Commercially available air-coupled transducers applied in non-destructive testing consist of a piezocomposite material and matching layers to reduce the impedance mismatch between the transducer and air. This contribution is an overview of innovative approaches using new piezoelectric materials and other physical principles to transmit and receive an ultrasonic pulse in air. Capacitive and piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs and PMUTs) produce high pressure levels, but they exhibit a very narrow bandwidth. Optical laser-based methods for transmitting and receiving ultrasound promise a higher bandwidth, but do not achieve the same sensitivity as conventional air-coupled transducers. Ferroelectrets are charged cellular polymers exhibiting piezoelectric properties, having a very small acoustic impedance well matched to air. Ferroelectret transducers achieve about the same bandwidth as the most broadband conventional air-coupled transducers, having a higher sensitivity. Thermoacoustic transducers use heat to initiate an acoustic wave, acting as transmitters in ultrasonic range. Thermoacoustic transducers enable excitation of extremely broadband pulses while producing high pressure levels, which opens new possibilities for advanced signal processing. The newest member of the family of air-coupled ultrasonic transmitters is the plasma-based transducer, using both the thermoacoustic effect and the movements of the ions (so called ionic wind) to create acoustic waves. T2 - International Congress on Ultrasonics CY - Bruges, Belgium DA - 03.09.2019 KW - Air-coupled transducers KW - Ferroelectret KW - Thermoacoustics KW - Plasma acoustics KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001072 SN - 1939-800X N1 - Geburtsname von Hufschläger, Daniel: Kotschate, D. - Birth name of Hufschläger, Daniel: Kotschate, D. VL - 38 IS - 1 SP - 030003-1 EP - 030003-7 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Lancaster, Pa. AN - OPUS4-50103 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Dominguez-Macaya, A. A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Gómez Álvarez-Arenas, T. E A1 - Aurrekoetxea, J. A1 - Iturrospe, A. T1 - Air-coupled ultrasonic testing with Lamb waves for straight and curved GFRP plates N2 - The use of composite materials has been steadily growing during the last decades, as well as the requirements on quality, mechanical properties and geometries of the parts. Some processes, like the 3D UV pultrusion process, manufacture parts that are long and thin, whilst having a varying curvature radius along the same part or even no curvature at all. Studying their mechanical properties along the main fiber direction, which is of foremost interest, is not an easy task nor efficient with most nondestructive methods. The use of air-coupled ultrasonics to evaluate the properties of composite materials has been widely proved by several authors, mainly using guided waves that provide information on the orthotropic properties of this kind of materials. Most of this work has focused on analyzing straight plate-like geometries, due to the simplicity to generate desired Lamb modes in the plate and analyze the behavior of guided waves inside the plate. In our contribution, the differences in the propagation of Lamb waves for straight and curved geometry glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP) have been analyzed. A GFRP test sample cured with UV light with one straight and one curved area has been evaluated. The responses of the generated Lamb wave modes for the straight and curved geometries have been compared, accounting for variations in the transducer characteristics, e.g. resonance behavior and focusing. T2 - International Congress on Ultrasonics CY - Bruges, Begium DA - 03.09.2019 KW - Air-coupled KW - Guided waves KW - Composites PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001072 VL - 38 SP - 045005 AN - OPUS4-50104 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Ferroelektret-Wandler für Luftultraschall N2 - Es wird ein Überblick über die Forschung an Ferroelektret-Wandlern für luftgekoppelte Ultraschallprüfung gegeben. T2 - Innovative ZFP mit bildgebender Ultraschallprüftechnik CY - Braunschweig, Germany DA - 29.11.2019 KW - Luftultraschall KW - Ferroelektret KW - Wandler PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50107 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ratassepp, M. A1 - Rao, J. A1 - Yu, X. A1 - Fan, Z. A1 - Lugovtsova, Yevgeniya A1 - Prager, Jens T1 - Considering anisotropy in guided wave tomography for composite laminates N2 - Recently, various guided wave tomography algorithms have been developed to map structural changes from remote locations. The focus has been on structures made of isotropic materials and little work has been done on structures made of anisotropic materials. Primary complication to implement tomography in composite laminates is associated with the complex forward model to accurately simulate the 3-D guided wave propagation. In this study, we demonstrate that guided wave propagation can be approximated by an equivalent 2-D acoustic model. It is based on finite-difference discretization method in which the wave-field is parameterized by phase velocity and dimensionless anisotropic parameters. The reconstruction of defects is based on a full-waveform inversion algorithm and was implemented on the data obtained from finite element simulations. Results on a localized stiffness defects in composite plates with various layups demonstrate the attractiveness of the proposed methodology. T2 - International Symposium on Nondestructive Characterization of Materials (ISNCM 2019) CY - Portoroz, Slovenia DA - 17.09.2019 KW - Lamb waves KW - Ultrasonic Guided Waves KW - Multilayered structures PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50059 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Magkos, Sotirios T1 - Advanced algorithms for image reconstruction in Computed Tomography N2 - This PhD project is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie International Training Network MUMMERING. The overarching goal of MUMMERING is the creation of a research tool that exploits the wealth of 3D imaging modalities applied in materials engineering. The focus of this work is advanced reconstruction algorithms. The primary objective is the development and implementation of the DIRECTT algorithm. Due to restrictions introduced by the sample or the imaging setup during a measurement, it is not always possible to acquire data that fulfil the Nyquist sampling criterion. The DIRECTT algorithm is intended to produce reconstructions of superior quality for such cases of limited data sets, compared to those of other available algorithms, such as algebraic iterative ones. Although DIRECTT has been developed primarily for the reconstruction of volumes from data acquired by an X-ray Computed Tomography scanner, it can also be applied to the different modalities, such as laminography. The talk describes the reconstruction principle of DIRECTT. Furthermore, reconstructions of measured data are presented and compared to reconstructions produced by other established algorithms. T2 - Doktorandenseminar CY - BAM Berlin, Germany DA - 16.12.2019 KW - Computed Tomography KW - Reconstruction KW - DIRECTT PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50066 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -