TY - CONF A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Karagianni, Christina A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Jung, P. A1 - Caire, G. T1 - Verbesserung des räumlichen Auflösungsvermögens der Impuls-Thermografie durch strukturierte Laser-Erwärmung und Joint Sparsity Rekonstruktion N2 - Die thermografische ZfP basiert auf der Wechselwirkung von thermischen Wellen mit Inhomogenitäten. Diese Inhomogenitäten hängen mit der Probengeometrie oder der Materialzusammensetzung zusammen. Obwohl die Thermografie für ein breites Spektrum von Inhomogenitäten und Materialien geeignet ist, ist die grundlegende Einschränkung die diffuse Natur der thermischen Wellen und die Notwendigkeit, ihre Wirkung lediglich an der Probenoberfläche radiometrisch messen zu können. Die Ausbreitung der thermischen Wellen von der Wärmequelle über die Inhomogenität zur Detektionsoberfläche führt zu einer Verschlechterung des räumlichen Auflösungsvermögens der thermografischen Technik. Ein neuer konzertierter Ansatz auf Basis einer räumlich strukturierten Erwärmung und einer Joint Sparsity des Signalensembles ermöglicht eine verbesserte Rekonstruktion von Inhomogenitäten. Im Beitrag wird die Implementierung dieses Ansatzes auf Basis einer strukturierten Beleuchtung mit einem 1D-Laser-Array vorgestellt. Die einzelnen Emitterzellen des Laser-Arrays werden durch ein pseudozufälliges Binärmuster gesteuert und zusätzlich leicht verschoben. Die wiederholte Messung dieser verschiedenen Konfigurationen bei gleichzeitig konstanter Inhomogenität ermöglicht eine Rekonstruktion der Inhomogenität unter Ausnutzung der Joint Sparsity. T2 - Thermographie Kolloquium 2019 CY - Halle, Germany DA - 19.09.2019 KW - Thermografie KW - Laser-Thermografie KW - ZfP KW - Compressed Sensing KW - Super Resolution PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49938 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bornemann-Pfeiffer, Martin A1 - Kern, Simon A1 - Jurtz, N. A1 - Thiede, Tobias A1 - Kraume, M. A1 - Maiwald, Michael T1 - Design and validation of an additively manufactured flowCell–static mixer combination for inline NMR spectroscopy N2 - There have been an increasing number of publications on flow chemistry applications of compact NMR. Despite this, there is so far no comprehensive workflow for the technical design of flow cells. Here, we present an approach that is suitable for the design of an NMR flow cell with an integrated static mixing unit. This design moves the mixing of reactants to the active NMR detection region within the NMR instrument, presenting a feature that analyses chemical reactions faster (5–120 s region) than other common setups. During the design phase, the targeted mixing homogeneity of the components was evaluated for different types of mixing units based on CFD simulation. Subsequently, the flow cell was additively manufactured from ceramic material and metal tubing. Within the targeted working mass flow range, excellent mixing properties as well as narrow line widths were confirmed in validation experiments, comparable to common glass tubes. KW - Inline NMR Spectroscopy KW - Integrated Processes KW - Reaction Monitoring KW - Process Analytical Technology KW - Flow Chemistry KW - Static Mixing KW - Modular Production PY - 2019 UR - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03746 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03746 SN - 0888-5885 SN - 1520-5045 N1 - Geburtsname von Bornemann-Pfeiffer, Martin: Bornemann, M. - Birth name of Bornemann-Pfeiffer, Martin: Bornemann, M. VL - 58 IS - 42 SP - 19562 EP - 19570 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington AN - OPUS4-49041 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kotschate, Daniel A1 - Gohlke, Dirk A1 - Dobrovolskij, P. A1 - Vrana, J. A1 - Heckel, Thomas T1 - Herausforderungen bei der Prüfung von Schmiedeteilen durch Vorsatzkeile für Longitudinalwellenprüfköpfe N2 - Trotz moderner Sensortechnologien und Rekonstruktionsmethoden, findet die manuelle und automatisierte Ultraschallprüfung durch konventionelle Senkrecht- und Winkelprüfköpfe vielfach industriellen Einsatz. Um einen flexiblen Prüfeinsatz und die Prüfbarkeit von einfachen sowie komplexen Geometrien zu gewährleisten, werden dort oftmals Vorlaufkeile für die Winkelprüfung mit Longitudinalwellen angewendet um eine Anzeigenschräglage und deren Reflektivität auszugleichen bzw. zu verbessern. Durch den unterschiedlichen Aufbau, im Vergleich zu integrierten Scherwellen-Winkelprüfköpfen, können jedoch während der Prüfung Fehlanzeigen generiert werden. Diese fehlerhaften Anzeigen beruhen auf Mehrfachreflexionen und Wellenumwandlungen innerhalb des Vorlaufkeils, aufgrund der Geometrie, und können im Feld nur bedingt von realen Anzeigen unterschieden werden. Dieser Beitrag zeigt die geometrische Betrachtung bei der Verwendung von Vorlaufkeilen und wurde experimentell durch die Bestimmung der Richtcharakteristik und dem Einsatz von elektrodynamischen Sonden validiert. Des Weiteren ermöglichen die so gewonnenen Abhängigkeiten einen vom Keilwinkel abhängigen Verstärkungsausgleich und somit eine korrekte Größenbestimmung durch einen geeigneten Vergleichsfehler. T2 - DACH Tagung der DGZfP CY - Friedrichshafen, Germany DA - 27.05.2019 KW - Kotakttechnik KW - Wellenausbreitung KW - Richtcharakteristik PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48094 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Casperson, Ralf A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Pelkner, Matthias A1 - Prager, Jens T1 - Forschungsthemen im Bereich der ZfP mit akustischen und elektromagnetischen Methoden N2 - Die zerstörungsfreien Methoden zur Untersuchung und Charakterisierung von Materialien sowie zur Detektion von betriebsbedingten und herstellungsbedingten Fehlern mit akustischen und elektrischen Methoden werden vorgestellt. Schwerpunkt bilden die Ultraschall-, die Wirbelstrom- und die Streuflussprüfung. Die Verfahren werden anhand des Aufgabenspektrums des Fachbereiches 8.4 der BAM dargestellt. T2 - Lehrveranstaltung 0334 L 119 „Instrumentelle Analytik“ innerhalb des Moduls „Untersuchungsverfahren“ im Masterstudium des Studiengangs Werkstoffwissenschaften CY - BAM Berlin, Germany DA - 06.12.2019 KW - Ultraschallprüfung KW - Wirbelstromprüfung KW - Streuflussprüfung PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50014 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bernegger, Raphael A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Pulsed thermography on semitransparent materials - what has to be considered? N2 - Pulsed thermography is a well-known non-destructive testing technique and has proven to be a valuable tool for examination of material defects, to determine thermal material parameters, and the thickness of test specimens through calibration or mathematical models. However, the application to semitransparent materials is quite new and demanding, especially for semitransparent materials like epoxy, polyamide 12, or glass fiber reinforced polymers with epoxy or polyamide matrix. In order to describe the temporal temperature evolution in such materials, which are recorded with an infrared camera during pulse thermography experiments, much more influences have to be considered, compared to opaque materials: - The wavelength of the excitation source and the spectral range of the infrared camera - The angles between the specimen, the excitation source and the infrared camera - The area behind the specimen - The roughness of the material surface - The scattering mechanism within the material Here, we will consider all these influences and describe how they can be treated mathematically in analytical or numerical models (using COMSOL Multiphysics software). These models describe the temperature development during the pulse thermography experiment in reflection and transmission configuration. By fitting the results of the mathematical models to experimental data it is possible to determine the thickness or the optical and thermal properties of the specimen. T2 - 20-th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena CY - Moscow, Russia DA - 07.07.2019 KW - Numerical simulation KW - Pulsed thermography KW - Semitransparent KW - Analytical model KW - Delamination KW - GFRP PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49215 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Casperson, Ralf T1 - DICONDE für ET N2 - Evaluierung der Eignung von DICONDE zur Speicherung von Wirbelstromprüfdaten im Kontext der Industrie/ZfP 4.0. T2 - 3. Sitzung des DGZfP FA ZfP 4.0 UA Schnittstellen CY - Bochum, Germany DA - 28.08.2019 KW - Wirbelstromprüfung KW - DICONDE KW - ZfP 4.0 KW - Industrie 4.0 PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48839 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Vahlsing, Thorsten A1 - Raum, Hanne A1 - Casperson, Ralf A1 - Pohl, Rainer A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Beilken, D. A1 - Dilz, K. A1 - Rühe, S. T1 - FE-simulation of eddy current signals produced from basic model cracks for running surface rail defects N2 - Non-destructive testing for surface crack detection and head check depth quantification at the gauge corner of railway tracks can be achieved using eddy current methods. With the extension of the tested zone to the running surface, rail defect signal types other than head checks can be measured. Due to their mostly irregular shape, a quantitation based on a calibration against regular test cracks of varying depth may not be linear. Estimates of the expected influence of more complex crack patterns may be obtained by a finite element simulation of sufficiently simple limiting cases, like two displaced or intersecting cracks or a simply branched or flexed crack. As a first step, a 3D finite element model of the HC10 eddy current probe distributed by Prüftechnik Linke und Rühe (PLR), Germany was built and verified against measured results from an (easily fabricated) reference block with isolated long cracks. T2 - Railway Engineering 2019 CY - Edinburgh, UK DA - 03.07.2019 KW - Finite element analysis KW - Eddy current testing KW - Rail inspection PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48530 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bernegger, Raphael A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Iterative numerical 2D-modelling for quantification of material defects by pulsed thermography N2 - This paper presents a method to quantify the geometry of defects such as flat bottom holes (FBH) and notches in opaque materials by a pulse thermography (PT) experiment and a numerical model. The aim was to precisely describe PT experiments in reflection configuration with a simple and fast numerical model in order to use this model and a fit algorithm to quantify defects within the material. The algorithm minimizes the difference between the time sequence of a line shaped region of interest (ROI) on the surface (above the defect) from the PT experiment and the numerical data. Therefore, the experimental data can be reconstructed with the numerical model. In this way, the defect depth of a notch or FBH and its width or diameter was determined simultaneously. A laser was used for heating which was widened to a top hat spatial profile to ensure homogeneous illumination (rectangular impulse profile in time). The numerical simulation considers heating conditions and takes thermal losses due to convection and radiation into account. We quantified the geometry of FBH and notches in steel and polyvinyl chloride plasticized (PVC-U) materials with an accuracy of < 5 %. KW - Pulsed thermography KW - Numerical modelling KW - Data reconstruction KW - Opaque materials KW - 2D model KW - Flat bottom holes KW - Notches PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5099719 SN - 0094-243X SP - 020015-1 EP - 11 PB - AIP AN - OPUS4-47974 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Karagianni, Christina A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Jung, P. A1 - Caire, G. T1 - Photothermal super resolution imaging: a comparison of different reconstruction techniques N2 - The diffusive nature of heat propagation complicates the separation of two closely spaced defects. This results in a fundamental limitation in spatial resolution. Therefore, super resolution (SR) image reconstruction can be used. SR processing techniques based on spatially structured heating and joint sparsity of the signal ensemble allows for an improved reconstruction of closely spaced defects. This new technique has been studied using a 1D laser array with randomly chosen illumination pattern. This paper presents the results after applying SR algorithms such as the iterative joint sparsity (IJOSP) algorithm, to our processed measurement data. Two different data processing strategies are evaluated and discussed regarding their influence on the reconstruction goodness as well as their complexity. Moreover, the degradation of the SR reconstruction by the choice of regularization parameters in data processing is discussed. The application of both SR techniques that are evaluated in this paper results in a spatial resolution enhancement of approximately a factor of four which leads to a better separation of two closely spaced defects. The fundamental difference between both SR techniques is their complexity. T2 - 46th Annual Review of Profress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Portland, OR, USA DA - 14.07.2019 KW - Super resolution KW - Virtual wave KW - Laser thermography KW - 1d laser KW - Joint sparsity KW - Laser array KW - VCSEL array KW - High-power laser KW - Fourier transform KW - Dimension reduction PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48579 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Mayr, G. T1 - Thermography using High-Power Laser Arrays N2 - Due to their high irradiance and wide modulation bandwidth, high-power lasers open up a wide field of application. For example, the classical methods of pulse and lock-in thermography can be realized in high quality. In addition, structured heating is also possible by using arrays of such lasers. This makes it possible to implement new thermographic methods, such as interference-based detection of cracks or super resolution. T2 - Fifth NDTonAIR Training Event: Thermography Workshop CY - Linz, Austria DA - 13.02.2019 KW - Thermography KW - Laser Thermography KW - Super Resolution KW - Thermal Waves KW - NDT PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47491 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Karagianni, Christina A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Jung, P. A1 - Caire, G. T1 - A comparison of different techniques for photothermal super resolution image reconstruction N2 - The separation of two closely located defects in fields of Thermographic NDE is very challenging. The diffusive nature of thermal waves leads to a fundamental limitation in spatial resolution. Therefore, super resolution image reconstruction can be used. A new concerted ansatz based on spatially structured heating and joint sparsity of the signal ensemble allows an improved reconstruction of closely located defects. This new technique has also been studied using 1D laser arrays in active thermography. The post-processing can be roughly described by two steps: 1. Finding a sparse basis representation using a reconstruction algorithm such as the Fourier transform, 2. Application of an iterative joint sparsity (IJOSP) method to the firstly reconstructed data. For this reason, different methods in post-processing can be compared using the same measured data set. The focus in this work was the variation of reconstruction algorithms in step 1 and its influence on the results from step 2. More precise, the measured thermal waves can be transformed to virtual (ultrasound) waves that can be processed by applying ultrasound reconstruction algorithms and finally the super resolution algorithm. Otherwise, it is also possible to make use of a Fourier transform with a subsequent super resolution routine. These super resolution thermographic image reconstruction techniques in post-processing are discussed and evaluated regarding performance, accuracy and repeatability. T2 - 20-th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena CY - Moscow, Russia DA - 07.07.2019 KW - Super resolution KW - Virtual wave KW - Laser thermography KW - 1d laser KW - Joint sparsity KW - Laser array KW - VCSEL array KW - High-power laser KW - Fourier transform KW - Dimension reduction PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48592 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Karagianni, Christina A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Jung, P. A1 - Caire, G. T1 - Photothermal super resolution image reconstruction using structured 1d laser illumination N2 - The separation of two closely spaced defects in fields of Thermographic NDE is very challenging. The diffusive nature of thermal waves leads to a fundamental limitation in spatial resolution. Therefore, super resolution image reconstruction can be used. A new concerted ansatz based on spatially structured heating and joint sparsity of the signal ensemble allows for an improved reconstruction of closely spaced defects. This new technique has been studied using a 1D laser array with randomly chosen illumination pattern. This paper presents the results after applying super resolution algorithms, such as the iterative joint sparsity (IJOSP) algorithm, to our processed measurement data. Different data processing techniques before applying the IJOSP algorithm as well as the influence of regularization parameters in the data processing techniques are discussed. Moreover, the degradation of super resolution reconstruction goodness by the choice of experimental parameters such as laser line width or number of measurements is shown. The application of the super resolution results in a spatial resolution enhancement of approximately a factor of four which leads to a better separation of two closely spaced defects. T2 - 46th Annual Review of Profress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Portland, OR, USA DA - 14.07.2019 KW - Super resolution KW - Virtual wave KW - Laser thermography KW - 1d laser KW - Joint sparsity KW - Laser array KW - VCSEL array KW - High-power laser PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48591 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Berer, T. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Gruber, J. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Hendorfer, G. T1 - Blind structured illumination as excitation for super-resolution photothermal radiometry N2 - Photothermal radiometry with an infrared camera allows the contactless temperature measurement of multiple surface pixels simultaneously. A short light pulse heats the sample. The heat propagates through the sample by diffusion and the corresponding temperature evolution is measured at the sample’s surface by an infrared camera. The main drawback in radiometric imaging is the loss of the spatial resolution with increasing depth due to heat diffusion, which results in blurred images for deeper lying structures. We circumvent this information loss due to the diffusion process by using blind structured illumination, combined with a non-linear joint sparsity reconstruction algorithm. The structured illumination is realized by parallel laser lines from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array controlled by a random binary pattern generator. By using 150 different patterns of structured illumination and our iterative joint sparsity algorithm, it was possible to resolve 1 mm thick lines at a distance down to 0.5 mm, which results in a resolution enhancement of approximately a factor of four compared to the resolution of 5.9 mm for homogenous illuminated thermographic reconstruction. KW - Super-resolution imaging KW - Thermography KW - Blind structured illumination KW - VCSEL array PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/17686733.2019.1655247 SN - 1768-6733 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - 268 EP - 278 PB - Taylor & Francis Group CY - Milton, UK AN - OPUS4-49122 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Thummerer, G. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - Verbesserung der Tiefenreichweite der Impuls-Thermografie mithilfe von Hochleistungs-Laser-Array, kHz-Kamera und Virtual-Wave-Konzept N2 - Im weitverbreiteten Fall der thermografischen ZfP sollen Defekte im Probeninneren detektiert werden. Da diese eine Inhomogenität darstellen, genügt jegliche Mess- und Datenverarbeitungstechnik, die diese Inhomogenität als Kontrast in der transienten Temperaturverteilung herausarbeitet. Ein üblicher Ansatz ist eine extrem kurze und intensive Blitzlampenbeleuchtung zusammen mit einer nachträglichen Fourier-Transformation zu verwenden. Für die zusätzliche Tiefenbestimmung werden entweder rein phänomenologische Ansätze, semi-analytische Ansätze mit Kalibrationsmessungen oder Fits an analytische bzw. numerische Modelle verwendet. Ein üblicher semi-analytischer Ansatz ist z.B. die Analyse des Abknickens der transienten Abkühlkurve. Problematisch ist das schnelle Abklingen der Amplitude auf Rauschniveau und damit die inhärente Beschränkung der Tiefenreichweite. Eine äquivalente Beschreibung der Wärmeleitung ist über sehr stark gedämpfte thermische Diffusionswellen möglich. Die Eindringtiefe ist dann gleich der thermischen Diffusionslänge. Der semi-analytische Ansatz über normales Least-Squares-Fitting funktioniert für 1D-Schicht-Systeme sehr gut, versagt aber für höherdimensionale Messprobleme. Genau hier setzt eine seit Kurzem bekannte Transformation der diffusen Temperaturentwicklung (bzw. des Realteils der Diffusionswelle) in eine propagierende virtuelle Temperaturwelle an. Dieses sog. Virtual-Wave-Konzept stellt sich selbst als ein weiteres inverses Problem dar. Der Nutzen dieser in einer linearen virtuellen Zeitdomäne propagierenden Welle überkompensiert den numerischen Mehraufwand jedoch deutlich. Zusammen mit neuen Technologien in der Erwärmung durch Hochleistungs-Laser-Arrays und in der Datenakquisition durch kHz-Kameras erlaubt dieser Ansatz eine signifikante Verbesserung der Tiefenreichweite in der Impuls-Thermografie. Im Beitrag werden experimentelle Ergebnisse an einer additiv hergestellten Metallprobe mit überdeckten Schlitzen vorgestellt, die eine Detektion dieser Defekte bis zu einem Seitenverhältnis von Defektbreite/Defekttiefe ~ 0,25 erlauben, also ca. 4 mal tiefer als die übliche Faustformel. T2 - Thermografie Kolloquium CY - Halle, Germany DA - 19.09.2019 KW - Laserthermografie KW - Virtuelle Welle KW - VCSEL PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49809 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Puthiyaveettil, N. A1 - Thomas K, R. A1 - Unnikrishnakurup, S. A1 - Myrach, Philipp A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Balasubramaniam, K. T1 - Laser line scanning thermography for surface breaking crack detection modeling and experimental study N2 - Crack detection in metallic samples at high surface temperature, hostile and hazardous environments, etc. is challenging situation in any manufacturing industries. Most of the present NDE methods are suitable only for lower surface temperatures, especially room temperature. In this situation, we need a fast and non-contact NDT method which can be applied even in high sample surface temperature. Laser thermography is one of the techniques having a high potential in non-contact inspection. As a preliminary investigation, in this article, we have studied the potentiality of laser line thermography in crack detection at room temperature. In laser line thermography, a continuous wave (CW) laser is used to generate a laser line, which in turn is used to scan the metal surface. The heat distribution over the sample surface is recorded by an infrared thermal (IR) camera. Two different approaches are reported in this work. Firstly, a stationary laser line source and its interaction with cracks; secondly, moving laser line source scanning over a surface with crack. When the distance between crack centre to laser line centre increases, crack detectability will decrease; and when laser power increases, crack detectability will increase. A dedicated image processing algorithm was developed to improve the detectability of the cracks. To understand the heat transfer phenomenon, a simplified 3D model for laser thermography was developed for the heat distribution during laser heating and was validated with experimental results. Defects were incorporated as a thermally thin resistive layer (TTRL) in numerical modeling, and the effect of TTRL in heat conduction is compared with experimental results. KW - Thermography KW - Laser Thermography KW - Cracks KW - FEM KW - NDT PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2019.103141 VL - 104 SP - 103141 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-49941 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Gruber, J. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Hendorfer, G. A1 - Haltmeier, M. T1 - Blind structured illumination as excitation for super-resolution photothermal radiometry N2 - Photothermal radiometry with an infrared camera allows the contactless temperature measurement of multiple surface pixels simultaneously. A short light pulse heats the sample. The heat propagates through the sample by diffusion and the corresponding temperature increase is measured at the samples surface by an infrared camera. The main drawback in radiometric imaging is the loss of the spatial resolution with increasing depth due to heat diffusion, which results in blurred images for deeper lying structures. We circumvent this information loss due to the diffusion process by using blind structured illumination, combined with a non-linear joint sparsity reconstruction algorithm. T2 - Fifth NDTonAIR Training Event: Thermography Workshop CY - Linz, Austria DA - 13.02.2019 KW - Super resolution KW - Thermography KW - Laser Thermography KW - Compressed Sensing KW - NDT PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49912 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Karagianni, Christina A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Jung, P. A1 - Caire, G. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - Photothermal super resolution image reconstruction using structured 1D laser illumination N2 - The separation of two closely spaced defects in fields of Thermographic NDE is very challenging. The diffusive nature of thermal waves leads to a fundamental limitation in spatial resolution. Therefore, super resolution image reconstruction can be used. A new concerted ansatz based on spatially structured heating and joint sparsity of the signal ensemble allows for an improved reconstruction of closely spaced defects. This new technique has been studied using a 1D laser array with randomly chosen illumination pattern. This paper presents the results after applying super resolution algorithms, such as the iterative joint sparsity (IJOSP) algorithm, to our processed measurement data. Different data processing techniques before applying the IJOSP algorithm as well as the influence of regularization parameters in the data processing techniques are discussed. Moreover, the degradation of super resolution reconstruction goodness by the choice of experimental parameters such as laser line width or number of measurements is shown. The application of the super resolution results in a spatial resolution enhancement of approximately a factor of four which leads to a better separation of two closely spaced defects. T2 - Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference 2019 CY - Portland, OR, USA DA - 14.07.2019 KW - Super resolution KW - Photothermal KW - Thermography KW - Laser PY - 2019 SP - Paper 8593, 1 PB - ASME AN - OPUS4-50924 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Algernon, D. A1 - Arndt, R.W. A1 - Denzel, W. A1 - Ebsen, B. A1 - Feistkorn, S. A1 - Friese, M. A1 - Große, C.U. A1 - Kathage, S. A1 - Keßler, S. A1 - Köpp, Christian A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Lohse, C. A1 - Maack, Stefan A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Schickert, M. A1 - Schröder, G. A1 - Taffe, A. A1 - Timofeev, Juri A1 - Walther, A. A1 - Wilcke, M. A1 - Wolf, J. A1 - Wöstmann, Jens T1 - Test specimen concepts in regard to quality assurance and validation of nondestructive testing in civil engineering N2 - The process of ensuring reliability of NDT applications contains various aspects, such as determining the performance and probability of success, the uncertainty in measurement, the provision of clear and functional procedures and ensuring the correct application accordingly. Test specimens have become powerful elements in supporting many of these aspects. Within the committee for NDT in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) of the German Society for Nondestructive Testing (DGZfP), the subcommittee on Quality Assurance (UA-QS) therefore addresses the design and the integration of test specimens in the quality assurance process. Depending on the specific purpose, the requirements on test specimens can vary significantly based on the defined simulated scenario. The most prominent purposes of test specimens might be seen in providing references for inspection systems in regard to function control, calibration and validation. Further aspects can be parametric studies, basic investigation of physical principles related to NDT or a simplified and therefore comprehensive demonstration of inspection concepts (e.g. for teaching purposes). The specific purpose of a test specimen dictates the requirements regarding its conception, including the exact design, the material or the fabrication accuracy and the conditioning. In the development of a general guideline by the UA-QS for application-specific procedures and their validation, the use of test specimens is addressed and specific concepts for the design of test specimens are made. This includes the analysis of the measurement process regarding any given application, deriving an adequate calibration approach for it and designing test specimens (calibration specimens) accordingly. Furthermore, it includes the validation of the procedure taking into account all conditions related to the specific application in the field. The validation requires a statistically sufficient number of trials. Thorough evaluation of each trial can only be established if the ground-truth is known. Therefore, test specimens providing a realistic but controlled simulation of the inspection problem are valuable and indispensable elements in the validation process. The requirement of being fully realistic will often not be possible to fulfill due to practical restrictions. Any aspect that cannot be included in the simulation realistically needs to be simulated conservatively. This again, requires a sufficient understanding of the inspection principle and technique to ensure conservativeness. Among other quality-assurance-related aspects, the UA-QS establishes concepts and guidelines regarding sound and efficient approaches for the specific purposes of test specimens. This subcommittee brings together representatives of different Groups along the entire value chain of NDT-CE, including researchers, practitioners, manufacturers and clients. They all work together in establishing a common understanding and level of quality assurance in the industry. T2 - SMT and NDT-CE 2018 CY - New Brunswick, NJ, USA DA - 27.08.2018 KW - Quality assurance KW - Procedure KW - Reliability KW - Validation KW - Reference specimen PY - 2019 UR - https://asnt.org/smt18papers SN - 978-1-57117-456-7 VL - 11/19 SP - 39 EP - 48 PB - The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. CY - Columbus, OH, USA AN - OPUS4-47240 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Algernon, D. A1 - Arndt, R.W. A1 - Denzel, W. A1 - Ebsen, B. A1 - Feistkorn, S. A1 - Friese, M. A1 - Große, C.U. A1 - Kathage, S. A1 - Keßler, S. A1 - Köpp, Christian A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Lohse, C. A1 - Maack, Stefan A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Schickert, M. A1 - Schröder, G. A1 - Taffe, A. A1 - Timofeev, Juri A1 - Walther, A. A1 - Wilcke, M. A1 - Wolf, J. A1 - Wöstmann, Jens T1 - NDT procedures in relation to quality assurance and validation of nondestructive testing in civil engineering N2 - The field of non-destructive testing of civil structures (NDT-CE) has been continuously growing. Due to the complexity and diversity of civil constructions as well as the heterogeneity of concrete, specific standards or guidelines for the application of modern NDT-CE are still missing. The development of individual solutions is the current approach, which is just as challenging as it is common for NDT-CE. With the increasing development and commercialization of NDT-CE technology, the group of practitioners is growing. To ensure a good level of quality in the industry, it appears necessary to establish adequate means. Naturally, the performance of NDT-CE methods regarding a specific application is strongly dependent on choosing the most suitable inspection technique and applying it correctly, generally referred to as the inspection procedure in the field of NDT. There are well-defined guidelines regarding procedure documentation and handling in many fields of NDT (e.g. nuclear, aerospace or automotive) according to the high importance of procedures in assuring a successful and reliable application. For a long time, this has not always been the case with NDT-CE, which is still considered a unique discipline of NDT. Part of the reason for that might be the young development state of NDTCE, the heterogeneity of building materials like concrete, timber or masonry as a material and the diversity of civil structures. In consequence, NDT-CE procedure development is considered challenging. Among other aspects, addressed in the subcommittee on Quality Assurance (UA-QS) within the committee for NDT-CE of the German Society for Nondestructive Testing (DGZfP), part of its work aims at establishing an adequate basis for NDT-CE procedure development. While some of the highly developed approaches from other industries are taken into consideration, they need to be analyzed regarding their suitability for NDT-CE and adapted accordingly. For a procedure to be as defined as possible, it needs to contain sufficient information, such as the scope and limitations regarding material, geometry and condition of the test object, inspection parameters, calibration, data acquisition, analysis criteria as well as requirements regarding the inspection personnel. For a successful implementation in the field, it is important to define the specific procedure as precisely as possible. Despite the necessity of a great amount of information to be included, the procedure needs to be suitable for efficient field application. The UA-QS is developing a guideline for NDT-CE procedures suitable for application in this field of NDT to ensure correct and reproducible application. To demonstrate and evaluate this concept, specific examples of procedures are also produced. In particular, the UA-QS has developed a procedure for the detection and positioning of tendon ducts using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). This procedure is tested regarding the practical applicability in a roundrobin on a defined type of reference test block. T2 - SMT and NDT-CE 2018 CY - New Brunswick, NJ, USA DA - 27.08.2018 KW - Quality assurance KW - Procedure KW - Reliability KW - Validation KW - Reference specimen PY - 2019 UR - https://asnt.org/smt18papers SN - 978-1-57117-456-7 VL - 11/19 SP - 31 EP - 38 PB - The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. CY - Columbus, OH, USA AN - OPUS4-47239 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maack, Stefan T1 - Ultraschall-Echoverfahren an Betonbauteilen mit geneigten Rückwänden - Entwicklung von Testkörpern N2 - Mit dem Ultraschall-Echoverfahren können geometrische Abmessungen von Betonbauteilen bestimmt werden. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass die Bauteilrückwand bei der Messung an Massivbrücken häufig nicht planparallel zur Messfläche ausgeführt ist. Es wird erwartet, dass der Einfluss einer Neigung der Rückwand gegenüber der Messfläche auf die Messunsicherheit bei der Dickenbestimmung nicht vernachlässigbar ist. In diesem Beitrag werden die fünf konzipierten Betonprobekörper und ausgewählte Messergebnisse zur Bestimmung dieses Einflusses gezeigt. T2 - DACH-Jahrestagung 2019 - Zerstörungsfreie Materialprüfung CY - Friedrichshafen, Germany DA - 27.05.2019 KW - Messunsicherheit KW - Ultraschall PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-504317 AN - OPUS4-50431 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Taffe, A. A1 - Braml, T. A1 - Maack, Stefan T1 - Non-Destructive Testing: A valuable source of information for reliability assessments N2 - The reassessment of bridges is becoming increasingly important. The basic requirement for analyses of structural safety is reliable knowledge about individual structures. This paper introduces the new approach to evaluate the quality of measured data gained from non-destructive testing (NDT) to provide reliable, objective, and relevant information about existing bridges. The purpose is to relate this validated knowledge to probabilistic analyses. Bridging the gap between NDT and numerical reassessments indicates reduced numerical uncertainties and residual service time extensions. This paper deals with an application of this approach using measurement data collected by ultrasonic technique at a prestressed concrete bridge. T2 - IABSE Symposium 2019 CY - Guimarães, Portugal DA - 27.03.2019 KW - NDT KW - Measurement KW - Structural safety KW - Concrete bridges KW - Eexisting structures PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47714 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Braml, T. A1 - Maack, Stefan T1 - Refining stochastic models for the reassessment of bridges using advanced NDT-methods N2 - Increasing requirements on the infrastructure caused by more and heavier traffic coincide with both the aging and the progressive degradation of bridge constructions. These exemplary issues lead to a non-negligible need for reassessments of existing bridges. Compared to the new building design, safety reserves can be used in the evaluation of such existing structures, since uncertainties that may arise during the design, construction and previous Service time are better known or no longer present. Uncertainties can be evaiuated more precisely by measurements. In the meantime, the application of advanced NDT-methods on concrete structures have become so capable, that crucial structure Parameters like certain material properties or geometrical dimensions can be quantified without significant destructive interventions. The measured data can be explicitly incorporated into the probabilistic computation models used for the bridge reassessment in form of random variables. Therewith, a previously insufficient model can be refined to achieve a higher level of approximation. This contribution emphasises two fundamental steps of the measured data based probabilistic reassessment: The sensitivity analyses to identify the cruciai Parameters and the needed accuracy of the related information as well as the comparison with expected uncertainties of non-destructively measured Parameters. T2 - 17th International Probabilistic Workshop CY - Edinburgh, UK DA - 11.09.2019 KW - Measurement KW - Reassessment KW - NDT KW - Concrete bridges PY - 2019 SP - 99 EP - 105 AN - OPUS4-48998 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Braml, T. A1 - Maack, Stefan T1 - Refining stochastic models for the reassessment of bridges using NDT-methods N2 - Increasing requirements on the infrastructure caused by more and heavier traffic coincide with both the aging and the progressive degradation of bridge constructions. These exemplary issues lead to a non-negligible need for reassessments of existing bridges. Compared to the new building design, safety reserves can be used in the evaluation of such existing structures, since uncertainties that may arise during the design, construction and previous Service time are better known or no longer present. Uncertainties can be evaiuated more precisely by measurements. In the meantime, the application of advanced NDT-methods on concrete structures have become so capable, that crucial structure Parameters like certain material properties or geometrical dimensions can be quantified without significant destructive interventions. The measured data can be explicitly incorporated into the probabilistic computation models used for the bridge reassessment in form of random variables. Therewith, a previously insufficient model can be refined to achieve a higher level of approximation. This contribution emphasises two fundamental steps of the measured data based probabilistic reassessment: The sensitivity analyses to identify the cruciai Parameters and the needed accuracy of the related information as well as the comparison with expected uncertainties of non-destructively measured Parameters. T2 - 17th International Probabilistic Workshop CY - Edinburgh, UK DA - 11.09.2019 KW - Measurement KW - Reassessment KW - Structural safety KW - Concrete bridges KW - NDT PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48999 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Maack, Stefan A1 - Braml, T. A1 - Taffe, A. A1 - Haslbeck, M. T1 - Bewertung von Bestandsbauwerken mit gemessenen Daten. Teil 1: Konzept, Messungen und Leistungsfähigkeit der ZfP‐Verfahren N2 - Gegenüber dem Neubauentwurf können bei der Bewertung von bestehender Bausubstanz Sicherheitsreserven genutzt werden, da Unsicherheiten, die beim Bau auftreten können, besser bekannt oder nicht mehr vorhanden sind. Können solche Unsicherheiten genauer bewertet werden, z. B. durch die Feststellung der genauen Lage der Spannglieder bei einer Spannbetonbrücke, so können Sicherheitsbeiwerte reduziert werden, ohne dass es dabei zu Auswirkungen auf das normativ festgelegte Zuverlässigkeitsniveau kommt. Mittlerweile sind Prüfmethoden an Bauwerken wirtschaftlich einsetzbar und auch so leistungsfähig, dass die für die Tragfähigkeit und Gebrauchstauglichkeit wesentlichen Parameter identifiziert werden können. Ein wesentlicher Punkt ist hierbei die Integration derartiger Messergebnisse in Rechenmodelle, die für die Nachrechnung des Bauwerks verwendet werden. Dies können sowohl semiprobabilistische Rechenmodelle als auch vollprobabilistische Modelle sein. Bei semiprobabilistischen Methoden können aus den Messergebnissen Teilsicherheitsbeiwerte berechnet und abgeleitet werden, die dann in den bekannten Nachweisformaten gemäß den Eurocodes und der Nachrechnungsrichtlinie berücksichtigt werden. Bei vollprobabilistischen Nachweisen können die Messdaten in Form von Verteilungsdichtefunktionen mit gemessenen Variationskoeffizienten direkt in das Rechenmodell eingehen. In einer dreiteiligen Aufsatzreihe werden die Messverfahren und die Nutzung der Ergebnisse bei der Nachrechnung vorgestellt. Der vorliegende Teil 1 zeigt die Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von zerstörungsfreien Prüfverfahren und bewertet deren Leistungsfähigkeit. Messen heißt wissen. Dieses Wissen spiegelt die Realität wider und soll den Tragwerksplaner bei der Entscheidungsfindung über die Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit von Bestandsbauwerken unterstützen. KW - Nachrechnung KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Messunsicherheit KW - Brücken KW - Beton PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/best.201900002 SN - 1437-1006 VL - 114 IS - 6 SP - 370 EP - 382 PB - Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-48156 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Maack, Stefan A1 - Taffe, A. A1 - Braml, T. T1 - Non-destructive testing in civil engineering: A valuable source of information for reliability assessments N2 - The reassessment of bridges is becoming increasingly important. The basic requirement for analyses of structural safety is reliable knowledge about individual structures. This paper introduces the new approach to evaluate the quality of measured data gained from non-destructive testing (NDT) to provide reliable, objective, and relevant information about existing bridges. The purpose is to relate this validated knowledge to probabilistic analyses. Bridging the gap between NDT and numerical reassessments indicates reduced numerical uncertainties and residual service time extensions. This paper deals with an application of this approach using measurement data collected by ultrasonic technique at a prestressed concrete bridge. T2 - IABSE Symposium 2019 CY - Guimarães, Portugal DA - 27.03.2019 KW - NDT KW - Measurement KW - Structural safety KW - Uncertainty KW - Existing bridges PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-85748-163-5 VL - 112 SP - 1132 EP - 1139 PB - IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering) CY - Zurich, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-47815 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -