TY - CONF A1 - Henkel, S. A1 - Weidner, A. A1 - Biermann, H. A1 - Kühn, Hans-Joachim A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Sonntag, Nadja T1 - LCF behavior and microstructure of alpha-brass CuZn30 under uniaxial, planar-biaxial and tension-torsion loading conditions N2 - The low-cycle fatigue behavior of cc-brass CuZn30 was irtvestigated in uniaxial (tension-compression and torional) and biaxial tests under total strain control at room temperature. Planar-biaxial fatigue tests were carried out on a servohydraulic tension-compression testing machine with and without phase shift using a cruciform specimen geometry with fixed principal stress axes. In phase and out of phase tensiontorsion tests were performed using tube shape specimens on a servohydraulic tensiontorsion testing machine. Microstructural investigations were performed by transmission electron microscopy as well as by scanning electron microscope. For all proportional load cases the equivalent strain amplitude based on a maximum shear strain energy criterion results in a similar hardening behavior and in fatigue life times within a scatter band of three. Out of phase loading results in additional cyclic hardening and reduced life time. Planar glide structures were observed in all tested cases as well as areas of pronounced strain localization in the torsional load cases. No evidence of transition to wavy glide behavior was observed. T2 - ICMFF10 - 10. International conference Multiaxial fatigue and fracture CY - Kyoto, Japan DA - 03.06.2013 KW - Fatigue biaxial PY - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-32877 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Simon, Franz-Georg ED - Rüppel, U. T1 - Kreislauf von Ressourcen N2 - Die Materialflüsse in Industriegesellschaften sind von enormer Größe. Im Jahr 2008 betrug der direkte Materialeinsatz (direct material input, DMI) (Czichos et al., 2008) in Deutschland 1687 Millionen Tonnen (Daten von destatis, 2010). Dazu gehören Energieträger (Kohle, Öl, Gas), Erze, Baumaterialien, Industrieminerale und Biomasse. Knapp 36 % davon (605 Millionen t) werden importiert. Mit zu berücksichtigen sind bei den Materialflüssen auch die nicht verwerteten Rohstoffentnahmen (z.B. Abraum im Bergbau, Bodenaushub, Bergematerial, Verbleib von Holzabfallen im Wald), die sich für die inländische Rohstoflentnahme auf 2229 Millionen Tonnen beliefen. Die nicht verwerteten Rohstoffentnahmen bei den Importen sind mehr als der Faktor 4 höher (2543 Millionen t) (Buyny et al., 2009). Auf der Outputseite geht von diesen riesigen Mengen der größere Anteil in den Bestand (net addition to stock, 637 Millionen t), der nächst größere Anteil in den Export (388 Mt). Immerhin 256 Millionen Tonnen werden durch dissipative Nutzung in der Umwelt verteilt. Die Bilanz geht auf, wenn man Gase auf der Inputseite und Emissionen in die Atmosphäre auf der Outputseite (Verbrennung von fossilen Rohstoffen zu CO2 und Wasser) berücksichtigt. An diesen Zahlen erkennt man, dass Ressourcen nur in beschränkten Maß im Kreislauf geführt werden, sonst wäre der Zuwachs zum urbanen Lager nicht so groß. T2 - 2. Darmstädter Ingenieurkongress Bau und Umwelt CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 12.03.2013 KW - Ressourcen KW - Ressourcenproduktivität KW - Recycling-Baustoffe PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-8440-1747-2 SN - 0945-067X SP - 697 EP - 700 PB - Shaker Verlag GmbH AN - OPUS4-27927 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Simon, Franz-Georg A1 - Holm, Olaf T1 - Reduction of natural resource use by improving resource efficiency N2 - Improving resource efficiency at the end-of-life stage is illustrated in this paper by the example of materials recovery from waste, here from residues out of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI). With mechanical treatment valuable materials like ferrous and non-ferrous metals and secondary construction material can be extracted from MSWI bottom ash. The potential contribution on the resource efficiency will be discussed. T2 - 12th International Conference on Ecomaterials CY - Tainan, Taiwan DA - 08.11.2015 KW - secondary raw material KW - resource efficiency KW - raw material equivaltent KW - bottom ash PY - 2015 SP - 5 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-35509 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Shapovalov, Oleg A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Hönig, Gerald A1 - Gradt, Thomas A1 - Weiss, S. T1 - Temperature dependence of the propagation speed of a longitudinal wave in different solids for use as a wedge material in an extreme-temperature-resistant ultrasonic transducer N2 - In special cases of angle beam ultrasonic measurement – e.g. defect detection in hot solids as well as flow measurement of liquid gases or energy storage mediums – the applied transducer has to withstand extreme temperatures. Since the irradiation angle into the specific material is determined not only by wedge design, but also by the speed of sound in both the wedge material and the tested object, the developer must take into account the speed of the wave propagation in a wedge material over the whole temperature range of transducers application. In this study we investigate the temperature dependence of the speed of longitudinal wave propagation in 10 different materials in the range from -200 °C to 400 °C. The investigated materials belong to different material classes (ceramics, glass, as well as ferrous and non-ferrous metals) and are all temperature-resistant up to at least 600 °C, and therefore applicable as wedge materials in an ultrasonic transducer for use at extreme temperatures. T2 - 23rd International Congress on Acoustics CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 09.09.2019 KW - Ultrasonic Transducer KW - Speed of sound KW - Longitudinal Wave KW - Temperature PY - 2019 SP - 4776 EP - 4782 AN - OPUS4-48980 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Kreutzbruck, M. A1 - Studemund, T. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - Thermal wave interference with high-power VCSEL arrays for locating vertically oriented subsurface defects N2 - Among the photothermal methods, full-field thermal imaging is used to characterize materials, to determine thicknesses of layers, or to find inhomogeneities such as voids or cracks. The use of classical light sources such as flash lamps (impulse heating) or halogen lamps (modulated heating) led to a variety of nondestructive testing methods, in particular, lock-in and flash-thermography. In vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), laser light is emitted perpendicularly to the surface with a symmetrical beam profile. Due to the vertical structure, they can be arranged in large arrays of many thousands of individual lasers, which allows power scaling into the kilowatt range. Recently, a high-power yet very compact version of such a VCSEL-array became available that offers both the fast timing behavior of a laser as well as the large illumination area of a lamp. Moreover, it allows a spatial and temporal control of the heating because individual parts of the array can be controlled arbitrarily in frequency, amplitude, and phase. In conjunction with a fast infrared camera, such structured heating opens up a field of novel thermal imaging and testing methods. As a first demonstration of this approach, we chose a testing problem very challenging to conventional thermal infrared testing: The detection of very thin subsurface defects perpendicularly oriented to the surface of metallic samples. First, we generate destructively interfering thermal wave fields, which are then affected by the presence of defects within their reach. It turned out that this technique allows highly sensitive detection of subsurface defects down to depths in excess of the usual thermographic rule of thumb, with no need for a reference or surface preparation. T2 - 44TH ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION CY - Provo, Utah DA - 16.07.2017 KW - Laser applications KW - Thermography KW - VCSEL KW - Subsurface defects PY - 2018 SN - 978-0-7354-1644-4 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5031547 SN - 0094-243X VL - 1949 SP - UNSP 060001, 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-45171 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mieller, Björn A1 - Rabe, Torsten T1 - Structuring of LTCC substrates by a combination of pressure-assisted sintering and hot-embossing N2 - A novel technology for the structuring of LTCC surfaces is introduced. The material is shaped in a zero-shrinkage process by embossing a glassy carbon mold into the softened LTCC directly after termination of the shrinkage. Three commercially available LTCC compositions (Ceramtape GC, Heratape CT707, and DP951) were tested. Diverse raised and lowered structures including rings, grids, and characters were fabricated. Different material behavior was observed for the tested compositions. Promising results were achieved with Ceramtape GC. Embossing of precise, 40 µm deep circular cavities and 50 µm high raised characters is demonstrated. Processing of 100 × 100 mm² substrates is possible. DP951 showed very good moldability, but also unwanted material displacement due to evaporating lead. A high displacement capacity but uneven heights of embossed structures were observed on CT707 samples. SEM investigations proved the precise transfer of surface contours from the mold to the LTCC. Thereby, the high potential of the hot-embossing process for micro-patterning of LTCC is illustrated. T2 - 11th International Conference and Exhibition on Ceramic Interconnects and Ceramic Microsystem Technologies (CICMT 2015) CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 20.04.2015 KW - LTCC KW - Glass-like carbon PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.4071/CICMT-THA24 SN - 2380-4491 VL - 2015 IS - CICMT SP - 000297 EP - 000303 AN - OPUS4-40135 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 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Automatisierungs- und Regelkonzepte für das MSG-Engspaltschweißen - Pendel- und Füllgradregelung N2 - Das MSG-Engspaltschweißen eignet sich auf Grund der I-Nahtvorbereitung besonders für das wirtschaftliche Fügen bei hohen Blechdicken über 100 mm und bietet darüber hinaus zusätzliche technologische Vorteile. Für die automatisierte Anwendung des Verfahrens unter Produktionsbedingungen muss dabei die Prozesssicherheit auch für mitunter große Variationen der Spaltbreite entlang der Schweißnaht gesichert bleiben. In erster Linie betrifft dies bei mechanischer Auslenkung der Drahtelektrode die Adaption der Pendelbewegung auf die jeweilige Spaltbreite um eine ausreichende Flankenanbindung zu garantieren. Für die Online-Regelung der Pendelbewegung mittels Lichtbogensensorik wurde eine Methode implementiert die die notwendigen Pendelwinkel an jeder Nahtflanke unabhängig ermittelt und darüber hinaus Fehlstellungen des Brenners sowie Veränderungen des Kontaktrohrabstandes und der Prozessparameter eigenständig kompensiert. Eine Füllgradregelung auf Grundlage optischer Erfassung und Auswertung der Schweißnahtgeometrie wurde zusätzlich eingesetzt um bei veränderlichen Nahtquerschnittsflächen einen vorgegebenen, gleichbleibenden Lagenaufbau zu erzielen. T2 - WGF Assistentenseminar 2016 CY - Paewesin, Germany DA - 06.09.2016 KW - MSG-Engspaltschweißen KW - MAG Prozesssteuerung KW - Sensorik KW - Lichtbogensensorik KW - Profilvermessung PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-96144-025-2 VL - 339 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-44284 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Automatisierungs- und Regelkonzepte für das MSG-Engspaltschweißen N2 - Zur Effizienzsteigerung beim Einsatz von Lichtbogenverfahren für Fügeaufgaben im Dickblechbereich werden häufig angepasste Verfahren mit möglichst geringer Nahtquerschnittsfläche angewendet, beispielsweise das MSG-Engspaltschweißen für I-Nähte. Die Herausforderung für die Automatisierung des Verfahrens besteht neben der komplexen Prozessführung auch in der oftmals schlechten Zugänglichkeit der Prozesszone für optische Sensorik, weswegen verstärkt auf prozessorientierte Sensorik zurückgegriffen wird. Zur Steigerung des Prozessverständnisses und Entwicklung neuer Regelungskonzepte wurde ein Versuchsaufbau umgesetzt, der sowohl optische Messsysteme als auch prozessorientierte Sensorik in einer gemeinsamen Steuerungsumgebung vereint. Die umfassende prozessbegleitende Sensorik ermöglicht die sukzessive Erweiterung des Prozesswissens, welches direkt zur Umsetzung neuer Steuer- und Regelalgorithmen basierend auf Regressionsmodellen genutzt werden kann. Der gemeinsame Einsatz optischer und prozessorientierter Sensorik wurde zur Auslegung eines Lichtbogensensors zur Höhenführung genutzt. Die Versuchsdurchführung mit dem Ziel der Ableitung nichtlinearer Regressionsmodelle erfolgt automatisiert mit Hilfe eines optischen Sensors. Der Vorteil dieses Verfahrens liegt dabei neben der schnellen Umsetzbarkeit in der direkten Korrelation der Messwerte zu realen physikalischen Systemgrößen und der schnellen Adaption auf unterschiedliche Schweißparameter und -prozesse. T2 - 36. Assistentenseminar Füge- und Schweißtechnik CY - Reinsehlen, Germany DA - 05.10.2015 KW - MSG-Schweißen KW - Automatisierung KW - Lichtbogensensorik KW - Künstliche neuronale Netze KW - Digitalisierung PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-945023-57-0 VL - 320 SP - 21 EP - 26 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-44531 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Gap width detection in automated narrow-gap GMAW with varying process parameters N2 - An approach to develop an arc sensor for gap-width estimation during automated NG-GMAW with a weaving electrode motion is introduced by combining arc sensor readings with optical measurement of the groove shape to allow precise analyses of the process. The two test specimen welded for this study were designed to feature a variable groove geometry in order to maximize efficiency of the conducted experimental efforts, resulting in 1696 individual weaving cycle records with associated arc sensor measurements, process parameters and groove shape information. Gap width was varied from 18 to 25 mm and wire feed rates in the range of 9 to 13 m/min were used in the course of this study. Artificial neural networks were used as a modelling tool to derive an arc sensor for estimation of gap width suitable for online process control that can adapt to changes in process parameters as well as changes in the weaving motion of the electrode. Wire feed rate, weaving current, sidewall dwell currents and angles were used as inputs to calculate the gap width. Evaluation the proposed arc sensor model show very good estimation capabilities for parameters sufficiently covered during experiments. T2 - IIW Annual Assembly 2017 CY - Shanghai, China DA - 25.06.2017 KW - Arc sensor KW - Automation KW - GMAW KW - Narrow-gap welding KW - Neural network PY - 2017 SP - 1 EP - 19 AN - OPUS4-44283 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Datenerfassung und -analyse zur Prozessüberwachung und -regelung beim Lichtbogenschweißen N2 - Der Beitrag stellt am Beispiel eines für adaptive MSG-Lichtbogen-Engspaltschweißungen im Dickblech-Bereich entwickelten Versuchsstandes ein Automatisierungskonzept für vernetzte kommerziell verfügbare Anlagenkomponenten über ein zentrales echtzeitfähiges Steuersystem auf Basis des EtherCAT-Protokolls vor. Der Fokus liegt hierbei auf der Eignung für Aufgaben im Bereich der Qualitätssicherung sowie Forschung und Entwicklung leistungsfähiger Algorithmen zur Prozessüberwachung und -regelung. Die sich daraus ergebende Vielzahl zu messender und steuernder Parameter stellen vor allem in Verbindung mit präzisen und hochfrequenten Messgeräten höchste Anforderungen an die Datenverarbeitung sowohl in Echtzeit als auch zur Auswertung nach dem Prozess. Die Einbindung etablierter Programmiertools wie MATLAB/Simulink in gängigen Automatisierungsstandards ermöglichen flexible und innovative Forschungsarbeit. Durch die automatisierte Datenerfassung in einer übergelagerten Datenbank stehen die Messungen sämtlicher Schweißvorgänge jederzeit zur Entwicklung neuer Abläufe zur Prozessteuerung und -regelung oder zur Verbesserung der bestehenden Algorithmen zur Verfügung, was insbesondere den sukzessiven Aufbau komplexer Regressionsmodelle aus der Anwendung heraus ermöglicht. Als Applikationsbeispiel wird die Entwicklung eines dynamischen Lichtbogensensors vorgestellt und diskutiert. Die Versuchsdurchführung mit dem Ziel der Ableitung nichtlinearer Regressionsmodelle erfolgt automatisiert mithilfe eines optischen Sensors. Der Vorteil dieses Verfahrens liegt dabei neben der schnellen Umsetzbarkeit in der direkten Korrelation der Messwerte zu realen physikalischen Systemgrößen und der schnellen Adaption auf unterschiedliche Schweißparameter und -prozesse. T2 - Roboter 2015 CY - Nürnberg, Germany DA - 16.09.2015 KW - Lichtbogenschweißen KW - Prozessüberwachung PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-945023-45-7 N1 - Serientitel: DVS-Berichte – Series title: DVS-Berichte IS - 317 SP - 17 EP - 23 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-34584 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lu, Xin A1 - Hicke, Konstantin A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Distributed fiber optic sensing for monitoring of underground facilities N2 - Distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) technique is a promising and robust non-destructive testing tool that can seamlessly acquire environmental conditions over large scales. Therefore, it has found extensive applications in structural health monitoring. Its appeal for monitoring underground facilities lies in the intrinsic properties of the optical fiber, such as immunity to magnetic interference, small size, chemical inertia, etc. This paper provides a concise overview of DFOS applications in underground facility monitoring. Following a brief introduction to the workingbnprinciple of the DFOS technique, various examples are provided to demonstrate how distributed fiber sensors contribute to monitoring underground facilities. The paper presents unpublished field test results with an emphasis in the energy sector, including monitoring gas storage facilities, geothermal reservoir exploration, and ground movement detection. Furthermore, the paper identifies several directions for enhancing the DFOS system. T2 - SPIE Photonics Europe CY - Strasbourg, France DA - 07.04.2024 KW - Structure health monitoring KW - Geothermal borehole KW - Distributed fiber optic sensing KW - Ground movement KW - Leakage detection PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3023571 SN - 0277-786X VL - 13001 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - SPIE AN - OPUS4-60384 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Birk, A. M. A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Gonzales, F. A1 - Prabhakaran, A. A1 - Borch, Jörg-Peter A1 - Bradley, I. A1 - Bisby, L. ED - de Rademaeker, E. ED - Schmelzer, P. T1 - Fire testing of total containment pressure vessels N2 - Full engulfment fire tests have been conducted on total containment pressure vessels filled to 50% and 98 % capacity with water. The tests included an unprotected tank and tanks with two different levels of thermal protection. Total containment in this context means there was no pressure relief device. The tests were conducted with 1/3rd linear scale rail tank cars similar to the DOT 111 tank cars used in North America. The 2.4 m3 model tanks were subjected to 100 % engulfing fires fuelled by liquid propane. The fire heat flux was approximately 80 % by radiation and 20 % by convection with a total heat flux to a cool surface of approximately 100 kW/m2. T2 - 15th International Symposium on loss prevention and safety promotion (loss 2016) CY - Freiburg, Germany DA - 05.06.2016 KW - fire testing KW - hazmat tanks KW - integrity PY - 2016 SN - 978-88-95608-39-6 DO - https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1648047 VL - 48 SP - 277 EP - 282 PB - AIDIC CY - Milano, Italy AN - OPUS4-36361 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Ziegler, Mathias ED - Zalameda, J. N. ED - Mendioroz, A. T1 - Full-frame thermographic super-resolution with 2D-structured laser heating N2 - Thermographic super-resolution techniques allow the resolution of defects/inhomogeneities beyond the classical limit, which is governed by the diffusion properties of thermal wave propagation. Photothermal super-resolution is based on a combination of an experimental scanning strategy and a numerical optimization which has been proven to be superior to standard thermographic methods in the case of 1D linear defects. In this contribution, we report on the extension of this approach towards a full frame 2D photothermal super-resolution technique. The experimental approach is based on a repeated spatially structured heating using high power lasers. In a second post-processing step, several measurements are coherently combined using mathematical optimization and taking advantage of the (joint) sparsity of the defects in the sample. In our work we extend the possibilities of the method to efficiently detect and resolve defect cross sections with a fully 2D-structured blind illumination. T2 - Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIII CY - Online meeting DA - 12.04.2021 KW - Thermography KW - super-resolution KW - NDT KW - Inspection KW - Image resolution PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2586093 VL - 11743 SP - 11743-26, 10 PB - SPIE AN - OPUS4-52524 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - 2D-Photothermal Super Resolution with Sparse Matrix Stacking N2 - Thermographic super resolution techniques allow the spatial resolution of defects/inhomogeneities below the classical limit, which is governed by the diffusion properties of thermal wave propagation. In this work, we report on the extension of this approach towards a full frame 2D super resolution technique. The approach is based on a repeated spatially structured heating using high power lasers. In a second post-processing step, several measurements are coherently combined using mathematical optimization and taking advantage of the (joint) sparsity of the defects in the sample T2 - Sensor and Measurement Science International Conference SMSI 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 03.05.2021 KW - Thermography KW - Super-resolution KW - NDT KW - Inspection KW - Image resolution PY - 2021 SN - 978-3-9819376-4-0 DO - https://doi.org/10.5162/SMSI2021/C2.2 VL - SMSI 2021 - Sensors and Instrumentation SP - 183 EP - 184 AN - OPUS4-52589 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Burgholzer, Peter A1 - Jung, Peter A1 - Caire, Giuseppe A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - Laser excited super resolution thermal imaging for nondestructive testing N2 - The work to be presented focuses on our most recent studies to laser excited super resolution (SR) thermography. The goal of nondestructive testing with SR is to facilitate the separation of closely spaced defects. Photothermal SR can be realized by performing structured illumination measurements in com-bination with the use of deconvolution algorithms in post-processing. We explain that stepwise as well as continuous scanning techniques are applicable to generate structured illumination measurements. Finally, we discuss the effect of experimental parameters and image processing techniques to find the optimal SR technique which leads to the highest reconstruction quality within laser thermography. T2 - Sensor and Measurement Science International Conference SMSI 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 03.05.2021 KW - Super resolution KW - Laser thermography KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Laser scanning KW - Photothermal imaging PY - 2021 SP - 181 EP - 182 AN - OPUS4-52780 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Rupprecht, C. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias ED - Kimata, M. ED - Shaw, J. A. ED - Valenta, C. R. T1 - Investigations on photothermal super resolution reconstruction using 2D-structured illumination patterns N2 - Active thermography as a nondestructive testing modality suffers greatly from the limitations imposed by the diffusive nature of heat conduction in solids. As a rule of thumb, the detection and resolution of internal defects/inhomogeneities is limited to a defect depth to defect size ratio greater than or equal to one. Earlier, we demonstrated that this classical limit can be overcome for 1D and 2D defect geometries by using photothermal laser-scanning super resolution. In this work we report a new experimental approach using 2D spatially structured illumination patterns in conjunction with compressed sensing and computational imaging methods to significantly decrease the experimental complexity and make the method viable for investigating larger regions of interest. T2 - Future Sensing Technologies Conference 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 15.11.2021 KW - Thermography KW - Super resolution KW - NDT KW - Inspection KW - Image resolution PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2603838 VL - 11914 SP - 124 EP - 131 PB - International Society for Optics and Photonics. SPIE AN - OPUS4-53745 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pech May, Nelson Wilbur A1 - Paul, A. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - Pulse-compression laser thermography using a modified Barker code: Enhanced detection of subsurface defects N2 - Pulse-compression thermography is an emerging technique that has shown versatility by combination of pulsed and lock-in thermography. Accordingly, several aspects of this technique are still unexplored, and some others not fully developed yet. Barker codes were widely used in radar applications due to their simplicity and their optimum autocorrelation function. Nevertheless, applications were limited by the amplitude of the sidelobes present in the autocorrelation function and therefore, several filters have been developed which aim to reduce the sidelobes. However, the filters usually depend on empirical parameters which must be determined for each application. A better alternative would improve the applicability of the Barker codes. In this work, we further develop the pulse-compression thermography technique by introducing a 13-bit modified Barker code (mBC): This allows to drastically reduce the sidelobes characteristic of the 13-bit Barker code (BC). Consequently, the thermographic impulse response, obtained by cross-correlation, is almost free of such sidelobes. Deeper defects become easier to detect in comparison with using a 13-bit Barker code. Numerical simulations using the finite element method are used for comparison and experimental measurements are performed in a sample of steel grade St 37 with machined notches of three different depths: 2 mm, 4 mm and 6 mm. T2 - SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 13.04.2021 KW - Pulse-compression laser thermography KW - Barker codes KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2586078 SN - 0277-786X VL - 11743 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-53247 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pech May, Nelson Wilbur A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - Surface breaking crack detection algorithm for flying spot and line thermography based on the Canny approach N2 - In this work we introduce an algorithm based on the well-known Canny approach for effectual crack detection in thermographic films obtained using flying spot thermography (FST) or flying line thermography (FLT). The proposed algorithm performs faster than another algorithm, for crack detection, based on the application of two Sobel filters (one in x and another one in y directions). For FLT it is shown that processing 10-25 % of the thermograms of a thermographic film required to scan a whole sample is enough to obtain good results. In contrast, using the Sobel filter approach requires the processing of twice the thermographic film length. Experimental measurements are performed on a metallic component of complex shape which contains real defects, that is, surface breaking cracks due to industrial use. The specimen is tested using flying line thermography. Three different scanning speeds are tested: 10, 30 and 60 mms-1 with laser powers of 50, 60 and 120 W respectively. The sample and an infrared camera are aligned and fixed on a motorized linear stage. The diode laser LDM500 (500 W max power) is fixed on an optical bench separately from the linear stage. The results obtained with the proposed algorithm are additionally compared with a previously established algorithm for flying spot thermography based on the Sobel filter. It is shown that the proposed algorithm based on the Canny approach, can be used in automated systems for thermographic non-destructive testing. T2 - SPIE Future Sensing Technologies 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 14.11.2021 KW - Flying line thermography KW - Flying spot thermography KW - Canny approach KW - automated thermographic nondestructive testing PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2603913 SP - 119140M-1 EP - 119140M-6 AN - OPUS4-53961 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Rupprecht, C. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias ED - Mendioroz, A. ED - Avdelidis, N. P. T1 - Thermographic testing using 2D pseudo-random illumination and photothermal super resolution reconstruction N2 - Due to the diffusive nature of heat propagation in solids, the detection and resolution of internal defects with active thermography based non-destructive testing is commonly limited to a defect-depth-to-defect-size ratio greater than or equal to one. In the more recent past, we have already demonstrated that this limitation can be overcome by using a spatially modulated illumination source and photothermal super resolution-based reconstruction. Furthermore, by relying on compressed sensing and computational imaging methods we were able to significantly reduce the experimental complexity to make the method viable for investigating larger regions of interest. In this work we share our progress on improving the defect/inhomogeneity characterization using fully 2D spatially structured illumination patterns instead of scanning with a single laser spot. The experimental approach is based on the repeated blind pseudo-random illumination using modern projector technology and a high-power laser. In the subsequent post-processing, several measurements are then combined by taking advantage of the joint sparsity of the defects within the sample applying 2D-photothermal super resolution reconstruction. Here, enhanced nonlinear convex optimization techniques are utilized for solving the underlying ill-determined inverse problem for typical simple defect geometries. As a result, a higher resolution defect/inhomogeneity map can be obtained at a fraction of the measurement time previously needed. T2 - Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIV CY - Orlando, Florida, USA DA - 05.04.2022 KW - Thermography KW - Super resolution KW - NDT KW - Material testing KW - Internal defects KW - DMD KW - DLP PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2618562 SN - 0277-786X VL - 12109 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - SPIE AN - OPUS4-54909 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -