TY - CONF A1 - Boehm, Rainer A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Brackrock, Daniel A1 - Spruch, W. A1 - Beggerow, T. ED - Bond, L. J. ED - Holland, S. ED - Laflamme, S. T1 - High Speed Hollow Axle Inspection with a New Designed Cone Type Phased Array N2 - Hollow axle inspection can be performed without demounting the axles and without dismantling the wheels and the brake discs by using the drilling for the scan. To increase inspection reliability and inspection speed, the application of phased array systems instead of conventional probes is a good choice. For solid shaft inspection phased array setups became standard in the recent years. Nevertheless, for hollow axle inspection typically a number of conventional probes rotating through the axles drilling are applied. The new approach uses an electronically steered rotating sound field from a phased array for the circumferential scan. This is realized by a cone shaped phased array which operates in immersion technique. That allows a significant increase in inspection speed and a reduction of the mechanical effort of the inspection system. The inspection can be carried out by a linear movement of the probe setup along the axles drilling. Applying additional focal laws allows exact inclination and focusing of the sound beam in the plane vertical to the specimen axis to concentrate the sound in the zones close to the external surface. An additional focus in the plane of incidence increases overall resolution and sensitivity. The cone type phased array probe has been optimized to detect transversal flaws in and close to the outer surface of the hollow axle with orientation in the radial-radial plane. The prototype probe system, sound field simulations and measurement results are presented. T2 - 45th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Portland, Oregon, USA DA - 13.07.2019 KW - Cone Shaped Phased Array KW - Hollow Axle Inspection KW - High Speed Testing PY - 2019 SN - 978-0-7354-1832-5 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5099834 SN - 0094-243X VL - 2102 IS - 1 SP - UNSP 100006-1 EP - UNSP 100006-11 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Maryland, Vereinigte Staaten AN - OPUS4-48936 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Xu, W. A1 - Zscherpel, Uwe A1 - Peng, J. A1 - Luo, L. A1 - Gao, X. A1 - Li, J. T1 - Investigation on Wall Thickness Ranges Using Digital Radiography for Tangential Projection Technique N2 - X-ray testing is based on the attenuation of X-rays when passing through matter. Image detectors acquire the X-ray information which is defined by the local penetrated wall thickness of the tested sample. By X-ray absorption in the detector and following read-out and digitization steps a digital image is generated. As detectors a radiographic film and film digitization, a storage phosphor imaging plate and a special Laser scanner (Computer Radiography - CR) or a digital detector array (DDA) can be used. The digital image in the computer can then be further analyzed using many types of image processing. In the presented work the automated evaluation of wall thickness profiles are investigated using a test steel pipe with 9 different wall thicknesses and various X-ray voltages and different filter materials at the tube port and intermediate between object and detector. In this way the influence of different radiation qualities on the accuracy of the automated wall thickness evaluation depending on the penetrated wall thickness of the steel pipe was investigated. T2 - 10th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics CY - Beijing, China DA - 08.07.2018 KW - Image evaluation KW - Computed radiography (CR) KW - Digital Detector Array (DDA) KW - Tangential radiography KW - Wall thickness measurement PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-51062580-8 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506324 SN - 0277-786X VL - 10964 SP - Article Number: UNSP 109645B PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, WA AN - OPUS4-47346 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Lozano -Guzmán, A. A. T1 - Commidities and rail damage N2 - A roll-plane simplified model, representing the suspended body-cargo of a railway car, was developed to simulate thedynamic response of a railway car while subjectedto lateral acceleration derived from its traveling along curved tracks. The model provides the means to calculate the suspension forces, which are supposed to be transmitted to the bogie´s wheelset. For the analysis of the potential effect of such forces on the railway fatigue life, different performance measures were considered, under different concepts. A family of curves were produced to analyze the effect of the height of the center of gravity of the body-cargo system, on the different performance measures. The resultingdiagramswereused to assess the rail damage potentials offour different railway cars. Results suggest that the height of the center of gravity, associated to the different types of railway cars, nonlinearly and strongly affects the fatigue lifeof the rail, with the double stack car being the moreinfrastructure-aggressive. In this respect, experimental evidence should be provided about such remarkable effects, so as to supportsome operational recommendationsthat shouldbe taken to mitigate these effects, including, for example, the regulation of the traveling speed of some vehicles. T2 - IMECE 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition CY - Pittsburgh, PA, USA DA - 09.11.2018 KW - Commidities KW - Rail KW - Damage PY - 2018 SP - 86008-1 EP - 86008-6 PB - ASME AN - OPUS4-46650 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Sturm, Patrick A1 - Greiser, Sebastian A1 - Jäger, Christian A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten ED - Wang, J. ED - Kriven, W. ED - Fey, T. ED - Colombo, P. ED - Weber, W.J. ED - Amoroso, J. ED - Fahrenholtz, W.G. ED - Shimamura, K. ED - Halbig, M. ED - Kirihara, S. ED - Wu, Y. ED - Shurgart, K. T1 - One-part geopolymers and aluminosilicate gel-zeolite composites: factors influencing microstructure and engineering properties N2 - Mixing and curing of geopolymers and related alkali-activated materials without storage and handling of highly alkaline solutions possesses advantages regarding safety and economic viability. One possible approach is to produce these materials from solid silica feedstocks and solid sodium aluminate, and subsequent mixing with water. We present a comparison between geopolymers and aluminosilicate gel-zeolite composites synthesized by this route from different silica feedstocks (by-product silica from chlorosilane production, microsilica, rice husk ash) and with different SiO2/Al2O3 ratios, using results from XRD, NMR, SEM, thermal analysis, mechanical and acid resistance testing. The use of rice husk ash favors formation of a fully amorphous geopolymer with high strength. Utilization of the other silica feedstocks leads to formation of aluminosilicate gel-zeolite composites, the amount and kind of zeolites depending on the feedstock and the SiO2/Al2O3 ratio. These composites show beneficial dehydration behavior, viz. no distinct dehydration step of thermal strain, with the phase assemblage after heating to 1000°C controlled by the starting composition. Mortars produced from both, the geopolymers as well as the composites, exhibit high resistance to sulfuric acid attack, making them promising materials for the construction and the repair of industrial and sewer structures. T2 - 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites CY - Daytona Beach, FL, USA DA - 21.01.2018 KW - Alkali-activated materials KW - One-part geopolymers KW - Sulfuric acid resistance KW - High-temperature resistance PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119543381.ch17 VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 183 EP - 196 PB - John Wiley & Sons AN - OPUS4-47282 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kutz, Philipp A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Werner, Jan A1 - Sklorz, Christian T1 - Development of a Single Walled Tank under Cryogenic Conditions made of Composite N2 - The use of glass-fiber reinforced plastic (GRP) can reduce the weight of tanks significantly. By replacing steel with GRP in tanks for gases (propane, etc.) a weight reduction of up to 50 % was reached. In this project not only the material should be optimized, but also the design. Previous tanks consist of a double-walled structure with an insulation layer between the two shells (e.g. vacuum). Goal of this project is to realize a single-walled construction of GRP with an insulation layer on the outside. To determine the temperature dependent material values, two different experiments are performed: In the first experiment, temperature dependent material properties of liquid nitrogen found in literature research are validated in a simple setup. The level of liquid nitrogen in a small jar is measured over the experiment time. Numerical simulation shows the change of nitrogen level with sufficient precision. In the second experiment, a liquid nitrogen is applied on one side of a GRP plate. Temperature is measured with thermocouples on top and bottom of the GRP plate, as well as in the middle of the plate. By use of numerical simulation, temperature dependent thermal conductivity is determined. In the third experiment, a test stand is designed to examine different insulation materials. In this test stand, the insulation material can easily be changed. A numerical simulation, in which the determined material data is used, is performed as well for this test stand. The experiments show, that GRP can be used in cryogenic environments. Multiphase simulations are a suitable tool to describe the energy absorption of thermal energy due to thermal phase change. Results on different insulation materials will follow. T2 - IMECE 2018 CY - Pittsburgh, PA, USA DA - 09.11.2018 KW - Lightweight design KW - Thermal properties of GRP KW - Liquid nitrogen KW - LNG PY - 2018 UR - http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleID=2722335 SN - 978-0-7918-5214-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2018-86365 VL - 9 SP - V009T12A019 PB - ASME AN - OPUS4-47321 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Casperson, Ralf A1 - Rühe, Sven A1 - Mook, Gerhard T1 - Signal processing for non-destructive testing of railway tracks N2 - Increased speed, heavier loads, altered material and modern drive systems result in an increasing number of rail flaws. The appearance of these flaws also changes continually due to the rapid change in damage mechanisms of modern rolling stock. Hence, interpretation has become difficult when evaluating non-destructive rail testing results. Due to the changed interplay between detection methods and flaws, the recorded signals may result in unclassified types of rail flaws. Methods for automatic rail inspection (according to defect detection and classification) undergo continual development. Signal processing is a key technology to master the challenge of classification and maintain resolution and detection quality, independent of operation speed. The basic ideas of signal processing, based on the Glassy-Rail-Diagram for classification purposes, are presented herein. Examples for the detection of damages caused by rolling contact fatigue also are given, and synergetic effects of combined evaluation of diverse inspection methods are shown. T2 - QNDE - Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Provo, UT, USA DA - 16.07.2017 KW - Rail KW - Inspection KW - Train KW - Ultrasound KW - Signal KW - Processing PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5031528 VL - 1949 SP - 030005-1 EP - 030005-7 AN - OPUS4-47217 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hüllmann, Dino A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Lilienthal, A.J. T1 - Experimental Validation of the Cone-Shaped Remote Gas Sensor Model N2 - Remote gas sensors mounted on mobile robots enable the mapping of gas distributions in large or hardly accessible areas. A challenging task, however, is the generation of threedimensional distribution maps from these gas measurements. Suitable reconstruction algorithms can be adapted, for instance, from the field of computed tomography (CT), but both their performance and strategies for selecting optimal measuring poses must be evaluated. For this purpose simulations are used, since, in contrast to field tests, they allow repeatable conditions. Although several simulation tools exist, they lack realistic models of remote gas sensors. Recently, we introduced a model for a Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) gas sensor taking into account the conical shape of its laser beam. However, the novel model has not yet been validated with experiments. In this paper, we compare our model with a real sensor device and show that the assumptions made hold. T2 - IEEE Sensors 2019 CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 27.10.2019 KW - Remote gas sensor model KW - TDLAS KW - Gas dispersion simulation PY - 2019 SN - 978-1-7281-1634-1 SP - 104 EP - 107 PB - IEEE AN - OPUS4-49548 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Gower, M. A1 - Baker, G. A1 - Lodeiro, M. A1 - Aktas, A. A1 - Knaszovicka, L. A1 - Blahut, A. A1 - Monte, C. A1 - Adibekyan, A. A1 - Gutschwager, B. T1 - Characterisation of artificial defects in CFRP and GFRP sheets designed for energy applications using active thermography N2 - The increased use of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites for improved efficiency and reliability in energy related applications e.g. wind and marine turbine blades, nacelles, oil and gas flexible risers, also increases the demand for innovative non-destructive testing technologies. Thus, in order to achieve increased acceptance of suited and optimized non-destructive testing (NDT) methods in industry, the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) project ENG57 Validated Inspection Techniques for Composites in Energy Applications (VITCEA) deals with the development and validation of innovative NDT technologies. In this contribution, results concerning thermographic investigations at test specimens during tensile loading and active thermography testing after tensile loading are presented. Additionally, the determination of the optical properties (relative transmittance and directional spectral emissivity) of CFRP and GFRP test specimens is described. T2 - Conference QIRT 2016 CY - Gdansk, Poland DA - 04.07.2016 KW - Active thermography KW - CFRP KW - GFRP KW - Validation of methods PY - 2016 UR - http://qirt.gel.ulaval.ca/archives/qirt2016/papers/076.pdf DO - https://doi.org/10.21611/qirt.2016.076 SN - 2371-4085 SP - Paper 076, 527 EP - 536 CY - Quebec, Canada AN - OPUS4-37512 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Scheuschner, Nils A1 - Straße, Anne A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Towards the determination of real process temperatures in the LMD process by multispectral thermography N2 - Due to the rapid thermal cycles involved in additive manufacturing of metals, high internal stresses and peculiar microstructures occur, which influence the parts mechanical properties. To systematically examine their formation, in-process measurements of the temperature are needed. Since the part emissivity is strongly inhomogeneous and rapidly changing in the process, the applicability of thermography for the determination of thermodynamic temperatures is limited. Measuring the thermal radiation in different wavelengths simultaneously, temperature and emissivity can be separated. Here, we present results of a preliminary study using multispectral thermography to obtain real temperatures and emissivities in directed energy deposition (DED) processes. T2 - Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIII CY - Online meeting DA - 12.04.2021 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Process monitoring KW - Multispectral thermography KW - Laser metal deposition KW - TES KW - LMD KW - Temperature emissivity separation PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2587881 VL - 2021 SP - 77 EP - 83 PB - SPIE AN - OPUS4-52516 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Holzweber, Markus A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - What about ionic liquids as a 'hot' certified reference material candidate to check your EDS below 1 keV? N2 - Energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) is one of the most applied methods used for the analysis of the chemical composition of solids and thin films. Recent progress in EDS (Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer) technology has increased the general performance also in the energy range < 1 keV addressing low Z elements. Suitable test materials to be employed especially to check the low-energy EDS performance – also in line with ISO 15632 - are rather limited and mainly based on C K and F K lines. In order to obtain valid results in laboratories accredited in compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 it is necessary to periodically check the instrument performance. T2 - M&M 2015 - Microscopy & Microanalysis CY - Portland, Oregon, USA DA - 02.08.2015 KW - Reference material KW - EDX KW - Ionic liquids PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927615009356 VL - 21 SP - Suppl. 3, Paper 0856 AN - OPUS4-34211 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -