TY - CONF A1 - Zscherpel, Uwe A1 - Stegemann, Robert T1 - Update on Revision of ISO 24497 - NDT - MMM - Technique N2 - Presentation of the final compromise reached in 2018 for revision of ISO 24497, final draft for voting at ISO can be prepared now. T2 - IIW Annual Assembly 2018 CY - Bali, Indonesia DA - 15.07.2018 KW - NDT - Metal Magnetic Memory KW - Revision of ISO 24497 KW - New ISO draft PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47356 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Perez Alonso, M. T1 - Is there a need for a new standard for determination of steel cleanliness using high frequency ultrasonic testing? N2 - Increased use of high performance steel (HPS) for demanding applications calls for non-destructive ultrasonic testing methods which is covered by standards like SEP 1927 (1) and ASTM E588 (2). Here, an adaption of standards like increasing sensitivity and resolution of ultrasonic testing may be needed in order to improve determination of steel cleanliness. Modern requirements on standardization in that field have been evaluated during the INCAFAT project “A novel approach for rating fatigue-initiating inclusions in highly demanding steel” which was funded by the European Commission. Main results of this research show that an adapted standard should be open to different type of specimen due to the diversity in application. This includes a wide range from bars, rings and plates as well as different inspection sensitivities. An adapted standard should be open to the definition of the volume to be investigated and open to be selected by the user. Furthermore, for enhanced resolution the frequency range should be extended to higher frequencies. The use of focal beam probes shall be mandatory and probes should be selected according to the geometry of the specimen. Therefore, calibration procedures have to be improved significantly to allow proper sizing of indications. Indication height shall be directly transferred into an equivalent disc shaped reflector taking distance amplitude curves as well as signal amplitude distribution and signal travel time into account. A new standard draft proposal taking all these requirements into account has been filed in the frame of the INCAFAT project and is now on discussion. T2 - ECNDT - European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2018 CY - Gothenburg, Sweden DA - 11.06.2018 KW - Cleaniliness purity grade ultrasound non-destructive volumetric measurement standard PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47210 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas T1 - Is phased array the future in modern ultrasonic rail inspection? N2 - Compared to standard ultrasonic testing methods the application of phased arrays offers advantages and flexibility by the electronic steering possibilities to control the transmitted and received sound fields as well as the image based evaluation of the recorded scans. For more than one decade phased array systems have been introduced and used in the railway sector for the inspection of wheelsets in the workshops. Up to the present field applications of phased array systems in rail inspection are rather rare. On the other hand a lot of scientific work on rail testing using phased arrays has been carried out in the recent past. Mechanized ultrasonic rail inspection poses strong challenges e.g. due to the harsh environment, complex flaw types and high inspection speeds. Different tasks have to be carried out by non-destructive testing ranging from manufacturing inspection of thermite welds to in-service inspection for operational induced flaws in the rail head, rail web and rail foot as well as rolling contact fatigue. This work will give an overview and categorization of different present approaches for rail testing using phased array. Phased array systems typically offer digital image based inspection results. This make these systems become the perfect candidates to feed inspection data into a modern big data based workflow, using e.g. cloud computing, signal processing and data fusion for recording, positioning and tracking of flaws and artefacts in rails and to gain additional benefit. Evaluation of promising innovative approaches and solutions for phased array based ultrasonic rail inspection in the frame of “Industry 4.0” will be discussed. T2 - QNDE - Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Burlington, VT, USA DA - 15.07.2018 KW - Rail Inspection Phased Array Ultrasound PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47211 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Schadow, Florian A1 - Brackrock, Daniel A1 - Blankschän, Michel A1 - Hosseini, Seyed A1 - Lodeiro, M. A1 - Segur, D. T1 - Comparison of the performance of ultrasonic non-destructive testing methods on inspection of fibre reinforced plastics N2 - In the last twenty years, components made of fibre-reinforced plastic became a prominently used material in safety-relevant structures. Periodic in-service inspection of these structures using reliable non-destructive testing methods became a relevant issue in the field. The goal of the EMRP-funded project VITCEA (Validated Inspection Techniques for Composites in Energy Applications) aims on the evaluation of the performance of various non-destructive testing methods on the inspection of fibre-reinforced plastics. In this talk the results of the comparison of different ultrasonic testing methods will be discussed. There are two challenges for the ultrasonic inspection of fibre-reinforced plastics. Firstly, different material properties of the fibre and the resin cause anisotropic acoustical behaviour of the material. Secondly, the physical layout of fibre layers leads to complex structures of fibre-reinforced plastic parts, and thus to a complex acoustical response. Both result in a reduction of the signal to noise ratio and make interpretation of measurement results rather extensive. During the VITCEA project, the acoustical behaviour of fibre-reinforced plate materials has been simulated. Specimens with artificial flaws for the evaluation of the detection thresholds have been designed and manufactured. Various mechanized ultrasonic testing methods including phased-array sensors, air-coupled transducers, immersion tank testing and contact technique have been evaluated on the specially designed specimen. Laboratory scale tests and a round robin test have been carried out. The probability of detection and the detection thresholds for each method have been estimated. T2 - ECNDT - European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2018 CY - Gothenburg, Sweden DA - 11.06.2018 KW - Comparison ndt methods FRP fibre reinforced plastics ultrasound PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47213 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas T1 - Ist die Ultraschall-Phased-Array-Technik die Zukunft der mechanisierten Schienenprüfung im Zeitalter von Bahn 4.0? N2 - Die Ultraschall Phased-Array Technik bietet durch die variable elektronische Steuerung des Schallfeldes gegenüber konventioneller Prüftechnik Vorteile bei vielen Prüfaufgaben, sowohl bei der Datenaufnahme als auch der bildhaften Bewertung. Die mechanisierte Schienenprüfung stellt sehr hohe Anforderungen an die Prüftechnik insbesondere durch die hohen Prüfgeschwindigkeiten von bis zu 20 m/s. Im Rahmen dieses Vortrags wird evaluiert, welche Lösungsansätze auf Basis der Ultraschall Phased-Array Technik vielversprechend erscheinen für einen Einsatz im Umfeld von Bahn 4.0. T2 - 10. Fachtagung ZfP im Eisenbahnwesen CY - Wittenberge, Germany DA - 13.03.2018 KW - Eisenbahn KW - Phased Array KW - Ultraschall KW - Mechanisierte Schienenprüfung PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47214 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wack, Yannick A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Boehm, Rainer A1 - Brackrock, Daniel T1 - Simulation der Schallausbreitung in Eisenbahnschienen mit FEM und SAM N2 - Die Simulation von Ultraschallausbreitung ist ein wesentliches Hilfsmittel zur Optimierung von Prüfanordnungen und wird zunehmend in der Prüfvorbereitung eingesetzt. Eisenbahnschienen sind Bauteile mit komplexer Geometrie und im eingebauten Zustand eingeschränkter Zugänglichkeit. Bei der Prüfung im Feld entstehen aus der Schienengeometrie komplexe Echosignale mit Formanzeigen, die schwer zu interpretieren sind. Für das bessere Verständnis der Schallausbreitung in der Eisenbahnschiene wird diese in einem ersten Schritt mit Hilfe verschiedener Ansätze modelliert. Hierbei werden Finite Elemente Methoden und semi-analytischen Modelle verwendet. In einem zweiten Schritt werden die Ergebnisse der Simulationsmodelle einander gegenübergestellt und mit Messungen an realen Schienen verglichen. Ziel dieser Untersuchungen ist die Validierung von Simulationsverfahren mit Hilfe von Messdatensätzen und Überprüfung der Anwendbarkeit bei der Bewertung von Ergebnissen der Schienenprüfung. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2018 CY - Leibzig, Gemany DA - 07.05.2018 KW - Ultraschall KW - FEM KW - Eisenbahn KW - Simulation KW - SAM PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47412 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wack, Yannick A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Boehm, Rainer A1 - Brackrock, Daniel T1 - Simulation der Schallausbreitung in Eisenbahnschienen mit FEM und SAM N2 - Die Simulation von Ultraschallausbreitung ist ein wesentliches Hilfsmittel zur Optimierung von Prüfanordnungen und wird zunehmend in der Prüfvorbereitung eingesetzt. Eisenbahnschienen sind Bauteile mit komplexer Geometrie und im eingebauten Zustand eingeschränkter Zugänglichkeit. Bei der Prüfung im Feld entstehen aus der Schienengeometrie komplexe Echosignale mit Formanzeigen, die schwer zu interpretieren sind. Für das bessere Verständnis der Schallausbreitung in der Eisenbahnschiene wird diese in einem ersten Schritt mit Hilfe verschiedener Ansätze modelliert. Hierbei werden Finite Elemente Methoden und semi-analytischen Modelle verwendet. In einem zweiten Schritt werden die Ergebnisse der Simulationsmodelle einander gegenübergestellt und mit Messungen an realen Schienen verglichen. Ziel dieser Untersuchungen ist die Validierung von Simulationsverfahren mit Hilfe von Messdatensätzen und Überprüfung der Anwendbarkeit bei der Bewertung von Ergebnissen der Schienenprüfung. T2 - 10. Fachtagung - ZfP im Eisenbahnwesen 2018 CY - Wittenberge, Germany DA - 13.03.2018 KW - Ultraschall KW - FEM KW - Eisenbahn KW - Simulation KW - SAM PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47415 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bente, Klaas A1 - Kotschate, Daniel A1 - Wendland, Saskia A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - The thermoacoustic effect and its application in air-coupled testing of composite structures N2 - Airborne ultrasonic testing of lightweight, structured composite materials enables fast and contact-free non-destructive testing in aerospace and avoids material degradation due to contact with a coupling liquid. Established resonant air-coupled transducers consist of piezocomposite materials and several matching layers or more advanced materials like charged cellular polypropylene. The relaxation time and the specific frequency of such mechanical ultrasound emitters limit the spectrum of applications for each device. A short pulse length is key for reliable defect detection and each component at test can be best characterized at material- and geometry-specific frequencies. Here we show that focused thermoacoustic transducers are suited for testing lightweight, structured composite plates. Since the ultrasound is generated in air, these transducers show no resonance behavior and emit a broadband acoustic spectrum between 1.2 kHz and 1 MHz. Composite specimens of 3 mm to 9 mm thickness made of polylactide with a honeycomb structure were tested. Flat bottom holes were introduced to quantify the spatial resolution of the imaging method inside the strongly anisotropic specimen. As no broadband receivers are available yet, cellular polypropylene transducers were used as receivers, which limits the bandwidth of the method towards the bandwidth of the receiver. Nevertheless, we demonstrate the competitiveness of the thermoacoustic transducer compared to mechanical emitters at their respective resonance frequencies. Because a thermoacoustic transmitter features a nearly ideal pulse width, a single transmitter can be coupled with receivers with different resonance frequencies. With the development of broadband ultrasound receivers, air-coupled ultrasound spectroscopy will likely be possible in the near future. The analyzed transducer holds the potential to speed up testing during production and maintenance in aerospace and automotives. Its combination with a broadband receiver could also expand the application field of air-coupled ultrasonic testing from a qualitative error detection towards a quantitative, spatially resolved analysis of mechanical material properties. T2 - 10th International Symposium on NDT in Aerospace CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 24.10.2018 KW - Thermoacoustics KW - Ultrasonic Testing KW - Broadband KW - Ultrasound Emission PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46466 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bente, Klaas T1 - The thermoacoustic effect and its application in air-coupled testing of composite structures T2 - DGZfP-Proceedings BB 168 N2 - Airborne ultrasonic testing of lightweight, structured composite materials enables fast and contact-free non-destructive testing in aerospace and avoids material degradation due to contact with a coupling liquid. Established resonant air-coupled transducers consist of piezocomposite materials and several matching layers or more advanced materials like charged cellular polypropylene. The relaxation time and the specific frequency of such mechanical ultrasound emitters limit the spectrum of applications for each device. A short pulse length is key for reliable defect detection and each component at test can be best characterized at material- and geometry-specific frequencies. Here we show that focused thermoacoustic transducers are suited for testing lightweight, structured composite plates. Since the ultrasound is generated in air, these transducers show no resonance behavior and emit a broadband acoustic spectrum between 1.2 kHz and 1 MHz. Composite specimens of 3 mm to 9 mm thickness made of polylactide with a honeycomb structure were tested. Flat bottom holes were introduced to quantify the spatial resolution of the imaging method inside the strongly anisotropic specimen. As no broadband receivers are available yet, cellular polypropylene transducers were used as receivers, which limits the bandwidth of the method towards the bandwidth of the receiver. Nevertheless, we demonstrate the competitiveness of the thermoacoustic transducer compared to mechanical emitters at their respective resonance frequencies. Because a thermoacoustic transmitter features a nearly ideal pulse width, a single transmitter can be coupled with receivers with different resonance frequencies. With the development of broadband ultrasound receivers, air-coupled ultrasound spectroscopy will likely be possible in the near future. The analysed transducer holds the potential to speed up testing during production and maintenance in aerospace and automotives. Its combination with a broadband receiver could also expand the application field of air-coupled ultrasonic testing from a qualitative error detection towards a quantitative, spatially resolved analysis of mechanical material properties. T2 - 10th International Symposium on NDT in Aerospace CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 24.10.2018 KW - Thermoacoustics KW - Ultrasonic Testing KW - Broadband KW - Ultrasound Emission PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-464677 SN - 978-3-940283-96-2 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-46467 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bulling, Jannis A1 - Gravenkamp, H. T1 - Ein Überblick über die Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method für akustische Wellenausbreitung in Festköpern N2 - In diesen Vortrag sind Ergebnissen der letzten Jahre zu der SBFEM an der BAM zu finden. Dabei wurde besonders auf die Stärken der Methode eingegangen. T2 - Doktorandenseminar – Ultraschallmesstechnik CY - Gohrisch, Germany DA - 28.10.2018 KW - SBFEM KW - Kontaktbedingungen PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46452 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -