TY - CONF A1 - Grunert, Wiebke T1 - ODYSSEUS - EU-Projekt im Rahmen des Förderprogramms Horizon 2020 N2 - Das Poster beleuchtet das EU-Projekt ODYSSEUS im Rahmen des Förderprogramms Horizon 2020. Das Konsortium besteht aus 18 Partnern aus 13 Ländern aus Forschung, Entwicklung, Industrie sowie Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben. Das Forschungsprojekt zielt darauf ab, das Wissen über Ausgangsstoffe von Sprengstoffen und selbst hergestellten Sprengstoffe, einschließlich bisher nicht untersuchter Vorläufersubstanzen, zu erweitern und wirksame und effiziente Prognose-, Aufdeckungs- und kriminaltechnische Instrumente zu entwickeln, um die Fähigkeiten der nationalen Sicherheitsbehörden bei der Verhütung, Bekämpfung und Untersuchung terroristischer Vorfälle mit HMEs zu verbessern. T2 - 45. Informationstagung Sprengtechnik CY - Siegen, Germany DA - 05.04.2024 KW - Home-made explosives (HME) KW - Anschläge KW - Synthese HME PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59809 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Turski Silva Diniz, Analice A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - The effects of property variation on the dripping behaviour of polymers during UL94 test simulated by particle finite element method N2 - The dripping behaviour of polymers is often observed experimentally through the UL94 flammability standard test. In this work, polymeric dripping under fire is investigated numerically using particle finite element method. A parametric analysis was carried out to observe the influence of a single property on overall dripping behaviour via a UL94 vertical test model. Surrogates and property ranges were defined for variation of the following parameters: glass transition temperature (Tg), melting temperature (Tm), decomposition temperature (Td), density (ρ), specific heat capacity (Cp), apparent effective heat of combustion of the volatiles, char yield (μ), thermal conductivity (k), and viscosity (η). Polyamide, poly(ether ether ketone), poly(methyl methacrylate), and polysulfone were used as benchmarks. Simulated results showed that specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and char yield allied with viscosity were the properties that most influenced dripping behaviour (starting time and occurrence). KW - Dripping KW - PFEM KW - UL 94 KW - Simulation KW - Fire behaviour PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-597449 DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/epoly-2023-0194 SN - 1618-7229 VL - 24 IS - 1 PB - De Gruyter AN - OPUS4-59744 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien T1 - Lasers: A versatile Heat Source for Modern Active Thermographic Testing N2 - The properties of laser radiation result in a wide range of applications, making laser technologies indispensable in areas such as industry, science and medicine. The possible areas of application for thermography in this context are just as diverse. Thermography is used in laser applications when permanent monitoring and control of thermal development is necessary. Among others, this is the case in additive manufacturing, laser-based measuring devices and non-destructive testing. Furthermore, thermography is ideally suited as a testing method when it comes to ensuring the quality of the laser itself. In this talk it is outlined, how lasers can be used as a heat source in active thermographic testing. Furthermore, two special variants (spatial & temporal structured heating) are described, for which lasers are highly suitable. T2 - Webinar: Laser Technologies Benefiting from Infrared Thermography CY - Online meeting DA - 24.04.2024 KW - Thermography KW - Laser KW - NDT PY - 2024 UR - https://www.infratec.eu/press/press-releases/details/2024-03-04-laser-technologies-benefiting-from-infrared-thermography/ AN - OPUS4-59934 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sanchez Olivares, G. A1 - Rockel, Daniel A1 - Calderas, F. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Utilizing leather fibers from industrial wastes as bio-filler to improve flame retardancy in polypropylene N2 - Combining buffing leather fibers from industrial waste streams with ammonium polyphosphate and bentonite clay is proposed as a flame-retardant additive for polypropylene. The paper addresses how they can be processed into attractive composites with the desired mechanical properties. Buffing leather fibers function as a multifunctional bio-filler and as a synergist for the flame retardant, resulting in fire retardancy successful enough to increase the oxygen index (LOI) by up to 7 vol.-% and to achieve a V0 UL 94 classification. Impressively reduced heat release rates are obtained in the cone calorimeter at 50 kW/m2 irradiation; for instance, the maximum average rate heat evolved (MARHE) drops from 765 to below 200 kW m􀀀 2. The synergistic effects are quantified and shown to be very strong for LOI and MARHE. This work opens the door to use waste buffing leather fibers as a promising multifunctional and synergistic bio-filler. KW - Polypropylene KW - Flame retardancy KW - Industrial waste KW - Leather fibers KW - Bio-filler PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2023.11.008 SN - 1226-086X SN - 1876-794X VL - 132 SP - 148 EP - 160 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-59556 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan T1 - Relevant, abgesichert, vergleichbar – ZfP-Ergebnisse bei der Zuverlässigkeitsbewertung von Bauwerken N2 - Die Nachrechnung, d. h. die Zuverlässigkeitsbewertung von bestehenden Brücken, ist aufgrund der alternden Infrastruktur und sich verändernden Anforderungen an die Bauwerke eine fortwährend große Herausforderung in Wissenschaft, Praxis und Standardisierung. Ein wesentlicher Vorteil bei der Nachrechnung besteht gegenüber dem Neubauentwurf in der Möglichkeit, Informationen über den tatsächlichen Zustand der Bauwerke zu erheben – im Idealfall ohne wesentliche destruktive Eingriffe in die Bausubstanz. Deren Verwendung bei der Zuverlässigkeitsanalyse dient der Zuschärfung von Berechnungsmodellen und ermöglicht realitätsnähere Bauwerksbeurteilungen. Die Einbeziehung von Messdaten bei der Zuverlässigkeitsbewertung setzt jedoch voraus, dass die Qualität der gemessenen Informationen bekannt und deren Vergleichbarkeit sichergestellt ist. Darüber hinaus sollte die Relevanz der messbaren Informationen beziffert werden, um wirtschaftliche Inspektionen am Bauwerk gezielt durchführen zu können. In diesem Beitrag wird am Beispiel von Ultraschall- und Radarmessungen an einer Spannbetonbrücke gezeigt, wie ZfP-Ergebnisse bei der Zuverlässigkeitsbewertung von Bestandsbauwerken mit probabilistischen Methoden genutzt werden können. Betrachtet werden innere geometrische Abmessungen wie die Lage der Bewehrung oder von Spanngliedern. Die Relevanz der messbaren Informationen wird anhand von Sensitivitätsanalysen beziffert. Messunsicherheitsbetrachtungen dienen der Bezifferung der Qualität der gemessenen Informationen und der Gewährleistung deren Vergleichbarkeit. Abschließend werden die möglichen Auswirkungen der Berücksichtigung von ZfP-Ergebnissen auf die Bauwerkszuverlässigkeit in einem Nachweis einer Spannbetonbrücke gemäß Eurocode demonstriert. T2 - Fachtagung Bauwerksdiagnose 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 29.02.2024 KW - ZfPStatik KW - Nachrechnung KW - Zuverlässigkeitsbewertung KW - Bestandsbauwerke KW - Betonbrücke PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59585 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Martin T1 - Holzkohlen im Seeverkehr - Selbstentzündung vermeiden, sichere Beförderungsbedingungen schaffen N2 - Mit der Abkehr von der Nutzung fossiler Rohstoffe rücken regenerative Energieträger immer weiter in den Focus. Neben klassischen Holz- und Pflanzenkohlen werden verstärkt so genannte Biokohlen produziert. Dieser Begriff findet Verwendung für mit Hilfe verschiedener Verfahren karbonisierte pflanzliche, tierische oder mikrobielle Ausgangsstoffe. Diese Kohlen werden zum Teil über weite Strecken zum Bestimmungsort transportiert (Überseetransporte) oder vor Verwendung für längere Zeit gelagert. Häufig zeigen diese Kohlen ein kritisches Selbstentzündungsverhalten, wobei Einstufungstests (UN N.4 Test) versagen können. Ein negatives Testergebnis des UN N.4 Tests führte dabei in der Vergangenheit zur Nichteinstufung als selbsterhitzungsfähiger Stoff; in der Praxis entzündeten sich aber bereits vergleichsweise kleine Schüttungen (einige m³), z. B. beim Seetransport in Containern. Ergebnisse eines Projektes zur systematischen Untersuchung verschiedener Pflanzenkohlen werden vorgestellt. T2 - Internationale Gefahrgut-Tage CY - Hamburg, Germany DA - 26.02.2024 KW - Holzkohlen KW - Pflanzenkohlen KW - Selbstentzündung KW - Gefahrguteinstufung KW - Schiffsbrände PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59599 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goller, Sebastian M. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Krüger, Simone T1 - Block it and rock it: Smoke suppressants that form a protective layer in PA 6.6 N2 - To ensure fire safety, polymers are filled with flame retardants and smoke suppressants. To meet the highest requirements, it is essential to understand the decomposition of those polymeric materials. This study reveals interactions between polymer, smoke suppressants, and flame retardants, and discusses their impact on the materials’ flame retardancy, smoke emission, smoke toxicity, and particle emission in conventional loadings to provide deeper general understanding. Low melting oxide glass, melem, spherical silica, sepiolite, melamine polyphosphate, and boehmite in an aluminum diethylphosphinate flame-retarded polyamide 6.6 were investigated. All smoke suppressants improve the protective layer and act as an adjuvant. Silica and melem performed best under forced flaming conditions. Spherical silica reduces the peak of heat release rate by 39% and the total heat evolved by 14%, whereas 10 wt% melem lowers the total smoke production by 41%. Melem alters the mode of action of aluminum diethylphosphinate from gas to more condensed phase activity. This change reduces flame inhibition and hence smoke toxicity, but further improves the protective layer due to charring reactions in the decomposition mechanism. In addition, the sizes of the smoke particles decrease because of the prolonged time in the pyrolytic zone. This study highlights that interactions between polymer, flame retardants, and smoke suppressants can significantly determine the smoking and burning behavior. KW - Smoke suppressant KW - Flame retardancy KW - Aluminum diethylphosphinate KW - Smoke KW - Polyamide 6.6 PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/07349041231220250 SN - 0734-9041 VL - 42 IS - 2 SP - 117 EP - 141 PB - SAGE Publications AN - OPUS4-59533 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wosniok, Aleksander T1 - Verteilte POF-basierte faseroptische Sensoren zur Infrastrukturüberwachung in der Geotechnik N2 - Wir präsentieren unsere Forschungsergebnisse zur Entwicklung eines faseroptischen Sensorsystems mit polymeroptischen Fasern integriert in Geokunststoffe für die Überwachung von geotechnischen Anlagen. Das Sensorsystem dient der räumlichen Auflösung lokaler Dehnungsereignisse im für Anwender signifikanten Größenordnungsbereich von 3 % bis 10 %. Das gesamte Sensorkonzept besteht aus einem praxistauglichen Messsystem basierend auf der digitalen inkohärenten optischen Frequenzbereichsreflektometrie (I-OFDR) und einer Sensormatte in Form eines Geotextils mit integrierten faseroptischen perfluorierten polymeroptischen Fasern (PF-POFs). T2 - DGZfP Fachtagung Bauwerksdiagnose 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 29.02.2024 KW - Ortsverteilte faseroptische Sensorik KW - Optische Frequenzbereichsreflektometrie KW - Bauwerksüberwachung KW - Sensorbasierte Geokunststoffe PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59633 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lu, Xin A1 - Hicke, Konstantin A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Distributed acoustic sensing to monitor ground motion/movement at multi-frequency bands N2 - A novel distributed acoustic sensing technique is proposed that exploits both phase and amplitude of the Rayleigh backscattered light to quantify the environmental variation. The system employs a wavelength-scanning laser and an imbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer to acquire the reflection spectra and the phase of the detected light, respectively. Fading-free and low-frequency measurements are realized via the crosscorrelation of the reflection spectra. The discrete crosscorrelation is used to circumvent the nonlinear frequency sweeping of the laser. Based on the phase of the backscattered light, it is possible to quantify fast environmental variations. The whole system requires no hardware modification of the existing system and its functionality is experimentally validated. The proposed system has the potential to monitor ground motion/movement at very low frequency band like subsidence around mining areas and at high frequency band like earthquakes and vibrations induced by avalanches. KW - Distributed acoustic sensing KW - DAS KW - Distributed fiber optic sensing KW - Ground motion detection KW - Subsidence monitoring PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-596129 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2024.3358495 VL - 42 IS - 18 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Optical Society und IEEE Photonics Society AN - OPUS4-59612 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hicke, Konstantin T1 - Faseroptisches Monitoring von Brückenbauwerken N2 - Die Möglichkeiten von verteilter faseroptischer Sensorik (DFOS) im Allgemeinen und für das Monitoring von Bauwerken im Besonderen werden dargestellt und beispielhafte Anwendungen von DFOS im Kontext Brückenmonitoring illustriert. T2 - DGZfP Fachtagung Bauwerksdiagnose 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 29.02.2024 KW - Bauwerksüberwachung KW - Brückenmonitoring KW - Verteilte faseroptische Sensorik KW - Dynamische Strukturantwort KW - Spanndrahtbruchdetektion PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59613 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Martin T1 - Selbstentzündung von Biokohlen – Lager- und Transportsicherheit N2 - Mit der Abkehr von der Nutzung fossiler Rohstoffe rücken regenerative Energieträger immer weiter in den Focus. Neben klassischen Holzkohlen werden verstärkt so genannte Biokohlen produziert. Dieser Begriff findet Verwendung für mit Hilfe verschiedener Verfahren karbonisierte pflanzliche, tierische oder mikrobielle Ausgangsstoffe. Diese Kohlen werden zum Teil über weite Strecken zum Bestimmungsort transportiert (Überseetransporte) oder vor Verwendung für längere Zeit gelagert. Häufig zeigen diese Kohlen ein kritisches Selbstentzündungsverhalten, wobei Einstufungstests (UN N.4 Test) versagen können. Ein negatives Testergebnis des UN N.4 Tests führte dabei in der Vergangenheit zur Nichteinstufung als selbsterhitzungsfähiger Stoff; in der Praxis entzündeten sich aber bereits vergleichsweise kleine Schüttungen (einige m³), z. B. beim Seetransport in Containern. Der Artikel geht auf dieses Problem ein und stellt Prüfverfahren vor. Aus den Ergebnissen durchgeführter Untersuchungen werden Empfehlungen für sicheren Transport und Lagerung abgeleitet. T2 - Magdeburg-Köthener Brandschutz- und Sicherheitstagung CY - Magdeburg, Germany DA - 14.03.2024 KW - Biokohlen KW - Selbstentzündung KW - Gefahrguteinstufung PY - 2024 SN - 978-3-948749-41-5 SP - 68 EP - 77 PB - Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg CY - Magdeburg AN - OPUS4-59717 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Martin T1 - Selbstentzündung von Biokohlen – Lager- und Transportsicherheit N2 - Mit der Abkehr von der Nutzung fossiler Rohstoffe rücken regenerative Energieträger immer weiter in den Focus. Neben klassischen Holzkohlen werden verstärkt so genannte Biokohlen produziert. Dieser Begriff findet Verwendung für mit Hilfe verschiedener Verfahren karbonisierte pflanzliche, tierische oder mikrobielle Ausgangsstoffe. Diese Kohlen werden zum Teil über weite Strecken zum Bestimmungsort transportiert (Überseetransporte) oder vor Verwendung für längere Zeit gelagert. Häufig zeigen diese Kohlen ein kritisches Selbstentzündungsverhalten, wobei Einstufungstests (UN N.4 Test) versagen können. Ein negatives Testergebnis des UN N.4 Tests führte dabei in der Vergangenheit zur Nichteinstufung als selbsterhitzungsfähiger Stoff; in der Praxis entzündeten sich aber bereits vergleichsweise kleine Schüttungen (einige m³), z. B. beim Seetransport in Containern. Der Artikel geht auf dieses Problem ein und stellt Prüfverfahren vor. Aus den Ergebnissen durchgeführter Untersuchungen werden Empfehlungen für sicheren Transport und Lagerung abgeleitet. T2 - Magdeburg-Köthener Brandschutz- und Sicherheitstagung CY - Magdeburg, Germany DA - 14.03.2024 KW - Biokohlen KW - Selbstentzündung KW - Gefahrguteinstufung PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59718 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Friedrich, Alexander A1 - Zhang, Tianyun T1 - Modellierung von Ultraschall- und Wirbelstromschienenprüfdaten N2 - Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts "Artificial Intelligence for Rail Inspection" (AIFRI) wird ein KI-Algorithmus entwickelt, um die Fehlererkennung und Bewertung bei der Auswertung von Schienenprüfungen mittels Ultraschall- und Wirbelstromprüfverfahren zu verbessern. Die Bandbreite möglicher Defekte und die Menge an Einflussgrößen auf die Schienenprüfung ist sehr groß, aber die Prüfdaten aus dem Feld bilden diese Bandbreite nicht balanciert ab und sind unzureichend gelabelt. Durch Simulationen werden große Mengen detailliert gelabelter Daten für relevante Schienenschädigungen und Artefakte bereitgestellt. Aus diesen Daten werden wiederum virtuellen Prüffahrten erstellt, die für das Training und die Validierung der KI genutzt werden können. In unserem Poster stellen wir die Simulation dieser Ultraschall- und Wirbelstromprüfdaten vor. Dabei gehen wir im Detail auf die Themen CAD-Modellierung, Modellparameter, Simulationssoftware und Signalverarbeitung ein. Wir stellen ausgewählt die Simulation von Head Checks für Wirbelstromprüfverfahren und Bohrungsanrissen für Ultraschallprüfverfahren dar, da das Erkennen dieser Schädigungstypen bei der Schienenprüfung hohe Priorität innehat. Für die Verifikation der Simulationsergebnisse verweisen wir auf den ebenfalls eingereichten Vortrag „Verifikation von Ultraschall- und Wirbelstromsimulationen bei der Schienenprüfung“. Das Projekt AIFRI wird im Rahmen der Innovationsinitiative mFUND unter dem Förderkennzeichen 19FS2014 durch das Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr gefördert. T2 - 13. Fachtagung ZfP im Eisenbahnwesen CY - Erfurt, Germany DA - 12.03.2024 KW - Simulation KW - Ultraschall KW - Wirbelstrom PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59719 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zhang, Tianyun A1 - Friedrich, Alexander T1 - Verifikation von Ultraschall- und Wirbelstromsimulationen bei der Schienenprüfung N2 - Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts "Artificial Intelligence for Rail Inspection" (AIFRI) wird ein KI-Algorithmus entwickelt, um die Fehlererkennung und Bewertung bei der Auswertung von Schienenprüfungen mittels Ultraschall- und Wirbelstromprüfverfahren zu verbessern. Je nach Prüfverfahren werden relevante Schienenschädigungen (z. B. Head Checks) und Artefakte (z. B. Bohrungen) entsprechend analysiert und in einem parametrisierbaren digitalen Zwilling abgebildet, um anschließend die KI-Algorithmen trainieren zu können. Mit der Simulation können Prüffahrten virtuell durchgeführt und Schadensbilder für das KI-Training erzeugt werden, die das Verhalten komplexer Systeme reproduzieren, ohne dass das reale System benötigt wird. Die Modellannahmen sind dabei von erheblicher Bedeutung, denn unzureichende Modellannahmen führen leicht zu falschen Simulationsergebnissen. Um die Ergebnisse einer Simulation ordnungsgemäß darstellen zu können, ist das Simulationsmodell selbst zu überprüfen. Die Vollständigkeit, Richtigkeit und Genauigkeit der Simulationsergebnisse werden anhand von realen Prüfungen verifiziert. Für die Verifikation der Ultraschallsimulation werden hier Stegbohrungen als Referenzreflektoren herangezogen. Als Testkörper stehen Schienensegmente mit unterschiedlichen Profiltypen sowie speziell angefertigte Testkörper mit schienenähnlicher Geometrie zur Verfügung. In den Testkörpern befinden sich künstliche und reale Schädigungen in Kopf-, Steg- und Fußbereich, sowie Bohrungen mit Nuten. Die Validierung der Wirbelstromsimulation erfolgt an Testkörpern, die aus Schienenköpfen gefertigt sind. Dabei werden die Signale für unterschiedliche Nuttiefen und Nutenpaare mit unterschiedlichen Abständen untersucht. Für die Modellierung der Simulationsergebnisse verweisen wir auf das ebenfalls eingereichte Poster „Simulation von Ultraschall- und Wirbelstromprüfdaten für die Schienenprüfung“. Das Projekt AIFRI wird im Rahmen der Innovationsinitiative mFUND unter dem Förderkennzeichen 19FS2014 durch das Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr gefördert. T2 - 13. Fachtagung ZfP im Eisenbahnwesen CY - Erfurt, Germany DA - 12.03.2024 KW - Ultraschallprüfung KW - Simulation KW - Schienenprüfung PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59720 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hupp, Vitus A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Flothmeier, K. A1 - Hartwig, A. T1 - Fire Behavior of Pressure-sensitive Adhesive Tapes and Bonded Materials N2 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes are used in several industrial applications such as con-struction, railway vehicles and the automotive sector,where the burning behavior is ofcrucial importance. Flame retarded adhesivetapes are developed and provided, however,often without considering the interaction of adhesive tapes and the bonded materialsduring burning nor the contribution of the tapes to fire protection goal of the bondedcomponents in distinct fire tests. This publication delivers an empirical comprehensiveknowledge how adhesive tapes and their flame retardancy effect the burning behaviorof bonded materials. With a special focus on the interaction between the single compo-nents, one flame retarded tape and one tapewithout flame retardant are examined inscenarios of emerging and developing fires, along with their bonds with the commonmaterials wood, zinc-plated steel, mineral wool, polycarbonate, and polymethylmethacry-late. The flame retardant significantly improved the flame retardancy of the tape as afree-standing object and yielded a V-2 rating in UL 94 vertical test and raised the OxygenIndex by 5 vol.%. In bonds, or rather laminates, the investigations prove that the choiceof carrier and substrates are the factors with the greatest impact on the fire propertiesand can change the peak of heat release rate and the maximum average rate of heatemission up to 25%. This research yielded a good empirical overall understanding of thefire behavior of adhesive tapes and bonded materials. Thus, it serves as a guide for tapemanufacturers and applicants to develop tapes and bonds more substrate specific. KW - Adhesives KW - Cone calorimeter KW - Flame retardancy KW - Laminates KW - Phosphorus flame retardants KW - Pressure-sensitive adhesive KW - Tapes PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-593207 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.3171 SN - 0308-0501 SN - 1099-1018 VL - 48 IS - 1 SP - 114 EP - 127 PB - Wiley CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-59320 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien T1 - Automatisierte aktive thermografische Prüfung N2 - Aktive thermografische Prüfung ist ein vielseitiges Instrument in der Familie der zerstörungsfreien Prüfverfahren. Der Einzug moderner Lasertechnologie hat hier bedeutende neue Anwendungsfelder eröffnet. In Kombination mit Industrierobotik können nun beispielsweise beliebig komplex geformte Bauteile großflächig vollautomatisiert auf Oberflächenrisse überprüft werden. Der hier vorliegende Vortrag gibt einen Überblick über die Grundlagen der Laserthermografie, zeigt unsere Anstrengungen am Fachbereich im Bereich der automatisierten thermografischen Detektion von Oberflächenrissen und gibt ein Ausblick über neue moderne Thermografieverfahren aus der Forschung. T2 - VATH Frühjahrssymposium CY - Lingen, Germany DA - 26.04.2024 KW - Thermografie KW - Laser KW - ZfP PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59965 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maillard, S. T1 - Development of Active Thermography for NDT applications through standardization N2 - Many laboratories have been working about Active Thermography as a Non Destructive Testing method for many years. This method can be applied on metallic or composites materials for surface or subsurface defects. Thus, many different configurations can be encountered to measure the heat distribution and generate heat flow into the part. Signal processing is also widely used to improve the performance of detection. After encouraging results, aerospace, automotive and energy industries are now involved into industrialization of the technology to apply it for production or maintenance applications. Good practices and common wording are often required by end-user to qualify the process. Since the beginning of the 2000s, a working group was founded within CEN/TC138 'Non-destructive Testing' to define standards in thermography, in the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Some other actors have also produced standards (ISO, IEC, ASTM...). This paper aims to list the standards currently available about thermography and the associatd vocabulary. It describes the generic terms to be used in active and passive thermography (operating modes, reference blocks, reporting…) and also more specific elements about laser and induction thermography for example. It will also put in perspective the further works to be done in the next few years to take into account the new trends in active thermography and how to qualify for industrial applications. T2 - 17th Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Conference - QIRT 2024 CY - Zagreb, Croatia DA - 01.07.2024 KW - Infrared Thermography KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Standardization PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60931 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gerbeit, Marco T1 - Test set-up for reproducible shock wave generation N2 - In industrial applications, the effects of explosions must be considered as important part of safety assessments. This is particularly crucial in applications involving explosives or pressurized containers. The evaluation of the effects of shock waves on the environment becomes essential in such scenarios and requires comprehensive experimental test series. This article therefore presents a test bench that can generate and record reproducible, adjustable shock waves with short set-up times. The presented data proves the quality and validity of this set-up to generate case relevant data, like overpressure in comparison to explosives and shock tubes, with load cases of high relevance. The presented free-field tests are carried out at BAM's Test Site Technical Safety (TTS) with a gas-operated shock wave generator. This shock wave generator consists of a pressure vessel (autoclave) that is operated with a detonable gas mixture or compressed air. The pressure is released through an orifice by the instantaneous bursting of a diaphragm. The aim is to develop further the novel test bench that generates shock waves on models in a generic scenario and offers several advantages to create a valid database for the effects of shock waves. In contrast to classic shock tubes, this test bench offers the advantage of realistic hemispherical shock wave propagation and scalability, both for the investigated model size and for the generation of load cases, so that different model variables can be investigated under different boundary conditions (mainly overpressure); at the same time, typical interference of a shock tube experiment due to reflections, blockage effects and the following fluid flow can be minimized. These negative influences are not realistic compared to the ideal event of a detonation. T2 - 15th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions (ISHPMIE) CY - Naples, Italy DA - 10.06.2024 KW - Shock KW - Blast KW - Autoclave KW - Explosions KW - Overpressure PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60982 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Thermal Decomposition Features Flame Retardancy N2 - INTRODUCTION: Most polymeric materials in most fire scenarios burn based on an anaerobe pyrolysis feeding the flame with fuel. Understanding the thermal decomposition in the condensed phase is key to tailor flame retardancy. Adjusting the decomposition temperature of flame retardant and polymer as well as providing the desired chemical structure for specific reactions determine the molecular mechanisms and thus the flame-retardant modes of action. Hereby, it is not only charring in the condensed phase and radical scavenging in the gas phase, but also physicochemical and physical effects such as melt flow and protective layer formation. This paper delivers thought-provoking impulses on how the understanding of the pyrolysis can be used for evidenced-based development and optimization of flame-retardant polymeric materials. Some rather overseen details are picked up as well as rethinking of concepts memorized long ago is encouraged to discover something new. The talk tries to fill some gaps between flame-retardant mechanisms, flame-retardant modes of action, and fire performance. EXPERIMENTAL: Materials - This paper deduces its conclusions from results of several research projects performed in the working group of the author. For a detailed description of the materials, their compounding, and the preparation of test specimens please go for the comprehensive description in the original papers.[1-10] Methods - A multi-methodical approach based on thermogravimetry (TGA), TGA coupled with evolved gas analysis (TGA-FTIR), hot stage FTIR, pyrolysis GC/MS, and residue analysis was used for investigating the pyrolysis. The flammability in the fire scenario ignition was addressed using oxygen index (OI) and testing in the UL 94 burning chamber. The fire behaviour in developing fires was investigated using a cone calorimeter. Additional efforts complete the studies, such as other fire tests, advanced analysis of the fire residue, melt rheology, or particle finite element simulations (PFEM). Tailored and self-designed experiments and advanced data evaluation described fire phenomena or modes of action. For a detailed description of the experimental the reader is relegated to the original papers.[1-10] RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: One important aspect in achieving, adjusting, and optimising flame retardancy is exploiting specific chemical reactions in the condensed phase between the pyrolyzing polymer and the flame retardant at the right place, time, and temperature.[1-3] At the same time, these reactions of partly decomposed or hydrolysed flame retardants in the condensed phase competes with releasing as volatile into the gas phase. Based on three comparisons this field is illuminated in detail: reactive phosphine oxide, phosphinate, phosphonate, and phosphate are compared in the same epoxy resins evaluating the influence of the oxidation state,[1] different phosphorous flame retardants in different epoxy resins underlining the specific reactions between the partly decomposed or hydrolysed flame retardant and the partly decomposed polymer,[3] and the comparison of three aryl phosphates with different volatility highlights the competition of chemical reaction in the condensed phase and gasification.[2] Any fire residue reduces fire risks, when the release of hydrocarbon fuel into the gas phase is replaced by storing fuel in the condensed phase as carbonaceous char. Thus, charring describing crosslinking, dehydration, aromatization, and graphitization is the flame retardancy mechanisms, whereas charring describing the reduction in fire load the flame-retardant mode of action. The phenomenon charring belongs to a complete pyrolysis or complete pyrolysis step; the char yield indicates the amount of fuel stored in the residue. Further, any fire residue works as protective layer. The barrier properties depend on the physical properties of the residue but not necessarily on its amount.[4] Usually, a residue design such as a tailored morphology of the fire residue is demanded. The mass loss rate and heat release rate are reduced. The main mechanisms are heat shielding and thermal insulation.[5] Sometimes the protective layer is good enough to cause incomplete pyrolysis due to extinguishing before the pyrolysis front went through the whole sample.[6.7] Analogous to charring also incomplete pyrolysis can result in efficient reduction in fire load. Proper data evaluation and key experiments are used to sort out and understand these different phenomena. Flame retardant polyurethane foams passing the heat release and smoke toxicity requirements of EN 45545 are discussed as evidence-based development using charring and incomplete pyrolysis due to an efficient protective layer.[7,8] The thermal decomposition into liquid intermediate products increases crucially the melt flow during burning,[9] whereas charring and the ablation of the polymer matrix increasing the content of fillers yield melt viscosities enlarged by orders of magnitude.[10] Violent burning of some polymers at the end of a cone calorimeter test can be understood as pyrolysis enabling a pool fire. The understanding of the thermal decomposition of the polymeric material harbours the explanation of non-flaming dripping extinguishing the flame via sufficient cooling, retreat effects preventing ignition, and efficient nondripping flame retardancy. This paper leads the audience from chemistry over complex macroscopic fire phenomena of physicochemical nature to fire performance. Thought-provoking impulses are given how the scientific understanding of the pyrolysis in the condensed phase can be used for research and evidenced-based development of future flame-retardant polymeric materials. Acknowledgement: The talk uses results from distinct projects; thus, thanks go to the German Research Foundation DFG SCHA 730/6-1, SCHA 730/8, SCHA 730/10-1, and Scha 730/19-1, Bayer MaterialScience AG, and the BMWi (BMWK) AiF: IGF No.: 19078 N/2 for financial support. Many thanks to former working group members U. Braun, Y. Y. Chan, B. Perret, S. Rabe, K. H. Richter, A. Weiß, and G. Wu, and to our co-operation partners A. Hartwig (IFAM), M. Döring and M. Ciesielski (at that time KIT), and J. M. Marti (CIMNE) as well. T2 - 11th Conference of the Modification, Degradation, Stabilization of Polymers, MoDeSt 2024 CY - Palermo, Italy DA - 01.09.2024 KW - Flame retardants KW - Decomposition KW - Modes of action KW - Mechanisms KW - Charring KW - Flame inhibition KW - Dripping KW - Protective layer KW - Pyrolysis PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60960 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maillard, S. T1 - Development of Active Thermography for NDT applications through standardization N2 - Many laboratories have been working about Active Thermography as a Non Destructive Testing method for many years. This method can be applied on metallic or composites materials for surface or subsurface defects. Thus, many different configurations can be encountered to measure the heat distribution and generate heat flow into the part. Signal processing is also widely used to improve the performance of detection. After encouraging results, aerospace, automotive and energy industries are now involved into industrialization of the technology to apply it for production or maintenance applications. Good practices and common wording are often required by end-user to qualify the process. Since the beginning of the 2000s, European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has launched a Working Group within CEN/TC138 to define standards in thermography. Some other actors have also produced standards (ISO, IEC, ASTM,..). This goal of this presentation is to present a status of the standard currently available about thermography and the associated vocabulary. It describes the generic terms to be used in active and passive thermography (operating modes, reference blocks, reporting,…) and also more specific elements about laser and induction thermography for example. It will also put in perspective the further works to be done in the next few years to take into account the new trends in active thermography and how to qualify for industrial applications. T2 - 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (20th WCNDT) CY - Incheon, South Korea DA - 27.05.2024 KW - Infrared Thermography KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Standardization PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60913 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Kainz, C. A1 - Braml, T. ED - Matos, J.C. T1 - Non-destructively Measurable Quantities Relevant to Reliability Assessment of Existing Concrete Bridges – Case Studies N2 - In reliability assessment of existing bridges, collected information about the structure can be utilized to modify partial safety factors and to refine characteristic values individually. In this way, uncertainties covered in initial calculation models and arising from assumptions can be reduced as well as biases identified and corrected. This allows for more realistic assessments and more appropriate decisions on actions to be taken. However, the on-site observation of information is generally associated with certain costs. For this reason, an efficient data-supported reassessment requires that only the individually relevant testing tasks are solved. Additional sensitivity analyses can further be used to specify the requirements on certain inspections, such as the testing result quality to be achieved, in order to avoid too imprecise or too expensive measurements on-site. In this contribution, the methodology for the demand-actuated definition of measurement objectives is demonstrated using the example of non-destructive concrete testing methods and findings from reassessments of two prestressed concrete bridges. Each case study includes the semi-probabilistic identification of structural weak points in ultimate and serviceability limit states, a comparison with respective probabilistic sensitivity analyses, and the subsequent derivation of parameters that are a) measurable and b) highly relevant in the individual reliability analyses. KW - Reliability KW - Assessment KW - Existing structures KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2024 SN - 978-3-031-60270-2 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60271-9_18 VL - 494 SP - 209 EP - 219 PB - Springer CY - Cham AN - OPUS4-60613 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kainz, C. A1 - Braml, T. A1 - Keuser, M. A1 - Soukup, A. A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan ED - Matos, J.C. T1 - Reassessment of Existing Concrete Bridges with Full Probabilistic Methods – Case Studies and Discussion of Relevant Input Parameters N2 - This article presents two case studies for a full-probabilistic assessment of existing concrete bridges combined with the use of the finite element method for the evaluation of the internal forces. Since the structures already exist, additional information about material parameters and loading conditions can be collected. With a sensitivity analysis, the contribution of each parameter to the total uncertainty is examined and the relevance of their actual value and variation is shown. The first case study is a single-span reinforced concrete frame bridge on the German highway A92 constructed in the year 1985. With a span of around 5 m, but a width of 27 m and a skewness of 70 gon, the bridge is modelled as a three-dimensional finite element model. The second case study is a two-span reinforced concrete frame bridge from 1986 with span lengths of about 7,50 m each. The superstructure is a 45 cm thick slab and the base plate has a thickness of 80 cm. The assessment is performed based on the semi-probabilistic safety concept according to the codes first and secondly with a full-probabilistic calculation. In this article the selection of parameters for the relevant input data are presented and discussed. The results of the sensitivity analysis are used for the setup of measurements to acquire important data for the modelling in the critical limit states. KW - Reliability KW - Assessment KW - Existing structures PY - 2024 SN - 978-3-031-60271-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60271-9_41 VL - 494 SP - 440 EP - 451 PB - Springer CY - Cham AN - OPUS4-60614 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Özlü, C. A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Kainz, C. A1 - Braml, T. A1 - Taffe, A. T1 - Probabilistischer Nachweis einer Spannbetonbrücke – Teil 1 N2 - AbstractDer Erhalt der bestehenden Verkehrsinfrastruktur ist eine große Herausforderung, da die Bauwerke fortwährend altern, die Verkehrsbeanspruchung zunehmend steigt und deren umfassender Ersatz mit Blick auf begrenzte Budgets und Ressourcen nicht möglich ist. An Bestandsbauten können tatsächliche Materialkennwerte, Geometrien oder Einwirkungen objektspezifisch erfasst werden. Die Nachrechnung von Bestandsbrücken erfolgt in Deutschland gemäß Nachrechnungsrichtlinie nach Stufen 1 und 2 mit dem semiprobabilistischen Teilsicherheitskonzept. Nur im Ausnahmefall wird eine messbasierte Bewertung oder eine wissenschaftliche Betrachtung gemäß Stufen 3 und 4 durchgeführt. Die Einbeziehung zusätzlicher Informationen aus der Zustandserfassung bietet jedoch viele Vorteile für eine realitätsnahe Bewertung. In probabilistischen Berechnungsmethoden können solche Kenntnisse direkt in der Berechnung berücksichtigt werden. Ziel dieses zweiteiligen Beitrags ist die Vorstellung der Potenziale und Vorteile bei der direkten Berücksichtigung der Ergebnisse von zerstörungsfreien Prüfverfahren bei der Zustandsbewertung von Brückenbauwerken. Das Konzept wird an einer Spannbetonbrücke vorgestellt. Der erste Teil befasst sich mit den Möglichkeiten zur Überführung der Eingangswerte der üblichen semiprobabilistischen Berechnung in stochastische Modelle. Ausgehend von der semiprobabilistischen Nachrechnung nach derzeitigem Regelwerk wird die probabilistische Modellierung aller relevanten Basisvariablen für die Grenzzustände der Tragfähigkeit Biegung, Querkraft und Torsion ausgeführt. KW - Zuverlässigkeitsanalyse KW - Nachrechnung KW - Bestandsbauwerk PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/best.202400018 VL - 119 IS - 7 SP - 509 EP - 523 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-60615 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Özlü, C. A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Kainz, C. A1 - Braml, T. A1 - Taffe, A. T1 - Probabilistischer Nachweis einer Spannbetonbrücke – Teil 2 N2 - AbstractIm zweiten Teil dieses Beitrags werden die Grenzzustandsfunktionen für die Nachweise im Grenzzustand der Tragfähigkeit für Biegung mit Normalkraft, Querkraft mit Querkraftbewehrung und Torsion vorgestellt. Die Eingangsgrößen der mechanischen Widerstandsmodelle werden durch zahlreiche Abbildungen illustriert. Auf Grundlage der probabilistischen Modelle aus dem ersten Teil dieses Aufsatzes und der mechanischen Modelle aus diesem zweiten Teil werden die probabilistischen Nachweise geführt. Die Ergebnisse aus der Zuverlässigkeitsanalyse werden mit den semiprobabilistischen Berechnungsergebnissen verglichen. Mittels Parameterstudien wird gezeigt, welche Eingangsgrößen im Standsicherheitsnachweis die größten Einflüsse auf die Bauwerkszuverlässigkeit haben. Die Messung dieser Parameter ist entsprechend besonders nützlich. Auf dieser Basis wird abschließend gezeigt, welche Chancen sich aus der Durchführung von zerstörungsfreien Bauwerksprüfungen für die Nachrechnung ergeben. KW - Zuverlässigkeitsanalyse KW - Nachrechnung KW - Bestandsbauwerk PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/best.202400020 SN - 1437-1006 VL - 119 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-60616 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien T1 - Practical study on the thermographic detectability of internal defects using temporally structured laser heating N2 - Modern laser systems have proven to be versatile heat sources for active thermographic testing applications. Compared to more traditional light sources, e.g. flash or halogen lamps, their output power can be easily modulated at high rates, allowing a wide variety of complex excitations to be realized. Although their total optical output power can be theoretically scaled to arbitrary values, the maximum output power is practically limited by many factors: the maximum power that the sample under test can absorb without altering the lighted surface itself, the trade-off between power density and inspected area, the cost of the laser system, etc. Furthermore, when working with spatial modulator systems, the output power could be limited to avoid provoking any damages on such devices. Nevertheless, to guarantee sufficient heating even for highly thermally conductive materials and/or deeply buried defects, the heating times can be extended, e.g., either by using step heating, long pulse thermography, or by lock-in thermography with a continuously modulated heating. However, for all these approaches, the ranging capabilities of the thermographic defect detection are reduced due to the limited frequency content of the excitation. To tackle this problem, i.e. to increase the excitation energy while preserving its frequency content, new approaches have been developed in the last two decades, among which the use of coded excitations combined with pulse-compression, and the use of multiple lock-in analysis or of a frequency modulated excitation signal. The challenges of such temporally structured heating techniques are manifold, for example, the DC component inherent in optical heating must be taken into account. In general, a wider frequency bandwidth or greater variability of the frequency components also means greater complexity for signal generation and data processing. In this paper, temporal structured excitation schemes with different degrees of complexity are compared on a high power laser system. T2 - 17th Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Conference (QIRT) CY - Zagreb, Croatia DA - 01.07.2024 KW - Thermography KW - Laser KW - NDT KW - Temporal structuring KW - Pulse-compression PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60563 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sunder, S. A1 - Jauregui Rozo, Maria A1 - Inasu, S. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Ruckdäschel, H. T1 - A systematic investigation of the transfer of polyphosphate/inorganic silicate flame retardants from epoxy resins to layered glass fiber-reinforced composites and their post-furnace flexural properties N2 - The systematic transfer of solvent-free, additive flame retardant (FR) formulations from epoxy resins to glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composites (GFRECs) through prepregs is difficult. Additionally, obtaining data on their post-fire mechanics is often challenging. Utilizing melamine polyphosphate (MPP), ammonium polyphosphate (APP), and silane-coated ammonium polyphosphate (SiAPP) FRs with low-melting inorganic silicates (InSi) in an 8:2 proportion and 10% loading by weight in a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) resin, a systematic investigation of the processing properties, room-temperature mechanics, and temperature-based mechanics of the systems was performed. The resin was cured with a dicyandiamide hardener (DICY) and a urone accelerator. The results revealed no substantial impact of these FRs at the current loading on the resin's glass transition temperature or processability. However, the fire residues from cone calorimetry tests of the composites containing FRs were found to be only 15-20% of the thickness of the resins, implying a suppression of intumescence upon transfer. At room temperature, the decrease in the flexural modulus for the composites containing FRs was negligible. Exposure of the composites in a furnace at 400°C as a preliminary study before ignition tests was shown to cause significant flexural moduli reductions after 2.5 min of exposure and complete delamination after 3 min making further testing unviable. This study emphasizes the need for future research on recovering modes of action upon transfer of FR formulations from resins to composites. Based on the challenges outlined in this investigation, sample adaptation methods for post-fire analysis will be developed in a future study. KW - DGEBA KW - Prepregs KW - Glass fiber-reinforced composites KW - Post-fire testing PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-605239 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.28416 SN - 1548-0569 SN - 0272-8397 VL - 45 IS - 10 SP - 9389 EP - 9406 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-60523 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rockel, Daniel A1 - Sanchez Olivares, G. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Improving the Flame Retardancy of Aluminium Trihydroxide in Thermoplastic Starch Biocomposites Using Waste Fibers and Silicon-Based Synergists N2 - The synergistic behavior of different silicon compounds is investigated in flame retardant biocomposites with aluminum trihydroxide (ATH) as the main flame retardant. The paper shows a new approach towards sustainable biocomposites through the implementation of thermoplastic starch (TPS), leather fibers from industrial waste streams, and non-hazardous flame retardants and synergists. In these multicomponent systems, the different components address different modes of action in the fire scenario. When ATH is partially substituted by glass frits or layered silicates, fire performance is enhanced without changing the total amount of filler in the polymer. In a biocomposite with 25 phr of fiber and 90 phr of ATH, substituting 5 phr of ATH for layered silicates increased the LOI from 31.5 vol % to 34.8 vol %, decreased the peak of heat release by 20%, and increased the UL 94 rating from V-1 to V-0. KW - Biocomposites KW - Sustainability KW - Waste streams KW - Flame retardancy KW - Synergism KW - Modes of action PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-605711 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00053 SN - 2837-1445 VL - 1 IS - 6 SP - 1131 EP - 1145 PB - ACS AN - OPUS4-60571 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sunder, Sruthi T1 - Investigating the trade-off effects of inorganic phosphate/silicate flame retardant (FR) content on the fire performance and post fire flexural mechanics of epoxy/glass fiber composites N2 - Considering the existing challenges involved in the transfer of flame retardant (FR) formulations from epoxy (EP) resins to glass fiber reinforced composites (GFRCs), obtaining data on the post-fire flexural properties of such composites is even more challenging as this involves balancing test parameters with potential composite delamination. In this study, solvent-free FR additives: ammonium polyphosphate (APP), and inorganic silicate (InSi) were added at 10, 30% and 50% w/w loading to a Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (DGEBA)-dicyandiamide (DICY)-Urone resin matrix. These resin formulations were transferred to bidirectional (BD) glass fiber composites via prepregs. A novel, but facile approach was developed to prepare the composite samples for furnace tests at 400 oC. The composites were also subjected to fire exposure at different heat fluxes and times via a bench-scale test and subsequently tested via three-point bending. At approximately 3.5% P content, the FRs significantly improve the fire performance of both the resins and composites. However, they also degrade the systems’ pre- and postfire flexural modulus and strength. Therefore, improving the flame-retardant mode of action of the FRs in the composites, contrastingly reduces their structural integrity post-fire leading to a trade-off effect. T2 - ECCM21 – 21st European Conference on Composite Materials CY - Nantes, France DA - 02.07.2024 KW - Flame retardants KW - Post-fire KW - Epoxy KW - Glass fiber composites KW - Prepregs PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60795 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sunder, S. A1 - Jauregui Rozo, Maria A1 - Inasu, S. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Ruckdäschel, H. T1 - Investigating the changing dynamics of processing, temperature-based mechanics, and flame retardancy in the transfer of ammonium polyphosphate/inorganic silicate flame retardants from epoxy resins to glass fiber composites N2 - Although numerous investigations study the improvement of flame retardancy of epoxy resins using additives, maintaining the flame retardant (FRs) modes of action present in the resins upon transfer to composites is challenging. In this study, ammonium polyphosphate (APP) and inorganic silicate (InSi) are loaded at 10%, 30%, and 50% by weight, in a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) resin cured with dicyandiamide and transferred to bidirectional (BD) glass fiber (GF) composites. Although a 50% loading of the FRs impacts the curing kinetics of the resin system, the effect on the glass transition temperature of the resin system remains negligible compared to reactive FRs in the state of the art integrated into the resin's chemical structure. Increasing the FR content improved the heat release characteristics in both the resins and composites. However, the charring mode of action is completely suppressed in the formulation with 10% APP + InSi. A 30% concentration of the FRs restored the charring action in the composite and the GFs provide increased protective layer action upon transfer to the composites. This study highlights the importance of accounting for the changing dynamics related to processing and flame retardancy upon transferring FRs from resins to composites. KW - Composites KW - Flame retardance KW - Resins KW - Synthesis and processing techniques PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-610484 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/app.55988 SN - 1097-4628 VL - 141 IS - 39 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Wiley CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-61048 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hicke, Konstantin T1 - Fibre Optic Sensing @BAM N2 - The profile of division 8.6 Fibre Optic Sensors is shown, underlining specific competencies and know-how. Furthermore, several current application examples of the use of distributed fiber optic sensing for condition and state monitoring are presented. T2 - Visit and technical tour of OECD/NEA CODAP working group led by Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 19.09.2024 KW - Distributed fiber optic sensing KW - Condition monitoring KW - Geomonitoring KW - Structural health monitoring KW - Embedded fiber optic sensor PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61080 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas T1 - New Approaches for Mechanized Rail Testing N2 - The changes in the use and maintenance of track systems poses new challenges for the periodic mechanized in-service testing of rails using ultrasound and eddy current. The methods currently applied have been used since decades with only minor changes. To face the new challenges generated by modern drive systems, higher speeds, heavier loads adapted techniques have to be developed to detect new defect types and artefacts generated by new production methods. Especially the area where rolling contact fatigue takes place is under focus. Going beyond the standard conventional ultrasound setups used since the 1950 enables a more detailed detection and classification of rail defects and size estimation. Eddy current methods are applied for surface crack detection and head check depth quantification at the gauge corner of railway tracks. An extension of the tested zone to the running surface uncloses rail defect signal types other than head checks to be detected and estimated in type and size. For the automated evaluation of the recorded data algorithms based on artificial intelligence being trained based on simulation will be applied. Typically, the testing parameter vary depending on the track condition and the probe wear. To identify variables and parameters which have a significant influence on the overall performance of the test run modelling of the setup can be used. Actual developments will be presented in this talk T2 - WCNDT 2024 CY - Incheom, Korea DA - 27.05.2024 KW - Railway KW - Ultrasound KW - Simulation KW - Eddy current KW - Artificial intelligence PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61033 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lu, Xin A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Configuration simplification and data reduction in a DAS system for monitoring large infrastructures N2 - The distributed acoustic sensor based on an imbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a 3×3 coupler is simplified by using a balanced detector instead of three identical photodetectors. The obtained data is reduced by two third accordingly. T2 - Optica Sensing Congress 2024 CY - Toulouse, France DA - 15.07.2024 KW - Data reduction KW - Distributed fiber optic sensing KW - System simplification PY - 2024 SP - 1 EP - 2 PB - Optica CY - Washington D.C., USA AN - OPUS4-60840 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lu, Xin T1 - Configuration simplification and data reduction in a DAS system for monitoring large infrastructures N2 - The distributed acoustic sensor based on an imbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a 3×3 coupler is simplified by using a balanced detector instead of three identical photodetectors. The obtained data is reduced by two third accordingly. T2 - Optica Sensing Congress 2024 CY - Toulouse, France DA - 15.07.2024 KW - Distributed fiber sensing KW - System simplification KW - Data reduction PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60841 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schartel, Bernhard ED - Morgan, A. B. ED - Wilkie, C. A. T1 - Multi-Component Flame-Retardant Systems N2 - Applying synergistic multicomponent systems is often key to efficient flame retardancy. Different flame retardants are combined or used together with fillers, adjuvants, or synergists to enhance their efficiency, reduce the worsening of other properties, or reduce the costs. Further, fibres and other reinforcing fillers contribute to fire properties crucially. Although the main flame-retardant modes of action are known, the scientific understanding usually falls short, when it comes to complex multicomponent systems, the crucial tiny optimizations, or quantifying in terms of specific fire properties. This book chapter illuminates the need for the multicomponent approach, the concept of synergistic flame retardants, and the main phenomena. Multicomponent systems are discussed in their capacity as general powerful strategy for achieving and optimizing future flame retardant polymeric materials. KW - Flame retardants KW - Flame retardancy KW - Synergy KW - Composites PY - 2024 SN - 978-1-0324-5754-3 SN - 978-1-0324-6233-2 SN - 978-1-0033-8068-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003380689 SP - 330 EP - 359 PB - CRC Press CY - Boca Raton ET - 3rd AN - OPUS4-60843 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schartel, Bernhard ED - Morgan, A. B. ED - Wilkie, C. A. T1 - Uses of Fire Tests for Flame-Retardant Material Development N2 - Innovation and scientific progress are often located in the synthesis of new flame retardants or in the compounding of new composites. Thus, although nearly everyone applies fire tests to ascertain the flame retardancy achieved, regular, cost-efficient fire testing is preferred, sometimes its reliability and meaningfulness are questioned. The goal of this revised chapter is to inspire the exploitation of the potential of fire testing beyond a soulless pass-and-fail or isolated number rating. Recommendations are given as to how fire behaviour can be investigated and how data can be evaluated faithfully and meaningfully. Backgrounds and benchmarks are discussed as thought-provoking impulses which could allow bench-scale fire testing to be exploited as a vital basis and powerful tool for science-based development. KW - Fire behaviour KW - Flammability KW - Flame retardancy KW - Flame retardant modes of action KW - Flame retardants KW - Fire scenarios KW - Ignition KW - Developing fire KW - Fire tests KW - Cone calorimeter KW - Petrella plot PY - 2024 SN - 978-1-0324-5754-3 SN - 978-1-0324-6233-2 SN - 978-1-0033-8068-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003380689-17 SP - 360 EP - 385 PB - CRC Press CY - Boca Raton ET - 3rd AN - OPUS4-60845 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sunder, Sruthi A1 - Jauregui Rozo, Maria A1 - Ruckdäschel, Holger A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Investigating the trade-off effects of inorganic phosphate/silicate flame retardant content on the fire performance and post-fire flexural mechanics of epoxy/glass fiber composites N2 - Considering the existing challenges involved in the transfer of flame retardant (FR) formulations from epoxy (EP) resins to glass fiber reinforced composites (GFRCs), obtaining data on the post-fire flexural properties of such composites is even more challenging as this involves balancing test parameters with potential composite delamination. In this study, solvent-free FR additives: ammonium polyphosphate (APP), and inorganic silicate (InSi) were added at 10, 30% and 50% w/w loading to a Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (DGEBA)-dicyandiamide (DICY)-Urone resin matrix. These resin formulations were transferred to bidirectional (BD) glass fiber composites via prepregs. A novel, but facile approach was developed to prepare the composite samples for furnace tests at 400 oC. The composites were also subjected to fire exposure at different heat fluxes and times via a bench-scale test and subsequently tested via three-point bending. At approximately 3.5% P content, the FRs significantly improve the fire performance of both the resins and composites. However, they also degrade the systems’ pre- and postfire flexural modulus and strength. Therefore, improving the flame-retardant mode of action of the FRs in the composites, contrastingly reduces their structural integrity post-fire leading to a trade-off effect. T2 - ECCM21 – 21st European Conference on Composite Materials CY - Nantes, France DA - 02.07.2024 KW - Flame retardants KW - Post-fire KW - Epoxy KW - Glass fiber composites KW - Prepregs PY - 2024 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-60788 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Jauregui Rozo, Maria A1 - Sunder, Sruthi A1 - Ruckdäschel, Holger A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Weaving Through Fire And Force: Fire Behavior and Modes of Action between Epoxy Resin and Glass Fiber Composites N2 - This project aims to investigate the fire behavior, fire stability, and modes of action in flame retardancy of phosphorus-based flame-retardant polymeric materials in fiber-reinforced composites and compare them to epoxy resins. T2 - BASF International Summer Course 2024 CY - Ludwigshafen, Germany DA - 04.08.2024 KW - Flame retardants KW - Fire behavior KW - Fire stability PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60790 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fürst, Richard T1 - Behaviour of textile-reinforced concrete structures at elevated temperatures N2 - Presentation of the dissertation thesis about textile-reinforced concrete structures at elevated temperatures. The presentation at the conference was requested as a part of the award ceremony for the best dissertation thesis within the WTA Young Professional Awards. T2 - WTA Days 2024 CY - Brünn, Czech Republic DA - 14.03.2024 KW - Textile-reinforced concrete KW - Fire KW - Fire resistance KW - HPC KW - Epoxy resin PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60812 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Häßler, Dustin A1 - Becker, Andreas A1 - Fürst, Richard A1 - Hothan, Sascha ED - Simões da Silva, Luís ED - Vila Real, Paulo ED - Santiago, Aldina ED - Craveiro, Hélder ED - Laim, Luís T1 - Fire resistance testing of steel tension members with hollow section protected by intumescent coating N2 - This book presents the proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference Structures in Fire. The conference took place at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal, from 19 to 21 June 2024, under the auspices of the SIF movement. Structural fire safety is a crucial aspect of the design of buildings and infrastructures. Significant advances in research have increased the knowledge on this topic. However, until the 1990s, there were few forums for structural fire engineers to exchange ideas and share research findings. SIF (Structures in Fire) specialised workshop series was conceived in the late 1990s and the “First International SIF Workshop” was held in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000, followed by workshops in Christchurch, New Zealand (2002), Ottawa, Canada (2004) and Aveiro, Portugal (2006). The series of workshops evolved into conferences and the 2008 event in Singapore was the fifth International Conference on Structures in Fire. This was followed by events in East Lansing, USA (2010), Zurich, Switzerland (2012), Shanghai, China (2014), New Jersey, USA (2016), Belfast, UK (2018), Brisbane, Australia (2020) and Hong Kong, China (2022). Information about previous conferences, including complete proceedings, can be found at www.structuresinfire.com. The main mission of SIF conferences is to provide an opportunity for researchers and engineers from the global structural fire engineering community to participate, share and discuss the recent findings, innovations and developments with their peers in an open and international forum. Following the great success of the previous International Conferences, the University of Coimbra was selected to host the 13th International Conference on Structures in Fire. As with most of the recent conferences, the number of papers submitted far exceeds the number of papers that can be accommodated in the three-day programme, even with two parallel sessions. SIF 2024 received 249 abstracts before the deadline and accepted 172 abstracts after the review process by at least three reviewers from the scientific committee. These proceedings represent 132 full papers, collectively representing the state of the art in fundamental knowledge and practical application of structures in fire. Forty-two countries from around the globe have contributed to them. The papers are grouped into the following research topics: Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, Composite Structures in Fire, Concrete Structures in Fire, Timber Structures in Fire, Masonry Structures in Fire, Steel Structures in Fire, Experimental Research of Structures in Fire, Numerical Modelling of Structures in Fire, Other Topics Related to Structures in Fire. Finally, the Organizing Committee would like to thank the continuous support from the SIF Steering Committee chaired by Prof Jean-Marc Franssen. We also would like to thank to the Scientific Committee chaired by Prof Paulo Vila Real, the authors and all the supporting staff (and volunteer team) from the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) in Coimbra, for making SIF 2024 a successful conference. DA - 19.06.2024 KW - Fire resistance KW - Fire test KW - Intumescent coating KW - Steel KW - Tension member PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.30779/cmm_SIF24 SP - 1173 EP - 1183 PB - CMM – Portuguese Steelwork Association AN - OPUS4-60815 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hicke, Konstantin A1 - Lu, Xin A1 - Chruscicki, Sebastian A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Measurement of Slowly Changing and Quasi-Static Strain Signals for Ground Motion Monitoring Applications using Distributed Acoustic Sensing N2 - The suitability of wavelength-scanning COTDR for distributed dynamic strain sensing (DAS) along buried fiber cables for long-term geotechnical monitoring applications is demonstrated by experiments showing the method’s capability to demodulate slowly varying and quasi-static signals. T2 - Optica Sensing Congress 2024 CY - Toulouse, France DA - 15.07.2024 KW - Ground motion KW - Ground movement monitoring KW - Distributed fiber optic sensing KW - Quasi-static signals KW - Geomonitoring PY - 2024 SP - 1 EP - 2 PB - Optica CY - Washington D.C., USA AN - OPUS4-60816 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hicke, Konstantin T1 - Measurement of Slowly Changing and Quasi-Static Strain Signals for Ground Motion Monitoring Applications using Distributed Acoustic Sensing N2 - The suitability of wavelength-scanning COTDR for distributed dynamic strain sensing (DAS) along buried fiber cables for long-term geotechnical monitoring applications is demonstrated by experiments showing the method’s capability to demodulate slowly varying and quasi-static signals T2 - Optica Sensing Congress 2024 CY - Toulouse, France DA - 15.07.2024 KW - Distributed acoustic sensing KW - Ground movement monitoring KW - Geomonitoring KW - Quasi-static signals KW - Distributed fiber optic sensing PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60817 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Burkert, Andreas T1 - Technik, Teamwork und Wirksamkeit - Ein Berufsleben als Ingenieur für die technische Sicherheit N2 - Der Vortrag beleuchtet verschiedene Aspekte einer ingenieurtechnischen Tätigkeit zur Gewährleistung der technischen Sicherheit. Er gibt Einblicke in die unterschiedlichen Herausforderungen und die Komplexität der Aufgabenstellungen. An Beispielen wird dargestellt, wie die Ergebnisse der Tätigkeit für die Gesellschaft wirksam werden. T2 - Tag der Technik CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.07.2024 KW - Atmosphärische Korrosion KW - Korrosionsversuche KW - Korrosionsschäden KW - Korrosionsschutz PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60636 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yagdjian, H. A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Gurka, M. T1 - Application of the thermal shock response spectrum (TSRS) methodology to various forms of heat sources by pulse thermography and comparison by using a rotating line scan contour search algorithm N2 - In this paper, we propose a novel contour search algorithm (CSA) for image processing. Its efficacy is evaluated through a comparative analysis with established techniques such as Canny Edge and Snakes: Active contour models, utilizing infrared thermography (IRT) images. Based on the new CSA, we investigate the influence of different pulse shapes on the IRT post-processing methodology, particularly focusing on the thermal shock response spectrum (TSRS), using two different heat sources: xenon flash lamps and a laser. Moreover, this allows for a more precise quantitative comparison of the TSRS with existing IRT post-processing techniques, including pulse phase thermography and thermal signal reconstruction, concerning the detection of defects in composite materials, particularly in carbon fiber-reinforced polymer. A quantitative comparison was performed using the Tanimoto criterion and signal-to-noise ratio. A more detailed analysis is conducted to identify inherent limitations and potential benefits of the new TSRS methodology. We further investigate and experimentally confirm our previous finding on the qualitative correlation between the one-dimensional thermal N-layer model and test data from the TSRS optimization process for defect determination. This correlation can eliminate the time-consuming optimization step, making TSRS a more attractive alternative to common IRT methods and enhancing the quantitative description of defects. KW - Thermography KW - Non-destructive testing KW - NDT KW - Defect identification KW - Laser KW - Contour search PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-615056 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0232015 SN - 1089-7550 VL - 136 IS - 175101 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-61505 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jauregui Rozo, Maria A1 - Sunder, S: A1 - Ruckdäschel, H. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Char, gas, and action: Transfer of the flame-retardant modes of action in epoxy resins and their fiber-reinforced composites N2 - Flame retardants are often developed for epoxy resins and then transferred into their fiber-reinforced composites with uncertain results. Understanding this transfer in detail represents a critical scientific challenge. This study systematically compares epoxy resins with their glass-fiber reinforced composites, focusing on bisphenol A diglycidyl ether with the hardener dicyandiamide, the flame retardants melamine polyphosphate, ammonium polyphosphate, and silane ammonium polyphosphate, along with inorganic silicate. The research investigates changes in pyrolysis (thermogravimetry), flammability (UL 94, limiting oxygen index), and fire behavior (cone calorimeter) while also examining the flame-retardant modes of action and overall fire performance. The findings reveal that alterations in the amount of fuel, thermal properties, melt flow, and protective layer significantly impact ignition, flammability, and fire load, with a critical reduction in carbonaceous char within the composites preventing intumescence. This study quantifies the effects and provides a fundamental scientific understanding of the complex transfer process of flame retardants from resins to composites, offering essential insights that are of major importance for developing more effective flame-retardant materials. KW - Glas fibers KW - Epoxy resins KW - Fire behavior KW - Flammability KW - Composites KW - Flame retardants PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-615371 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2024.108610 SN - 0142-9418 SN - 1873-2348 VL - 140 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-61537 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yagdjian, H. A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien A1 - Hirsch, Philipp Daniel A1 - Gurka, M. T1 - Optimization of thermal shock response spectrum as infrared thermography post-processing methodology using Latin hypercube sampling and analytical thermal N-layer model N2 - In this work, we continue to develop and investigate the Thermal Shock Response Spectrum (TSRS) method as an alternative data processing method for infrared thermography (IRT). We focus on improving the current TSRS algorithm and present an optimization methodology for finding the optimal thermal Q-factor and characteristic frequency pair, which is based on the widely applied random sampling method. We show the qualitative relationship between the determined optimal characteristic frequency and the corresponding maximum difference in diffusion length between reference and defective models, as calculated by selecting a specific one-dimensional thermal N-layer model. The investigations were performed on an inhomogeneous plate made of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) with artificial square defects at different depths. Furthermore, two different heat sources were used: a xenon flash lamp and a laser. These sources are not only distinct by their underlying physics but also generate inherently different pulse shapes. To quantitatively estimate the contrast between defect and non-defect areas, and to compare these results with commonly used infrared thermography (IRT) data postprocessing methods such as Pulse Phase Thermography (PPT) and Thermographic Signal Reconstruction (TSR), the Tanimoto criterion (TC) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were used. KW - infrared thermography KW - Composite materials KW - TSRS optimization KW - Defect identification KW - Heat source shape KW - N-layers model KW - Latin Hypercube Sampling PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-614283 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2024.105582 SN - 1350-4495 VL - 143 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-61428 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien T1 - Super-Resolution Thermografie - Defektauflösung jenseits klassischer Limits N2 - Die laserbasierte aktive thermografische Prüfung als berührungslose Methode der zerstörungsfreien Werkstoffprüfung basiert auf der aktiven Erwärmung des Testobjekts (OuT) und Messung des resultierenden Temperaturanstiegs mit einer Infrarotkamera. Dadurch bedingt können systematische Abweichungen vom vorhergesagten Erwärmungsverhalten Aufschluss über dessen innere Struktur geben. Jedoch ist das Auflösungsvermögen für innenliegende Defekte durch die diffusive Natur der Wärmeleitung in Festkörpern begrenzt. Thermografische Super-Resolution (SR)-Methoden zielen darauf ab, diese Limitation durch die Kombination mehrerer Messungen mit jeweils unterschiedlicher strukturierter Erwärmung und mathematischer Optimierungsmethoden zu überwinden. Nachdem die Methode bisher experimentell fast ausschließlich auf eindimensionale Messbereiche (ROIs) beschränkt war, zielt diese Arbeit auf eine Erweiterung zur Prüfung zweidimensionaler ROIs mit arbiträren Defektverteilungen bei erträglicher experimenteller Komplexität ab. Ziel ist es, durch die Weiterentwicklung des Technologie-Reifegrades (TRL) den Technologietransfer zur industriellen Anwendung zu ermöglichen. KW - Thermografie KW - Laser KW - ZfP KW - Super-Resolution KW - DLP KW - DMD PY - 2024 UR - https://www.dgzfp.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ZfP-Magazin-191.pdf SN - 1616-069X VL - 191 SP - 42 EP - 46 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-61366 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lengas, Nikolaos A1 - Müller, Karsten A1 - Schlick‐Hasper, Eva A1 - Neitsch, Marcel A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Zehn, Manfred W. T1 - Drop Test Simulation of Packaging for Dangerous Goods: An Investigation of Appropriate Drop Height Adjustment in Case of Deviating Packaging Gross Mass N2 - In the approval process of dangerous goods packagings, drop tests onto a flat, essentially unyielding surface are used to assess resistance against mechanical damage. International adopted regulations like ADR and RID define filling good dependent drop heights and filling degrees whilst the user needs to define the maximum gross mass to be tested and approved. Maximum packaging gross mass is defined conservatively and not reached in practice. To meet the defined gross mass in testing, using additives is permitted. However, in some cases, additives are not desirable due to packaging design or filling substance properties. This leads to deviations from the initial gross mass definition. Hence, a certain drop height adjustment is necessary to achieve the required impact loading. Laboratories frequently adjust drop height assuming a perfectly elastic collision that is inaccurate. Appropriate adjustment is not trivial due to energy conversion processes, for example, plastic deformation. In this work, a test stand KW - Corrugated fibreboard box KW - Dangerous goods packagings KW - Drop test KW - Impact target KW - Mechanical response KW - Structural dynamics PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-614138 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2858 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-61413 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Yagdjian, H. T1 - Application of the Thermal Shock Response Spectrum (TSRS) methodology to various forms of heat sources by impulse thermography N2 - In this paper, we investigate the influence of different heat source pulse shapes by Infrared impulse thermography (IRT) on the results of the thermal shock response spectrum (TSRS) methodology. TSRS is a new alternative approach for evaluating impulse thermography (IRT) data based on an analogy to Shock Response Spectrum (SRS) analysis (ISO 18431) for mechanical systems. It allows processing the entire recorded signal without truncating the saturated thermogram, as in pulse-phase thermography (PPT) or thermal signal reconstruction (TSR). For this purpose, we use a widespread halogen lamp as heat source as well as laser spot. The laser source enables not only to generate a precise shape of the pulse, but also to heat a specific area of the sample uniformly. This makes it possible to suppress influences of lateral fluxes due to uneven distribution of the excitation source on the surface of the specimen and leads to improved results. In order to quantitatively compare the results and to investigate the possible influence of the source shape on the TSRS, the Tanimoto criterion and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were applied to the region of interest (ROI) of the carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminate with artificial defects as defect detectability criterion. T2 - Jahrestaung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) 2024 CY - Osnabrück, Germany DA - 06.05.2024 KW - Thermal shock response KW - Laser KW - ZfP KW - Post-processing KW - Thermografie PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60158 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goller, Sebastian M. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Krüger, Simone T1 - Phosphorus features halogen –calcium hypophosphite replaces antimony trioxide, reduces smoke, and improves flame retardancy N2 - Replacing antimony trioxide (ATO) in flame retardant formulations is an urgent task due to its toxicity. There are indications that calcium hypophosphite (CaP) may be a promising replacement. This study investigates the decomposition, fire behavior, and smoke release of brominated flame-retarded acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) under various fire scenarios like ignition, developing fire and smoldering, while replacing ATO with CaP and CaP/talc. Adding 4 wt.-% of talc to CaP formulations showed beneficial effects on flammability due to changes in the viscosity and barrier properties. Synergism between 8 wt.-% talc and CaP improved the protective layer in the developing fire scenario, resulting in a ∼60 % decrease in the peak of heat release rate and reduction of ∼21 % in total smoke production (ref. ABS+Br+ATO). With a conventional index of toxicity (CIT) of below 0.75, ABS+Br+CaP passes the highest requirements according to EN 45545-2. Overall, the CaP/talc materials improve flame retardancy, show less smoke emission under forced flaming conditions, and prevent chronic intoxication and environmental pollution through smoke particles contaminated with antimony. KW - Smoke KW - Flame retardancy KW - Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene KW - Calcium hypophosphite KW - Antimony trioxide PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2024.179764 SN - 0040-6031 VL - 737 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-60063 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien T1 - New methods of thermographic super resolution with structured laser heating N2 - Thermographic NDT is based on the interaction of thermal waves with inhomogeneities. The propagation of thermal waves from the heat source to the inhomogeneity and to the detection surface according to the thermal diffusion equation leads to the fact that two closely spaced defects can be incorrectly detected as one defect in the measured thermogram. In order to break this spatial resolution limit (super resolution), the combination of spatially structured heating and numerical methods of compressed sensing can be used. The improvement of the spatial resolution for defect detection then depends in the classical sense directly on the number of measurements. Current practical implementations of this super resolution detection still suffer from long measurement times, since not only the achievable resolution depends on performing multiple measurements, but due to the use of single spot laser sources or laser arrays with low pixel count, also the scanning process itself is quite slow. With the application of most recent high-power digital micromirror device (DMD) based laser projector technology this issue can now be overcome. Our studies deal with the application of fully 2D-structured DMD-based excitation and subsequent super-resolution-based defect reconstruction. We analyze the influence of different testing parameters, like the number of measurements or the white content of the excitation pattern. Furthermore, we have dealt with the choice of parameters in the reconstruction that have an influence on the underlying minimization problem in terms of compressed sensing. Finally, the results of the super resolution reconstruction are compared with the results based on conventional thermographic testing methods. T2 - 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT) CY - Incheon, Korea DA - 27.05.2024 KW - Thermography KW - Laser KW - NDT KW - Super-Resolution KW - DLP KW - DMD PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60171 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lecompagnon, Julien T1 - New options for finding defects on and below the surface using structured laser thermography N2 - In infrared thermography, the interaction of the heat flow with the internal geometry or inhomogeneities in a sample and their effect on the transient temperature distribution is used, e.g., to detect defects non-destructively. An equivalent way of describing this is the propagation of thermal waves inside the sample. Although thermography is suitable for a wide range of inhomogeneities and materials, the fundamental limitation is the diffuse nature of thermal waves and the need to measure their effect radiometrically at the sample surface only. The crucial difference between diffuse thermal waves and propagating waves, as they occur, e.g., in ultrasound, is the rapid degradation of spatial resolution with increasing defect depth. This degradation usually limits the applicability of thermography for finding small defects on and below the surface. A promising approach to improve the spatial resolution and thus the detection sensitivity and reconstruction quality of the thermographic technique lies in the shaping of these diffuse thermal wave fields using structured laser thermography. Some examples are: • Narrow crack-like defects below the surface can be detected with high sensitivity by superimposing several interfering thermal wave fields, • Defects very close to each other can be separated by multiple measurements with varying heating structures, • Defects at different depths can be distinguished by an optimized temporal shaping of the thermal excitation function, • Narrow cracks on the surface can be found by robotic scanning with focused laser spots. We present the latest results of this technology obtained with high-power laser systems and modern numerical methods. T2 - 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT) CY - Incheon, Korea DA - 27.05.2024 KW - Thermography KW - Laser KW - NDT KW - Super-Resolution KW - DLP KW - DMD PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60172 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Fire Behaviour and Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials N2 - Lecture-like introduction in the topic. Fundamental aspects are discussed: Burning of polymers, fire risks, pyrolysis, combustion in the flame, physical chemistry of ignition, flame spread and steady state burning, flame retardancy mechanisms and groups of flame retardants, fire hazards (smoke, toxic products) and environmental concerns, fire testing. T2 - International Combustion Institute Summer School on Near-Wall Reactive Flows CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 10.06.2024 KW - Flame retardants KW - Fire behaviour PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60246 LA - eng 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 working principle 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 - Underground gas storage KW - Distributed fiber sensing KW - Geothermal borehole KW - Ground movement KW - Leakage detection KW - Structure health monitoring PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60146 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -