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NDE of foundations
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This talk teaches the basic princioles and applications of NDT methods for deep foundations, sprecifically piles. A variety of testing methods are discussed (integrity testing, ultrasonic crosshole logging, parallel seismic and others). Capabilities and limitations are given as well as specific hints for practical use.
The use of composite materials has been steadily growing during the last decades, as well as the requirements on quality, mechanical properties and geometries of the parts. Some processes, like the 3D UV pultrusion process, manufacture parts that are long and thin, whilst having a varying curvature radius along the same part or even no curvature at all. Studying their mechanical properties along the main fiber direction, which is of foremost interest, is not an easy task nor efficient with most nondestructive methods. The use of air-coupled ultrasonics to evaluate the properties of composite materials has been widely proved by several authors, mainly using guided waves that provide information on the orthotropic properties of this kind of materials. Most of this work has focused on analyzing straight plate-like geometries, due to the simplicity to generate desired Lamb modes in the plate and analyze the behavior of guided waves inside the plate. In our contribution, the differences in the propagation of Lamb waves for straight and curved geometry glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP) have been analyzed. A GFRP test sample cured with UV light with one straight and one curved area has been evaluated. The responses of the generated Lamb wave modes for the straight and curved geometries have been compared, accounting for variations in the transducer characteristics, e.g. resonance behavior and focusing.
In civil engineering, many structures are made of reinforced concrete. Most Degradation processes relevant to this material, e.g., corrosion, are related to an increased level of material moisture.
Therefore, moisture monitoring in reinforced concrete is regarded as a crucial method for structural health monitoring. In this study, passive radio frequency identification (RFID)-based sensors are embedded into the concrete. They are well suited for long-term operation over decades and are well protected against harsh environmental conditions. The energy supply and the data transfer of the humidity sensors are provided by RFID. The sensor casing materials are optimised to withstand the high alkaline environment in concrete, having pH values of more than 12. Membrane materials are also investigated to identify materials capable of enabling water vapour transport from the porous cement matrix to the embedded humidity sensor. By measuring the corresponding relative humidity with embedded passive RFID-based sensors, the cement hydration is monitored for 170 days.
Moreover, long-term moisture monitoring is performed for more than 1000 days. The Experiments show that embedded passive RFID-based sensors are highly suitable for long-term structural health monitoring in civil engineering.
Recently, various guided wave tomography algorithms have been developed to map structural changes from remote locations. The focus has been on structures made of isotropic materials and little work has been done on structures made of anisotropic materials. Primary complication to implement tomography in composite laminates is associated with the complex forward model to accurately simulate the 3-D guided wave propagation. In this study, we demonstrate that guided wave propagation can be approximated by an equivalent 2-D acoustic model. It is based on finite-difference discretization method in which the wave-field is parameterized by phase velocity and dimensionless anisotropic parameters. The reconstruction of defects is based on a full-waveform inversion algorithm and was implemented on the data obtained from finite element simulations. Results on a localized stiffness defects in composite plates with various layups demonstrate the attractiveness of the proposed methodology.
Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Eigenschaften der photonenzählenden und spektralauflösenden Detektortechnik und möglichen Anwendungsgebieten in der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung. Dabei wurden konventionelle und photonenzählende Detektortechniken hinsichtlich der Bildqualität und Anwendbarkeit bei unterschiedlichen Prüfaufgaben verglichen und untersucht, inwiefern sich die Energieschwellwertsetzung auf die erreichbare Bildqualität und eine Materialdiskriminierbarkeit bei verschiedenen radiographischen Verfahren auswirkt.
Anhand von Anwendungsbeispielen wurden diese Eigenschaften und deren Auswirkung auf das Messergebnis analysiert. Neben der Radiographie wurden auch dreidimensionale Verfahren wie CT und Laminographie berücksichtigt.
Als eine der wichtigsten Eigenschaften der photonenzählenden Detektortechnik wurden zunächst die Energieauflösung des photonenzählenden Detektors und die Homogenität der Energieantwort über größere Detektorbereiche bestimmt. Dabei stellte sich heraus, dass die Energieauflösung eines abgegrenzten Detektorbereichs ca. 32 % bei 60 keV beträgt und die Streuung in der Energieantwort der einzelnen Detektorbereiche ca. 12 % ausmacht, woraus sich eine Gesamtunsicherheit in der spektralen Detektorantwort von ca. 44 % ergibt. Die geringe Energieauflösung und das stark heterogene Verhalten der Detektorbereiche ergeben sich vor allem aus der Detektorelektronik, welche nur eine globale Energieschwellwertsetzung zulässt.
Trotz dieser Einschränkungen konnte demonstriert werden, dass auch konventionelle radiographische Verfahren, wie Radiographie oder CT, vom Einsatz der photonenzählenden Technik profitieren. So ist es mit dieser Technik möglich, bei sehr geringen Dosisleistungen (z.B. aufgrund der Durchstrahlung großer Wandstärken von dichten Materialien) noch sehr gute Bildqualitäten zu erreichen. Die hohe Dynamik und Kontrastempfindlichkeit dieser Technik begünstigen die Inspektion von Leichtbauwerkstoffen wie Faserverbunde, was anhand von Vergleichen mit herkömmlicher Detektortechnik und anderen ZfP-Verfahren gezeigt werden konnte. Daneben konnte durch den Einsatz der Energieschwellwertsetzung der Einfluss von nicht bildzeichnender Streustrahlung im Röntgenbild um bis zu 20 % reduziert werden. Die Auswirkungen von Aufhärtungseffekten in der CT konnten sogar um bis zu Faktor 1 000 (in der mittleren quadratischen Abweichung), im Vergleich zu herkömmlicher Detektortechnik, reduziert werden.
Der Einsatz von photonenzählender Detektortechnik mit Röntgenblitzröhren ist hingegen nicht sinnvoll, da aufgrund der hohen Photonendichte pro Puls und einer endlichen Totzeit des Detektors in der Größenordnung der Pulsbreite eines Blitzes nur ein geringes Signal detektiert werden kann.
Im Hinblick auf eine Materialdiskriminierbarkeit konnte demonstriert werden, dass im Fall einer Radiographie anhand der Energieschwellwertsetzung im Detektor eine materialstärkenunabhängige Diskriminierung zwischen zwei Materialien (hier: Al und Fe) erzielt werden kann. Unter Einsatz mehrerer Energiefenster und eines Verfahrens der explorativen und multivariaten Datenanalyse konnte eine materialaufgelöste CT eines Multi-Material-Phantoms erreicht werden, wobei die Schwächungskoeffizienten der enthaltenen Materialien im relevanten Energieberiech teilweise sehr dicht beieinander lagen.
Neben Radiographie und CT wurde auch die Möglichkeit einer materialaufgelösten Laminographie am Beispiel eines glasfaserverstärkten Rotorblatts untersucht. Anhand der Energieschwellwertsetzung war nicht nur eine eindeutige Trennung der Glasfasern von der Epoxidharzmatrix möglich, sondern auch eine signifikante Reduzierung der durch die Laminographie entstandenen Artefakte. Der damit verbundene Gewinn an Information führt zu einer verbesserten Aussagefähigkeit des Untersuchungsergebnisses, was letztendlich eine gesteigerte Betriebssicherheit zur Folge hat.
Die zerstörungsfreien Methoden zur Untersuchung und Charakterisierung von Materialien sowie zur Detektion von betriebsbedingten und herstellungsbedingten Fehlern mit akustischen und elektrischen Methoden werden vorgestellt. Schwerpunkt bilden die Ultraschall-, die Wirbelstrom- und die Streuflussprüfung. Die Verfahren werden anhand des Aufgabenspektrums des Fachbereiches 8.4 der BAM dargestellt.
Die Schwerpunktthemen für die Forschung der BAM im Bereich der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung werden vorgestellt. Es stehen die aktuellen Forschungsprojekte der Fachbereiche 8.1 bis 8.7 der Abteilung 8 und des Arbeitsgebietes Probabilistische Sicherheits- und Zuverlässigkeitsanalysen von Frau Dr. Bertovic sowie der Nachwuchsgruppe von Frau JProf. Dr. Kruschwitz im Vordergrund.
Crack detection in metallic samples at high surface temperature, hostile and hazardous environments, etc. is challenging situation in any manufacturing industries. Most of the present NDE methods are suitable only for lower surface temperatures, especially room temperature. In this situation, we need a fast and non-contact NDT method which can be applied even in high sample surface temperature. Laser thermography is one of the techniques having a high potential in non-contact inspection. As a preliminary investigation, in this article, we have studied the potentiality of laser line thermography in crack detection at room temperature. In laser line thermography, a continuous wave (CW) laser is used to generate a laser line, which in turn is used to scan the metal surface. The heat distribution over the sample surface is recorded by an infrared thermal (IR) camera. Two different approaches are reported in this work. Firstly, a stationary laser line source and its interaction with cracks; secondly, moving laser line source scanning over a surface with crack. When the distance between crack centre to laser line centre increases, crack detectability will decrease; and when laser power increases, crack detectability will increase. A dedicated image processing algorithm was developed to improve the detectability of the cracks. To understand the heat transfer phenomenon, a simplified 3D model for laser thermography was developed for the heat distribution during laser heating and was validated with experimental results. Defects were incorporated as a thermally thin resistive layer (TTRL) in numerical modeling, and the effect of TTRL in heat conduction is compared with experimental results.
Die thermografische ZfP basiert auf der Wechselwirkung von thermischen Wellen mit Inhomogenitäten. Diese Inhomogenitäten hängen mit der Probengeometrie oder der Materialzusammensetzung zusammen. Obwohl die Thermografie für ein breites Spektrum von Inhomogenitäten und Materialien geeignet ist, ist die grundlegende Einschränkung die diffuse Natur der thermischen Wellen und die Notwendigkeit, ihre Wirkung lediglich an der Probenoberfläche radiometrisch messen zu können. Die Ausbreitung der thermischen Wellen von der Wärmequelle über die Inhomogenität zur Detektionsoberfläche führt zu einer Verschlechterung des räumlichen Auflösungsvermögens der thermografischen Technik. Ein neuer konzertierter Ansatz auf Basis einer räumlich strukturierten Erwärmung und einer Joint Sparsity des Signalensembles ermöglicht eine verbesserte Rekonstruktion von Inhomogenitäten.
Im Beitrag wird die Implementierung dieses Ansatzes auf Basis einer strukturierten Beleuchtung mit einem 1D-Laser-Array vorgestellt. Die einzelnen Emitterzellen des Laser-Arrays werden durch ein pseudozufälliges Binärmuster gesteuert und zusätzlich leicht verschoben. Die wiederholte Messung dieser verschiedenen Konfigurationen bei gleichzeitig konstanter Inhomogenität ermöglicht eine Rekonstruktion der Inhomogenität unter Ausnutzung der Joint Sparsity.
Photothermal radiometry with an infrared camera allows the contactless temperature measurement of multiple surface pixels simultaneously. A short light pulse heats the sample. The heat propagates through the sample by diffusion and the corresponding temperature increase is measured at the samples surface by an infrared camera. The main drawback in radiometric imaging is the loss of the spatial resolution with increasing depth due to heat diffusion, which results in blurred images for deeper lying structures. We circumvent this information loss due to the diffusion process by using blind structured illumination, combined with a non-linear joint sparsity reconstruction algorithm.
X-ray reflectivity (XRR) is a powerful and popular scattering technique that can give valuable insight into the growth behavior of thin films. This study Shows how a simple artificial neural network model can be used to determine the thickness, roughness and density of thin films of different organic semiconductors [diindenoperylene, copper(II) phthalocyanine and alpha-sexithiophene] on silica from their XRR data with millisecond computation time and with minimal user input or a priori knowledge. For a large experimental data set of 372 XRR curves, it is shown that a simple fully connected model can provide good results with a mean absolute percentage error of 8–18% when compared with the results obtained by a genetic least mean squares fit using the classical Parratt formalism. Furthermore, current drawbacks and prospects for improvement are discussed.
Historians and librarians are interested in watermarks and mould surface patterns in historic papers, because they represent the “fingerprints” of antique papers. However, these features are usually covered or hidden by printing, writing or other media. Different techniques have been developed to extract the watermarks in the paper while avoiding interference from media on the paper. Beta radiography provides good results, but this method cannot be widely used because of radiation safety regulations and the long exposure times required due to weak isotope sources employed. In this work, two promising methods are compared which can be used to extract digital high-resolution images for paper watermarks and these are electron radiography and low energy X-ray radiography. For electron radiography a “sandwich” of a lead sheet, the paper object, and a film in a dark cassette, is formed and it is exposed at higher X-ray potentials (> 300 kV). The photoelectrons escaping from the lead sheet penetrate the paper and expose the film. After development, the film captures the watermark and mould surface pattern Images for the paper being investigated. These images are then digitized using an X-ray film digitizer. The film employed could potentially be replaced by a special type of imaging plate with a very thin protection layer to directly generate digital Images using computed radiography (CR). For the second method, a low energy X-ray source is used with the specimen paper placed on a digital detector array (DDA). This method directly generates a low energy digital radiography (DR) image. Both methods provide high quality images without interference from the printing media, and provide the potential to generate a “fingerprint”
database for historical papers. There were nevertheless found to be differences in the images obtained using the two methods.
The second method, using a low energy X-ray source, has the potential to be integrated in a portable device with a small footprint incorporating user safety requirements. Differences obtained using the two methods are shown and discussed.
The separation of two closely located defects in fields of Thermographic NDE is very challenging. The diffusive nature of thermal waves leads to a fundamental limitation in spatial resolution. Therefore, super resolution image reconstruction can be used.
The measured thermal waves can be transformed to virtual (ultrasound) waves that can be processed by applying ultrasound reconstruction algorithms and finally the super resolution algorithm. Otherwise, it is also possible to make use of a Fourier transform with a subsequent super resolution routine.
These super resolution thermographic image reconstruction techniques in post-processing are discussed and evaluated regarding performance, accuracy and repeatability.
Wir laden zum Trainingsworkshop Datenanalyse ein. Angetrieben durch die Digitalisierung und die sogenannte Industrie 4.0 steigt die Erwartungshaltung gegenüber der Nutzung von Daten. Die Unsicherheit, Widersprüchlichkeit und Redundanz separat verarbeiteter einzelner Quellen soll durch die synergetische Zusammenführung heterogener Datensätze überwunden werden. Dabei steht der zunehmenden Aufgabenkomplexität eine ebenso zunehmende Verfügbarkeit an Daten und Analyseverfahren gegenüber.
Der Workshop vermittelt ein konzeptionelles Verständnis für moderne Datenanalyseverfahren (Machine Learning (ML), Multivariate Statistik) und soll durch ein anschließendes Hands-On Training mit Python (https://www.python.org) einen einfachen Einstieg in die Thematik ermöglichen. Der Kurs richtet sich an den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs.
Die herkömmliche Bildgebung mit Röntgenstrahlung beruht auf unterschiedlicher Absorption durch verschiedene Materialien im Volumen eines Körpers. Es entsteht ein "Massebild". Die hier vorgestellten Verfahren benutzen die Brechung und Beugung von Röntgenstrahlen, um innere Oberflächen oder die Molekulartextur von Materialien und Bauteilen abzubilden. Im Vortrag werden die entsprechenden Messtechniken an der BAM im Labormaßstab sowie an Großforschungseinrichtungen vorgestellt und anhand einiger Anwendungsbeispiele die zusätzlichen Informationen zur herkömmlichen Durchstrahlung diskutiert.
Composite pressure vessels for transporting dangerous goods and for hydrogen and natural gas vehicles consist of a load-bearing composite and a gas-tight, metallic or polymeric barrier layer (liner). To investigate the aging behavior of such composite pressure vessels, BAM carried out the interdisciplinary project COD-AGE. The aim of the project was the development of methods and models for the description and determination of the aging behavior of carbon fiber composites using the example of pressure vessels in order to better predict aging and safe working life. One focus of this project was the provision of suitable NDT methods. These included both test-related tests and the possible development of test equipment for later practical use.
In the lecture, test results of the age-related eddy current test on composite pressure vessels are presented.
In aging tests, pressure vessels made of an approximately 4 mm thick aluminum liner and approx. 8 mm thick CFRP layer were examined. Typical application of such pressure vessels are respiratory protective devices of the fire department. The pressure vessels were tested using conventional eddy current technology from the outer and inner side as well as with high-frequency eddy current technology. Both damage to the metallic liner and structures of the CFRP could be detected. A particular mechanical challenge was the inspection of the inside of the liners, since a cylindrical surface with an inside diameter of 150 mm has to be tested with an access of only 15 mm diameter.
Rail inspection performed by ultrasonic rail inspection trains is a complex and challenging process. A large number of variables and parameters given by the environment, the track and the testing-system have an influence on the overall performance of the inspection and the inspection result. Typically the parameter vary in a combination depending on the track condition.
To evaluate the individual influence of each relevant variable, simulation tools can be used. Therefore the entire inspection process has to be transferred into a model using combined modelling techniques.
The goal of this work is to model an instrumented ultrasonic test run with a rail inspection train with the parameters varied by a script over a virtually driven distance.
aRTist is an easy-to-use and practical simulation tool to generate realistic radiographic images from CAD objects. A dedicated add-on module makes CT simulation easy (virtual computer tomography). Just choose the number of projections.
Unlike in the practice, simulation can separately image the primary and scatter radiation. This allows studying the scattering artefacts in CT (gray-level variations in regions of homogeneous material).
Es wurden Prüfkörper aus additiver Fertigung mittels Laser Sinter Verfahren (Polyamid 12, PA 12) und Fused Layer Modeling (Acrylnitril-Butadien-Styrol, ABS) sowie Prüfkörper aus dem Kunststoff-Spritzguss Verfahren (PA 12 und ABS) über 2000 Stunden künstlich bewittert. Vor, während und nach der Bewitterung erfolgte eine zerstörungsfreie Prüfung mittels Thermografie, optischer Mikroskopie und spektralen Methoden (UV/VIS-Spektroskopie und spektrale Reflexion), um den Alterungsfortschritt zu untersuchen und Schäden durch die künstliche Bewitterung sowie eingedruckte Defekte zu identifizieren und zu detektieren.
Zusätzlich wurden zerstörende Zugprüfungen vorgenommen, welche mit einer IR-Kamera verfolgt wurden. Auf diese Weise konnten lokale Temperaturänderungen, hervorgerufen durch elastische sowie plastische Verformungen, zeitaufgelöst erfasst und ausgewertet werden.
Additively manufactured test specimens made of polyamide 12 (PA 12) by Laser Sintering as well as of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) by Fused Layer Modelling, were characterised with active thermography directly after manufacturing and after artificial weathering. For this, two different excitation methods (flash and pulse heating) were used and compared, regarding their suitability for the detection of constructed and imprinted defects inside the test specimens. To increase the quality of the thermograms, data processing methods like thermal signal reconstruction (TSR) and Fourier Transformation after TSR were applied. To further investigate the long-term stability of the additively manufactured test specimens towards environmental stress, like UV radiation, heat, humidity, water contact and frost with active thermography, an artificial weathering test over 2000 hours (~3 months) was applied to the specimens. The monitoring of the changes in the optical properties of the weathered plastics was supplemented by spectral reflectance and UV/VIS spectroscopy.
In traditional NDT, human is seen as the main source of error. The advances in NDT 4.0 lead to believe that by increased automation, people, and therefore human error, can be diminished. The research on human-automation interaction shows that increased automation does not necessarily lead to a decrease of human error, a phenomenon dubbed as “automation ironies”, introduced by Bainbridge in 1987. The research shows that whereas with automation the known human error can be prevented, there is still room for new risks and error sources, which are unknown. As we advance from automation to industry 4.0 concepts, the possibility for human error shifts slightly to the developers of systems but remains in the interaction with systems as well, as the tasks and task demands change and give rise for possible failure at different stages of the NDT process, as once known.
In der traditionellen zerstörungsfreien Prüfung wird der Mensch als Hauptfehlerquelle angesehen. Die Fortschritte bei der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung 4.0 lassen vermuten, dass durch eine verstärkte Automatisierung Menschen und damit menschliche Fehler verringert werden können. Die Untersuchung der Mensch-Automatisierungs-Interaktion zeigt, dass eine zunehmende Automatisierung nicht unbedingt zu einer Verringerung des menschlichen Fehlers führt, ein Phänomen, das 1987 von Bainbridge als „Automatisierungs-Ironien“ bezeichnet wurde. Die Untersuchungen zeigten, dass obwohl bei der Automatisierung bekannte menschliche Fehler verhindert werden können, gibt es noch Raum für neue Risiken und Fehlerquellen, die unbekannt sind. Während wir von der Automatisierung zu Industrie-4.0-Konzepten übergehen, verlagert sich die Möglichkeit menschlicher Fehler geringfügig auf die Entwickler von Systemen, bleibt jedoch auch in der Interaktion mit Systemen erhalten, da sich die Aufgaben und Aufgabenanforderungen ändern und es zu möglichen Fehlern in verschiedenen Phasen von ZfP-Prozessen kommen kann.
It is known that human factors (HF) affect the reliability of non-destructive testing (NDT). However, reliability is often expressed in probability of detection (POD) curves, obtained in practical trials, where human and organisational factors are considered only indirectly, through the few people taking part in the trials. Recently, we have observed an increase in the use of numerical modelling to obtain POD curves outside of practical trials. The so-called model-assisted POD(MAPOD) approaches have so far only very rarely included some kind of variation to account for HF. This talk presents different possibilities to include HF in MAPOD and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.
This presentation discusses industry 4.0 from the perspective of human machine interaction (HMI). Based on available literature the changes, new demands and possible problems related to people’s jobs as a result of increased digitisation and use of artificial intelligence are addressed. Combining literature with own experience in non-destructive testing (NDT), the author addresses the possible challenges and chances for the NDT personnel in the era of NDT 4.0.
Im weitverbreiteten Fall der thermografischen ZfP sollen Defekte im Probeninneren detektiert werden. Da diese eine Inhomogenität darstellen, genügt jegliche Mess- und Datenverarbeitungstechnik, die diese Inhomogenität als Kontrast in der transienten Temperaturverteilung herausarbeitet. Ein üblicher Ansatz ist eine extrem kurze und intensive Blitzlampenbeleuchtung zusammen mit einer nachträglichen Fourier-Transformation zu verwenden. Für die zusätzliche Tiefenbestimmung werden entweder rein phänomenologische Ansätze, semi-analytische Ansätze mit Kalibrationsmessungen oder Fits an analytische bzw. numerische Modelle verwendet. Ein üblicher semi-analytischer Ansatz ist z.B. die Analyse des Abknickens der transienten Abkühlkurve. Problematisch ist das schnelle Abklingen der Amplitude auf Rauschniveau und damit die inhärente Beschränkung der Tiefenreichweite. Eine äquivalente Beschreibung der Wärmeleitung ist über sehr stark gedämpfte thermische Diffusionswellen möglich. Die Eindringtiefe ist dann gleich der thermischen Diffusionslänge. Der semi-analytische Ansatz über normales Least-Squares-Fitting funktioniert für 1D-Schicht-Systeme sehr gut, versagt aber für höherdimensionale Messprobleme. Genau hier setzt eine seit Kurzem bekannte Transformation der diffusen Temperaturentwicklung (bzw. des Realteils der Diffusionswelle) in eine propagierende virtuelle Temperaturwelle an. Dieses sog. Virtual-Wave-Konzept stellt sich selbst als ein weiteres inverses Problem dar. Der Nutzen dieser in einer linearen virtuellen Zeitdomäne propagierenden Welle überkompensiert den numerischen Mehraufwand jedoch deutlich. Zusammen mit neuen Technologien in der Erwärmung durch Hochleistungs-Laser-Arrays und in der Datenakquisition durch kHz-Kameras erlaubt dieser Ansatz eine signifikante Verbesserung der Tiefenreichweite in der Impuls-Thermografie. Im Beitrag werden experimentelle Ergebnisse an einer additiv hergestellten Metallprobe mit überdeckten Schlitzen vorgestellt, die eine Detektion dieser Defekte bis zu einem Seitenverhältnis von Defektbreite/Defekttiefe ~ 0,25 erlauben, also ca. 4 mal tiefer als die übliche Faustformel.
In der Zerstörungsfreien Prüfung und der Zustandsüberwachung sind geführte Wellen von großem Interesse, um Fehlstellen zu finden und zu charakterisieren. Die Interaktion der Wellen mit den Fehlstellen kann dabei aufgrund ihrer Komplexität häufig nicht analytisch beschrieben werden. Dies macht numerische Programme neben Experimenten unabdingbar. Aufgrund der kleinen Wellenlänge im Verhältnis zur Bauteilgröße ist jedoch eine effiziente Simulation noch immer Teil der aktiven Forschung.
Um die Effizienz der Simulationsalgorithmen zu steigern, ist es möglich, analytische Annahmen in die Finite Elemente Methode (FEM) zu integrieren. Beispiele für solche Methoden sind die Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method als ein semi-analytisches Verfahren und eXtended Finite Element Method. Diese beiden Möglichkeiten erlauben es, die Wechselwirkungen effizient zu simulieren.
In diesem Beitrag werden verschiedene Wechselwirkungen und Auswertungsmöglichkeiten von geführten Wellen mit Fehlstellen vorgestellt. Hierbei liegt der Fokus auf linearen und nicht-linearen Effekten. Zunächst wird auf Modenkonversion eingegangen und der Frage nachgegangen, ob diese ausreicht, um einen Riss zu charakterisieren. Diese Untersuchungen motivieren dann ein inverses Verfahren, mit dem einige Parameter eines simulierten Risses in einer Folge von Simulationen wieder rekonstruiert werden. Ein zweiter Teil beschäftigt sich mit nicht-linearen Risseffekten. Diese Risseffekte erzeugen im allgemeinen höhere harmonische Wellen. Hier werden Ergebnisse und Filtermethoden zur Auswertung vorgestellt.
In this contribution, we present three models to capture singularities in combination with the Spectral Element Method. The first model, the continued-fraction-based Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method, the second model, a new approach based on enrichment with static modes, and the third model, which uses an hp-refinement near the singularity, are compared among each other and evaluated in terms of their respective efficiency and accuracy.
Phased-Array-Technik und Bildgebung mit Ultraschallwellen sind nach langer Entwicklungszeit inzwischen auf dem Weg zu allgemeiner Verbreitung. Daher bietet sich an, die verschiedenen Techniken und deren Begriffe wie z.B. Phased-Array, SAFT, TFM, FMC und Sparse-Array zusammenfassend in Beziehung zu setzen.
All diesen Techniken liegt dieselbe Idee zu Grunde, nämlich durch gezielte Überlagerung von Ultraschallsignalen den gewünschten Effekt zu erreichen. Die verschiedenen Techniken werden kurz charakterisiert und neben den Unterschieden wird beschreiben, auf welche Weise bei all diesen Techniken das Phänomen der konstruktiven Interferenz jeweils genutzt wird.
Phased-Array-Technik und Bildgebung mit Ultraschallwellen sind nach langer Entwicklungszeit inzwischen auf dem Weg zu allgemeiner Verbreitung. Daher bietet sich an, die verschiedenen Techniken und deren Begriffe wie z.B. Phased-Array, SAFT, TFM, FMC und Sparse-Array zusammenfassend in Beziehung zu setzen.
All diesen Techniken liegt dieselbe Idee zu Grunde, nämlich durch gezielte Überlagerung von Ultraschallsignalen den gewünschten Effekt zu erreichen. Die verschiedenen Techniken werden kurz charakterisiert und neben den Unterschieden wird beschreiben, auf welche Weise bei all diesen Techniken das Phänomen der konstruktiven Interferenz jeweils genutzt wird.
Rail inspection performed by ultrasonic rail inspection trains is a complex and challenging process. A large number of variables and parameters given by the environment, the track and the testing-system have an influence on the overall performance of the inspection and the inspection result. Typically the parameter vary in a combination depending on the track condition.
To evaluate the individual influence of each relevant variable, simulation tools can be used. Therefore the entire inspection process has to be transferred into a model using combined modelling techniques.
The goal of this work is to model an instrumented ultrasonic test run with a rail inspection train with the parameters varied by a script over a virtually driven distance.
For more than 60 years ultrasonic rail inspection is used as non-destructive testing method to ensure the safe operation of rail tracks. Constantly increasing traffic density and heavy loads have been the motor for the development of new test equipment from handheld devices to rail inspection trains. (Krull 2003)Up to the present most of the system solutions feature conventional ultrasonic transducers housed in wheel-type and slide-type probes. Different tasks have to be carried out during an in-service inspection for flaws in the rail head, rail web and rail foot as well as rolling contact fatigue (Heckel 2018). The more tasks the inspection system has to perform, the more probes are needed. Compared against standard ultrasonic testing methods the application of array probes offers advantages and flexibility by the electronic steering possibilities to control the transmitted and received sound fields. This allows to increase functionality by software while decreasing the number of probes needed in hardware in parallel. One drawback in application of phased array probes is that the repetition frequency of the subsequent measurements will be reduced by the number of virtual probe functions each phased array probe has to perform. This may limit the range of use for phased array probes in high speed applications. To overcome these limits special designs for array probes and signal processing are necessary.
Acoustic-structure interaction in the Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method for primsatic geometries
(2019)
Due to the short wavelength compared to the dimensions of the structure, the simulation of ultrasonic waves is still a challenging task. A numerical method well suited for this purpose is the semi-analytical Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM). When applying this method, only the boundary of a computational domain is discretized using finite elements, while the interior is described by an analytical ansatz. Hence, the number of degrees of freedom is reduced significantly compared to the classical Finite Element Method (FEM).
In recent years, a particular formulation of the SBFEM for the simulation of ultrasonic guided waves was developed. The method constitutes an efficient algorithm for prismatic structures of arbitrary length, such as plates, pipes, or beams. Wave propagation phenomena in such structures can be modeled for isotropic and anisotropic inhomogeneous waveguides. Even though the method is an efficient tool for the simulation of guided waves in solid media, a reliable model for the simulation of acoustic wave propagation in fluids as well as acoustic-structure interaction in terms of SBFEM is still missing. In principle, the fluid can be described by a displacement-based formulation and thus be implemented in existing SBFEM algorithms for solid bodies. However, due to the discretization with classical finite elements, spurious modes occur, which cannot be separated from the physical modes straightforwardly. The spurious modes can be suppressed using a penalty parameter. Although very accurate results were achieved for some problems, this procedure has been proven unreliable for certain cases.
For this reason, we propose a different approach in this contribution. We employ a pressure model to simulate the acoustic behavior of fluids. The implementation of the pressure model results in a higher effort due to the necessity of incorporating coupling terms, but it presents a stable alternative without spurious modes. The accuracy of the method is demonstrated in comparison with analytical solutions and results obtained using the FEM.
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a major contributor to the safe railway operation. Even though NDT reliability in railway maintenance is affected by human factors, there are only just a few studies published in this field so far. Education and training of the NDT personnel are some of the most important drivers of safe and reliable NDT. Continuously improving current practices and tools used for educational purposes can be achieved not only through technical con¬tent, but also through the attention to human factors. The aim of this study was to deepen the understanding of possible human-related risks in the manual ultrasonic inspection of the hollow railway axles and to suggest measures to improve the education and training of the NDT person¬nel. This was achieved by means of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) carried out with eight NDT experts and by a survey of 27 experienced inspectors. The results show that failures can happen throughout the entire NDT process. Prevention of those failures could be improved through the optimization of the organization, technology, documentation and regulations, working conditions and the general process, and through the optimization of the formal education and training. Specialized training of the executives, extended training of the supervisors and the inspectors and improvement of the inspection documentation have been suggested. The study also showed potential for the improvements of the inspection in the field.
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a major contributor to the safe railway operation. Even though NDT reliability in railway maintenance is affected by human factors, there are only just a few studies published in this field so far. Education and training of the NDT personnel are some of the most important drivers of safe and reliable NDT. Continuously improving current practices and tools used for educational purposes can be achieved not only through technical content, but also through the attention to human factors. The aim of this study was to deepen the understanding of possible human-related risks in the manual ultrasonic inspection of the hollow railway axles and to suggest measures to improve the education and training of the NDT personnel. This was achieved by means of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) carried out with eight NDT experts and by a survey of 27 experienced inspectors. The results show that failures can happen throughout the entire NDT process. Prevention of those failures could be improved through the optimization of the organization, technology, documentation and regulations, working conditions and the general process, and through the optimization of the formal education and training. Specialized training of the executives, extended training of the supervisors and the inspectors and improvement of the inspection documentation have been suggested. The study also showed potential for the improvements of the inspection in the field.
In diesem Vortrag werden die aktuellen Techniken für die angewandte mechanisierte Schienenprüfung dargestellt und Perspektiven für die Zukunft der handgeführten und fahrzeuggeführten Prüftechnik aufgezeigt. Insbesondere wird hier die bildhafte Darstellung, der zusätzliche Nutzen von Arraysensoren sowie die Möglichkeiten der Simulation von Schienenfehlern vorgestellt.
Non-destructive testing for surface crack detection and head check depth quantification at the gauge cor-ner of railway tracks can be achieved using eddy current methods. With the extension of the tested zone to the running surface, rail defect signal types other than head checks can be measured. Due to their most-ly irregular shape, a quantitation based on a calibration against regular test cracks of varying depth may not be linear. Estimates of the expected influence of more complex crack patterns may be obtained by a finite element simulation of sufficiently simple limiting cases, like two displaced or intersecting cracks or a simply branched or flexed crack. As a first step, a 3D finite element model of the HC10 eddy current probe distributed by Prüftechnik Linke und Rühe (PLR), Germany was built and verified against meas-ured results from an (easily fabricated) reference block with isolated long cracks.
Zuverlässigkeitsbetrachtungen bei der Ultraschallprüfung von Radsatzwellen im Ausbildungsbetrieb
(2019)
Im Rahmen des UT1 E W im Ausbildungszentrum Wittenberge der DGZfPwurden statistische Untersuchungen am Beispiel der Radsatzwellenprüfung mit Testradsatzwellen durchgeführt. Diese Untersuchungen hatten zum Ziel, die wesentlichen Einflussparameter bei der Handprüfung auf das Prüfergebnis zu evaluieren. Im Rahmen der Zuverlässigkeitsbetrachtung wurden die ProbabilityofDetection(POD) und die Nachweisgrenzen ermittelt.Die durchgeführte Studie zeigt, dass die Bewertung der gesamten Zuverlässigkeit der ZfP komplex ist. Dieses verlangt eine detaillierte Versuchsplanung und die Einbeziehung von unterschiedlichen Faktoren, von den Anwendungsparametern bis hin zu den komplexen menschlichen und organisatorischen Faktoren. Die im Rahmen der Studie ermittelten Ergebnisse lassen aufgrund der geringen Anzahl an Testreflektoren keine allgemeingültige Übertragung auf beliebige Korbbogen-geometrienund Reflektorgeometrienzu.
Bei der mechanisierten Prüfung von verlegten Eisenbahnschienen mit Schienenprüfzügen werden große Prüfdatenmengen mit einer komplexen Prüfkopfanordnung in kurzer Zeit bei hohen Prüfgeschwindigkeiten aufgenommen. Der Typ und der Zustand des Gleises kann während der Prüfung in schnellem Wechsel streckenabhängig variieren, z.B. unterschiedliche Schienentypen oder Abnutzung sowie beim Durchfahren von Weichenstraßen. Der logistische Aufwand diese Prüfung insgesamt durchzuführen ist dabei sehr hoch und eine Wiederholung der Prüfung in einem kurzen Zeitintervall nicht möglich.
Es werden während der Prüfdatenaufnahme bereits Datenreduktionsverfahren, Rekonstruktionsverfahren und Online-Parametervariationen eingesetzt, um die Ergebnisdaten zum einen in Ihrer Menge zu begrenzen zum anderen auf die lokalen Geometrie- und Zustandsänderungen des Prüfobjektes Schiene zu reagieren.
Im Regelwerk EN 16729-1 „Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung an Schienen im Gleis -Teil 1: Anforderungen an Ultraschallprüfungen und Bewertungsgrundlagen“ werden Bezugsreflektoren definiert, um die Leistung automatisierter Ultraschallsysteme für die Schienenprüfung zu verifizieren.
Um die Einflüsse der komplexen Randbedingungen der mechanisierten Schienenprüfung auf das Prüfergebnis evaluieren zu können, wurde ein Softwarewerkzeug erarbeitet, mit dem eine Prüffahrt auf einer Schiene simuliert werden kann. Basierend auf der Datenaufnahme mit dem Glassy-Rail-Diagramm können alle relevanten Prüfparameter und Artefakte in Schienen sowie Störeinflüsse bei der Simulation berücksichtigt werden.
For more than 60 years ultrasonic rail inspection is used as non-destructive testing method to ensure the safe operation of rail tracks. Constantly increasing traffic density and heavy loads have been the motor for the development of new test equipment from handheld devices to rail inspection trains. (Krull 2003)Up to the present most of the system solutions feature conventional ultrasonic transducers housed in wheel-type and slide-type probes. Different tasks have to be carried out during an in-service inspection for flaws in the rail head, rail web and rail foot as well as rolling contact fatigue (Heckel 2018). The more tasks the inspection system has to perform, the more probes are needed. Compared against standard ultrasonic testing methods the application of array probes offers advantages and flexibility by the electronic steering possibilities to control the transmitted and received sound fields. This allows to increase functionality by software while decreasing the number of probes needed in hardware in parallel. One drawback in application of phased array probes is that the repetition frequency of the subsequent measurements will be reduced by the number of virtual probe functions each phased array probe has to perform. This may limit the range of use for phased array probes in high speed applications. To overcome these limits special designs for array probes and signal processing are necessary.
Bruchmechanische Untersuchungen werden zur Vorhersage der Lebensdauer und der Wartungszyklen benutzt. Dabei wird davon ausgegangen, dass auch Objekte ohne detektierte Anzeigen Materialfehler mit einer Reflektivität kleiner der Nachweisgrenze aufweisen können. Keine detektierte Anzeige bedeutet daher für Bauteilauslegung, dass sie eine konservative Annahme machen müssen: es wird angenommen, dass das Bauteil Materialfehler in Größe der Nachweisgrenze enthält. Dies macht die Nachweisgrenze zu dem die Lebensdauer limitierenden Faktor. Bei probabilistischen Methoden wird zusätzliches Wissen, wie Zuverlässigkeit und Fehlerauffindwahrscheinlichkeiten bei der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung mit in die Berechnung einbezogen, um zu konservative Annahmen zu vermeiden. Ziel ist es eine Model-Assisted-POD aufzubauen mit der die reale volumetrische Ultraschallprüfung großer Schmiedeteile nachgebildet werden kann. Die resultierende POD soll im Weiteren in bruchmechanischen Betrachtungen Verwendung finden. In vorangegangenen Arbeiten [Preißel2015] wurde dazu der Einfluss des Prüfrasters nach der DGZfP-Richtlinie US 07:2014 auf die Fehlerauffindwahrscheinlichkeit (parametrisch) simulativ betrachtet und die Simulationstechnik experimentell validiert. In diesem Paper werden die Ergebnisse von Preißel überprüft und um eine Prüfraster-Summen-POD, die das Szenario der realen Bauteilprüfung beschreibt, erweitert. Zudem wird eine experimentell validierte, simulative, nicht-parametrische POD für schrägliegende Defekte aufgebaut. Schließlich werden erste Untersuchungen zur Defektmorphologie vorgestellt. Diese Arbeit ist im Rahmen eines Studenten-Stipendiums der DGZfP entstanden.
Zuverlässigkeitsbetrachtungen bei der Ultraschallprüfung von Radsatzwellen im Ausbildungsbetrieb
(2019)
Im Rahmen der UT1-M1 Ausbildung im Ausbildungszentrum Wittenberge der DGZfP wurden statistische Untersuchungen am Beispiel der Radsatzwellenprüfung mit Testradsatzwellen durchgeführt. Diese Untersuchungen hatten zum Ziel, die wesentlichen Einflussparameter bei der Prüfung auf das Prüfergebnis zu evaluieren. Dabei wurde unter anderem die intrinsische Fähigkeit des Prüfverfahrens zum Auffinden verschiedener Reflektorgeometrien ermittelt. Die Ergebnisse der Handprüfung wurden mit Ergebnissen mechanisierter Prüfungen verglichen. Im Rahmen der Zuverlässigkeitsbetrachtung wurden die Probability of Detection (POD) und die Nachweisgrenzen ermittelt.
Ziel dieser Arbeit war es auch, menschliche und organisatorische Einflussfaktoren auf die Ultraschall-Handprüfung von Radsatzwellen zu identifizieren, um Empfehlungen zur Optimierung der Ausbildung auszuarbeiten. Dazu wurden prüfungsbezogene Risiken in der Praxis mittels Fehlzustandsart- und –auswirkungsanalyse (FMEA) analysiert sowie von den Prüfern empfundene Probleme während der Ausbildung und in der Praxis mittels Fragebogen identifiziert. Die Ergebnisse der FMEA haben gezeigt, dass während des gesamten Prozesses Fehler auftreten können, für die Gegenmaßnahmen getroffen und implementiert werden sollten. Aus den Hinweisen und Erkenntnissen wurden einige Empfehlungen zur Optimierung der Ausbildung erarbeitet.
Aktuelle Entwicklungen der Wirbelstrom- und Ultraschallprüfung an verlegten Eisenbahnschienen
(2019)
Die kombinierte Schienenprüfung mit Wirbelstrom und Ultraschall ermöglicht eine ganzheitliche Detektion von Inhomogenitäten im Kopf und Steg der Schiene und gewährleistet das Auffinden sowohl von Volumen-als auch Oberflächeneffekten wie z. B. Head Checks. Für die verbesserte Detektion von Rollkontaktermüdung (rolling contact fatique, RCF) und den daraus resultierenden Schienenfehlern (Head-Checks, Squats, Riffel, …) wurde für die Wirbelstromprüfung der Prüfbereich auf die gesamte Rollkontaktfläche erweitert. Der Fokus liegt im Neudesign der Wirbelstrom-Prüfvorrichtung und der damit verbundenen normgerechten Auslegung der Konstruktion für die fahrzeugspezifischen Gegebenheiten. Ferner wurde die Anwendersoftware des kombinierten Prüfsystems vereinheitlicht. Um die wirtschaftliche Effektivität unsere Prüftechnik zu steigern, wird die Multiplex-Gerätetechnologie in die automatisierte Schienenprüfung eingeführt. Damit wird der freizuhaltende Einbauraum innerhalb der Fahrzeuge sowie Kabelwege deutlich reduziert. Durch den Übergang zu der Multiplextechnologie wurde weiterhin die Stromaufnahme um mehr als 50% reduziert.
Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) is a powerful set of techniques used to compute the local shifts of 3D images obtained, for instance, in tomographic experiments. It is utilized to analyze the geometric changes of the investigated object as well as to correct the corresponding image misalignments for further analysis. It can therefore be used to evaluate the local density changes of the same regions of the inspected specimens, which might be shifted between measurements. In recent years, various approaches and corresponding pieces of software were introduced. Accuracies for the computed shift vectors of up to about 1‰of a single voxel size have been reported. These results, however, were based either on synthetic datasets or on an unrealistic setup. In this work, we propose two simple methods to evaluate the accuracy of DVC-techniques using more realistic input data and apply them to several DVC programs. We test these methods on three materials (tuff, sandstone, and concrete) that show different contrast and structural features.
Damage Quantification in Aluminium-CFRP Composite Structures using Guided Wave Wavenumber Mapping
(2019)
The use of composite materials is associated not only with the advantages of weight reduction and improved structural performance but also with the risk of barely visible impacts or manufacturing damages. One of the promising techniques for the detection and characterisation of such damages is based on ultrasonic guided wave propagation and analysis. However, the multimodal nature and dispersive behaviour of these waves make their analysis difficult. Various signal processing techniques have been proposed for easier interpretation of guided wave signals and extraction of the necessary information about the damage. One of them is the wavenumber mapping which consists of creating a cartography of the wavenumber of a propagating mode over an inspected area, using a dense wavefield acquisition measured for example with a scanning laser Doppler vibrometer. This technique allows both the quantification of the in-plane size and the depth of damage, for example, impact-induced delamination in composite laminates.
In this contribution, wavenumber mapping is applied to a delaminated aluminium-CFRP composite structure which corresponds to composite-overwrapped pressure vessels used for storing gases in aerospace and automotive industries. The analysis of experimental data obtained from measurements of guided waves propagating in an aluminium-CFRP composite plate with impact-induced damage is performed. The output of the imaging is a three-dimensional representation of the delamination induced by the impact. Good agreement between conventional ultrasonic testing and guided wave damage mapping can be found.
Damage Quantification in Aluminium-CFRP Composite Structures using Guided Wave Wavenumber Mapping
(2019)
The use of composite materials is associated not only with the advantages of weight reduction and improved structural performance but also with the risk of barely visible impacts or manufacturing damages. One of the promising techniques for the detection and characterisation of such damages is based on ultrasonic guided wave propagation and analysis. However, the multimodal nature and dispersive behaviour of these waves make their analysis difficult. Various signal processing techniques have been proposed for easier interpretation of guided wave signals and extraction of the necessary information about the damage. One of them is the wavenumber mapping which consists of creating a cartography of the wavenumber of a propagating mode over an inspected area, using a dense wavefield acquisition measured for example with a scanning laser Doppler vibrometer. This technique allows both the quantification of the in-plane size and the depth of damage, for example, impact-induced delamination in composite laminates.
In this contribution, wavenumber mapping is applied to a delaminated aluminium-CFRP composite structure which corresponds to composite-overwrapped pressure vessels used for storing gases in aerospace and automotive industries. The analysis of experimental data obtained from measurements of guided waves propagating in an aluminium-CFRP composite plate with impact-induced damage is performed. The output of the imaging is a three-dimensional representation of the delamination induced by the impact. Good agreement between conventional ultrasonic testing and guided wave damage mapping can be found.
Der Unterausschuss „Geführte Wellen“ im Fachausschuss „Zustandsüberwachung“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) hat in einer Online-Umfrage den aktuellen Stand des Einsatzes geführter Ultraschallwellen für die zerstörungsfreie Prüfung und die Strukturüberwachung (structural health monitoring) ermittelt. Es wurden deutsche und internationale Firmen und Forschungseinrichtungen befragt und mehr als 400 beantwortete Fragebögen ausgewertet.
Die Umfrageergebnisse zeigen deutlich, welche Vorteile geführte Wellen bringen, aber auch welche Probleme zu bewältigen sind, um einen breiteren Einsatz der Verfahren zu ermöglichen. Aus den Ergebnissen werden Schlussfolgerungen für die weitere Ausrichtung der Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten aber auch von Aktivitäten zur Normung und zur Bewertung der Zuverlässigkeit der Prüfverfahren abgeleitet
The application of phased arrays in either linear or matrix arrangement in combination with signal processing opens the door for the mechanized inspection of different thin wall materials itself as well as their joining methods.
Modern lightweight components are typically manufactured by a composition of different types of e.g. steels, metals, fiber reinforced plastics and glass. Dependent on the material combinations e.g. welding, brazing, bonding, cladding or coating may be applied during the manufacturing process to join different semi-finished products to form the component.
The resulting complex material composition and different damage mechanisms pose new challenges to non-destructive testing with ultrasound due to the different material properties and the overall arrangement of the materials employed.
The sound field variation capabilities of array probes may be helpful to overcome some of these challenges if adapted to the specific inspection task.
Examples for the non-destructive mechanized phased array inspection of different types of materials and joining methods will be presented.
This paper describes the development of a semi-automatic gas measurement device presenting potentially a broad range of applications, noteworthy in the agricultural sector. Non-reversible fluorescent molecular sensors were designed and syn-thesized. Upon, integration into a hydrogel matrix with an optimal ratio of co-solvents, the sensors reacting selectively to ammonia were illuminated by excitation light to produce a concentration-correlated fluorescence emission. An automated mechanical-elec-trical device initiates a given gas mixture and thus simulates con-centrations similar to a threshold value. The aim of this project is to develop a sensor or a low-cost method which can monitor low concentrations of harmful gases and aid in their elimination or regulation in livestock housing, barns or stables.
Mechanochemically synthesized metal–organic Framework material HKUST-1 in combination with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene polymer was used to form a polymer metal–organic framework composite material by a simple extruder.
This composite filament was used for 3D printing. Xray diffraction measurements were used to prove the homogeneous distribution of the metal–organic framework in the polymer on a centimeter scale, whereas X-ray Absorption Edge Tomography using a synchrotron radiation source was able to evaluate the 3D distribution of the metal–organic framework material both in the filament and the resultant printed sample with a resolution of a few lm. Our very first data indicate that, apart from a few clusters having significantly higher Cu concentration, HKUST-1 is distributed homogeneously down to the 100 lm length scale in both polymer bulk materials in the form of clusters with a size of a few lm. Absorption Edge Tomography in combination with data fusion also allows for the calculation of the metal–organic framework amount located on the external polymer surface.
The moisture content of screed samples is monitored by means of embedded sensors. Relative humidity sensors and multi-ring-electrodes are used to measure the spatial moisture distribution during desorption. Based on the humidity data and the pore volume distribution, the moisture and the water layer thickness within the pore space are predicted.
Slit shape as well as cylindrical pores are evaluated. Finally, the measured real part of the electrical impedance and the calculated water layer thickness are correlated. Based on the available data, a significant trend change of the impedance is documented at a water layer thickness of approximately 3 nm. This water layer thickness corresponds to a relative humidity of 88.3%.
Guided waves (GW) are of great interest for non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM) of engineering structures such as for oil and gas pipelines, rails, aircraft components, adhesive bonds and possibly much more. Development of a technique based on GWs requires careful understanding obtained through modelling and analysis of wave propagation and mode-damage interaction due to the dispersion and multimodal character of GWs. The Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM) is a suitable numerical approach for this purpose allowing calculation of dispersion curves, mode shapes and GW propagation analysis. In this article, the SBFEM is used to analyse wave propagation in a plate consisting of an isotropic aluminium layer bonded as a hybrid to an anisotropic carbon fibre reinforced plastics layer. This hybrid Composite corresponds to one of those considered in a Type III composite pressure vessel used for storing gases, e.g., hydrogen in automotive and aerospace applications. The results show that most of the wave energy can be concentrated in a certain layer depending on the mode used, and by that damage present in this layer can be detected. The results obtained help to understand the wave propagation in multi-layered structures and are important for further development of NDT and SHM for Engineering structures consisting of multiple layers.
Die Verwendung von Verbundwerkstoffen ist nicht nur mit den Vorteilen einer Gewichtsreduzierung und einer verbesserten strukturellen Leistung verbunden, sondern auch mit der Gefahr von kaum sichtbaren Impakt- oder Herstellungsschäden. Eine der vielversprechenden Methoden zur Erkennung und Charakterisierung solcher Schäden basiert auf der Ausbreitung und Analyse geführter Ultraschallwellen. Der multimodale und dispersive Charakter dieser Wellen erschweren jedoch die Analyse. Verschiedene Signalverarbeitungsmethoden wurden vorgeschlagen, um die Interpretation von Signalen und die Extraktion der notwendigen Informationen über den Schaden zu erleichtern. Eine davon ist die Erstellung einer Wellenzahlkarte. Die Wellenzahlkarte erlaubt es jeden Punkt in einer hochaufgelöste Wellenfeldaufnahme eine Wellenzahl zuzuordnen. Diese Methode ermöglicht sowohl die Quantifizierung der Größe als auch der Tiefe des Schadens.
In diesem Beitrag wird diese Bildgebungsmethode auf delaminierte Aluminium-CFK-Verbundstrukturen angewendet. Solche Strukturen entsprechen den umwickelten Druckbehältern, die zur Speicherung von Gasen in der Luft- und Raumfahrt sowie in der Automobilindustrie verwendet werden. Zunächst werden die numerischen Untersuchungen zur einfachen Delamination in unterschiedlicher Tiefe vorgestellt. Als nächstes wird die Analyse von experimentellen Ergebnissen von einer geschädigten Aluminium-CFK-Platte präsentiert. Das Ergebnis der Bildgebung ist eine dreidimensionale Darstellung, die sowohl die Größe als auch die Tiefe des Impakt-Schadens liefert.
Issues that prevent Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) based on Guided Waves (GW) from being a part of today’s monitoring solutions in industry are not all obvious to the scientific community. To uncover and overcome these issues, scientists working on SHM and GW problems joined in an expert committee under the patronage of the German Society for Non-Destructive Testing. An initiated online survey among more than 700 experts and users reveals the hurdles hindering the practical application of GWbased SHM. Firstly, methods for proof of reliability of SHM approaches are missing.
Secondly, detailed understanding of phenomenological described wave-damage interactions is needed. Additionally, there are significant unsolved implementation issues and unsolved problems of signal processing including handling of environmental influences.
To enable substantial proof of reliability without unaffordable experimental effort also efficient simulation tools including realistic damage interaction are needed, enabling the joint use of experimental and simulated data to predict the capabilities of the Monitoring system. Considering these issues, the committee focusses on simulation, signal processing, as well as probability of detection and standardization. In the presented work, recent activities of the expert committee starting with survey results are summarized. An open access data basis of life-like measurements is presented to allow testing and comparison of signal processing and simulation algorithms. Finally, a strategy for efficient proof of reliability increasing the acceptance of SHM in industry and for successful Integration of SHM into real-world engineering structures is proposed.
In civil engineering, the investigation of existing infrastructure is of major importance for maintaining and ensuring stability of the structures. To ensure durability, uniform regulations and standards apply e.g. the European standard EN 206-1. In some countries, the EN-standard is supplemented by additional standards, as in Germany with DIN 1045-2. Here, specific application rules are described, e.g. for the cement type, to ensure the resistant to different exposures. Therefore, the knowledge of the materials originally used is important in assessing the condition of existing concrete structure. Unfortunately, these are often unknown and must be determined retrospectively. Therefore, we present the application of the laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to distinguish between different types of cement. Spectral information’s are used to build a classification model. First, the accuracy of the classification is analyzed on ten pure laboratory cement samples. To investigate possible sources of error, the model was then applied to cement samples with different moisture content. The study shows that LIBS is a promising tool for distinguishing between cement types. For further industrial application, however, factors influencing the LIBS signal must be included to ensure a robust model.
Issues that prevent Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) based on Guided Waves (GW) from being a part of today’s monitoring solutions in industry are not all obvious to the scientific community. To uncover and overcome these issues, scientists working on SHM and GW problems joined in an expert committee under the patronage of the German Society for Non-Destructive Testing. An initiated online survey among more than 700 experts and users reveals the hurdles hindering the practical application of GWbased SHM. Firstly, methods for proof of reliability of SHM approaches are missing.
Secondly, detailed understanding of phenomenological described wave-damage interactions is needed. Additionally, there are significant unsolved implementation issues and unsolved problems of signal processing including handling of environmental influences.
To enable substantial proof of reliability without unaffordable experimental effort also efficient simulation tools including realistic damage interaction are needed, enabling the joint use of experimental and simulated data to predict the capabilities of the Monitoring system. Considering these issues, the committee focusses on simulation, signal processing, as well as probability of detection and standardization. In the presented work, recent activities of the expert committee starting with survey results are summarized. An open access data basis of life-like measurements is presented to allow testing and comparison of signal processing and simulation algorithms. Finally, a strategy for efficient proof of reliability increasing the acceptance of SHM in industry and for successful Integration of SHM into real-world engineering structures is proposed.
3D images such as those produces by X-ray tomography can provide a wealth of information on the internal structure of materials, but quantification of specific geometrical or topological characteristics linked to some bulk physical property is far from being straightforward. This study focuses on methods to quantify the differences in physical properties as a function of direction, i.e. their anisotropy, and how it can be linked to measures of anisotropy of the internal structure of the material. The auto-correlation function gives a similarity measure in the volume as a function of distance and direction. This is a cross-correlation of the image with itself fast to compute and relatively insensitive to noise. It is why we focus on this method to compare with the physical property of our DPF material. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) materials are porous ceramics that; a) can be used at very high temperatures; b) have very good thermal shock resistance; c) are inert; d) can be manufactured with tailored porosity. Their usual way of production consists of the extrusion of a slurry into the desired filter shape, with successive ceramming at high temperature. This process causes anisotropy at both microscopic and macroscopic levels.
Der Beitrag beschreibt den Aufbau und die Entwicklung einer Heißluftquelle als Wärmequelle für die aktive Thermografie. Als Ausgangspunkt wird zunächst die Quellenlage betrachtet. In der Literatur über Thermografie spielt Heißluft als Wärmequelle nur in weniger als 0,1% eine Rolle, die Ursache dafür ist nicht bekannt. Es wird vermutet, dass dieser Erwärmungsmethode unterstellt wird, sie hätte Nachteile bezüglich Homogenität der Erwärmung sowie Leistungseintrag. In einer der raren Publikationen über einen Verfahrensvergleich schnitt die Heißluft-Thermografie jedoch nicht schlechter als die Vergleichsverfahren mit optischer Anregung ab, bei gleichzeitig deutlichem Zeitgewinn und geringerem technischen Aufwand.
Danach wird der fertige Versuchsaufbau mit seinen wesentlichen Komponenten dargestellt. Der Einfluss der Geometrie der Luftaustrittsdüse auf die erreichbare Wärmeverteilung an einem flachen Blech wurde an mehreren Düsen untersucht. Hierbei erwies sich eine langgestreckte Umlenkdüse mit einer Strahlumlenkung von etwa 20° als optimal zur Erzeugung einer möglichst homogenen Erwärmung.
Ein weiterer zu optimierender Parameter war die erreichbare Schaltdynamik des Heißgasstromes. Beim schnellen Schalten großer Volumenströme treten Druckstöße mit entsprechenden Temperaturänderungen auf. Hinzu kommt, dass der verwendete MFC (mass flow controller) bei großen Volumenströmen zum Einschwingen bei Schaltprozessen neigt.
Daher enthält der Aufbau einen offenen Bypass zur Stabilisierung des Volumenstroms. Mit dem so realisierten Messplatz wurde die Reproduzierbarkeit der erzielten Erwärmung durch mehrfache Wiederholungsmessungen über einen längeren Zeitraum untersucht. Hierzu wurde ein auch zu Validierungszwecken genutzter PVC-Block mit 13 mm Dicke jeweils für 60 s erwärmt und die Oberflächentemperatur des PVC-Blocks mit einer IR-Kamera aufgezeichnet. Bei jeweiligem Neuaufbau ohne Justierhilfe ergab sich eine Reproduzierbarkeit von etwa 22% bei 5 Versuchen. Unter Nutzung einer Justierhilfe (Schablone für Abstand in der Kamerasoftware) ließ sich die Reproduzierbarkeit auf 5% bei 7 Versuchen reduzieren.
Ein weiterer zu klärender Punkt war der erzielbare Wärmeeintrag im Vergleich zu einer Anregung mit Blitzlampen. Hierzu wurde eine Messung mit 60 s Heißluftheizung direkt mit einer Evaluierungsmessung mit Blitzlampen am gleichen PVC-Probekörper mit 4 FBB an der Rückseite verglichen. Die Inhomogenität der Erwärmung wurde durch eine Phasenauswertung unterdrückt. Die Phasenauswertung gestattete den Nachweis aller 4 FBB, wobei das Signal zu Rausch-Verhältnis bei der Heißlufterwärmung deutlich besser war. Der direkte Vergleich der Temperaturkurven zeigt, dass bei 60 s Heizlufterwärmung ca. 4,5 mal mehr Energie als bei der Blitzanregung vom Probekörper absorbiert wurde. Hieraus lässt sich die eingekoppelte Heizleistung mit 100 mW/cm² abschätzen. Das entspricht in etwa dem Niveau, wie es auch mit bewegten Halogenstrahlern, bewegten IR-Strahlern oder der Sonne erreicht wird.
Diese Ergebnisse belegen, dass eventuell vorhandene Vorbehalte gegenüber einer Heißluft als Wärmequelle für die aktive Thermografie zumindest für thermisch langsame Materialien wie Kunststoffe oder mineralische Baustoffe unbegründet sind. Die Einsatzgrenzen bei der Untersuchung thermisch schnellerer Materialien wie Metalle steht noch aus, hier ist mit Abstrichen zu rechnen. Auf der anderen Seite lässt eine mögliche Düsenoptimierung noch deutliche Verbesserungen erwarten.
Pulsed thermography is a well-known non-destructive testing technique and has proven to be a valuable tool for examination of material defects, to determine thermal material parameters, and the thickness of test specimens through calibration or mathematical models. However, the application to semitransparent materials is quite new and demanding, especially for semitransparent materials like epoxy, polyamide 12, or glass fiber reinforced polymers with epoxy or polyamide matrix.
In order to describe the temporal temperature evolution in such materials, which are recorded with an infrared camera during pulse thermography experiments, much more influences have to be considered, compared to opaque materials:
- The wavelength of the excitation source and the spectral range of the infrared camera
- The angles between the specimen, the excitation source and the infrared camera
- The area behind the specimen
- The roughness of the material surface
- The scattering mechanism within the material
Here, we will consider all these influences and describe how they can be treated mathematically in analytical or numerical models (using COMSOL Multiphysics software). These models describe the temperature development during the pulse thermography experiment in reflection and transmission configuration. By fitting the results of the mathematical models to experimental data it is possible to determine the thickness or the optical and thermal properties of the specimen.
Explosive spalling is caused by, among others, the thermohydraulic spalling mechanism. During this process, vaporization, dehydration, moisture-transport and condensation processes interact. As a result, a drying and dehydration zone as well as a saturated zone, known as a moisture clog, are observed inside the unilaterally-heated concrete. The presented research is focused on the experimental investigation of the underlying thermohydraulic processes.
To investigate these, a test methodology based on X-ray computed tomography (CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was developed. Thereby, the X-ray CT scans are carried out simultaneously during the application of a defined unilateral-heating regime on a specially-constructed specimen. This miniaturized specimen, equipped with a double-layer casing, reproduces the condition within a planar, unilaterally-heated building component.
A preliminary test methodology and the first experimental results were presented at the 5th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling in Borås, Sweden (2017). The contribution for the upcoming workshop presents an improved version of this test methodology and new results for a high-performance concrete (HPC) mixture exposed to temperatures up to 500 °C. Regarding the CT measurements, a higher time-resolution of 15 min was achieved and a quantification of the moisture changes was implemented. Due to an increase in signal quality of the NMR measurements, a pore-size specific moisture distribution can now be resolved. This allows to conclude about the moisture reconfiguration between small gel pores and larger interhydrate pores. Additionally, the NMR measurement are no longer limited to first 2.5 cm below the heated surface but a one-dimensional moisture distribution can now be estimated over the whole 10 cm long specimen.
The presented results demonstrate that the combination of X-ray CT and NMR measurements enables to image and quantify the thermally-induced moisture transport and reconfiguration from small gel pores up to macro pores. This provides important insights into the thermohydraulic damage mechanism and leads to a better understanding of spalling avoidance strategies, like the addition of polypropylene fibres.
Explosive spalling is caused by, among others, the thermohydraulic spalling mechanism. During this process, vaporization, dehydration, moisture-transport and condensation processes interact. As a result, a drying and dehydration zone as well as a saturated zone, known as a moisture clog, are observed inside the unilaterally-heated concrete. The presented research is focused on the experimental investigation of the underlying thermohydraulic processes.
To investigate these, a test methodology based on X-ray computed tomography (CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was developed. Thereby, the X-ray CT scans are carried out simultaneously during the application of a defined unilateral-heating regime on a specially-constructed specimen. This miniaturized specimen, equipped with a double-layer casing, reproduces the condition within a planar, unilaterally-heated building component.
A preliminary test methodology and the first experimental results were presented at the 5th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling in Borås, Sweden (2017). The contribution for the upcoming workshop presents an improved version of this test methodology and new results for a high-performance concrete (HPC) mixture exposed to temperatures up to 500 °C. Regarding the CT measurements, a higher time-resolution of 15 min was achieved and a quantification of the moisture changes was implemented. Due to an increase in signal quality of the NMR measurements, a pore-size specific moisture distribution can now be resolved. This allows to conclude about the moisture reconfiguration between small gel pores and larger interhydrate pores. Additionally, the NMR measurement are no longer limited to first 2.5 cm below the heated surface but a one-dimensional moisture distribution can now be estimated over the whole 10 cm long specimen.
The presented results demonstrate that the combination of X-ray CT and NMR measurements enables to image and quantify the thermally-induced moisture transport and reconfiguration from small gel pores up to macro pores. This provides important insights into the thermohydraulic damage mechanism and leads to a better understanding of spalling avoidance strategies, like the addition of polypropylene fibres.
Das vorgestellte Projekt beschäftigt sich mit den optischen, thermophysikalischen und mechanischen Materialeigenschaften von additiv gefertigten Kunststoffteilen und deren Alterung. Dazu wurden mittels Fused Layer Modeling (FLM) Probekörper aus ABS hergestellt, die anschließend für drei Monate einer künstlichen Bewitterung unterzogen wurden. Die dabei erzeugte definierte Alterung wurde nach drei Zeitabschnitten jeweils mit zerstörungsfreien Methoden charakterisiert. Dabei wurde neben den spektroskopischen Standardmethoden auch die aktive Thermografie eingesetzt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich mittels der Thermografie sowohl chemische Veränderungen als auch mechanische Schädigungen (Fehlstellen) darstellen lassen. Die Bewitterung beeinflusst die Teiltransparenz der Proben zumindest im sichtbaren Spektralbereich, was bei der Charakterisierung der Fehlstellen, die mittels optisch angeregter aktiver Thermografie detektiert wurden, berücksichtigt werden muss.
High sensitivity is an important requirement for air-coupled ultrasonic sensors applied to materials testing. With a lower acoustic impedance than any piezoelectric material, charged cellular polypropylene (PP) offers better matching to air with a similar piezoelectric coefficient. The piezoelectric properties of charged cellular PP originate from their polarization, creating permanent internal voltage. The sensitivity of the sensor can be increased by applying additional dc bias voltage, as it has been done already for transmitters. This work presents the first ultrasonic sensor based on charged cellular PP including a high-voltage module providing dc bias voltage up to 2 kV. This bias voltage led to an increase in the signal-to-noise ratio of up to 15 ± 1 dB. The measurement of the received signal depending on the applied bias voltage is proposed as a new method of determining the internal voltage of ferroelectrets. The sensor combined with a cellular PP transmitter was applied to nondestructive testing of a rotor blade segment and glued-laminated timber, enabling imaging of the internal structure of these specimens with a thickness around 4 cm.
Photothermal radiometry with an infrared camera allows the contactless temperature measurement of multiple surface pixels simultaneously. A short light pulse heats the sample. The heat propagates through the sample by diffusion and the corresponding temperature evolution is measured at the sample’s surface by an infrared camera. The main drawback in radiometric imaging is the loss of the spatial resolution with increasing depth due to heat diffusion, which results in blurred images for deeper lying structures. We circumvent this information loss due to the diffusion process by using blind structured illumination, combined with a non-linear joint sparsity reconstruction algorithm. The structured illumination is realized by parallel laser lines from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array controlled by a random binary pattern generator. By using 150 different patterns of structured illumination and our iterative joint sparsity algorithm, it was possible to resolve 1 mm thick lines at a distance down to 0.5 mm, which results in a resolution enhancement of approximately a factor of four compared to the resolution of 5.9 mm for homogenous illuminated thermographic reconstruction.
Against the background of sustainable resource management and efficiency, wood-based materials are currently experiencing a revival and, among others, plywood, Laminated Veneer Lumber and glued laminated timber are becoming increasingly more important in the building sector. Even though these materials are so-called engineered products, the element wood is naturally grown with intrinsic variability in mechanical properties and requires professional handling on-site. Otherwise, load-bearing structures made of wood materials may entail certain risks. Critical situations can, in principle, be avoided by implementing a structural health monitoring system into components or structures made from wood material. The aim is to indicate accumulation of mechanical damage and to eliminate or at least significantly reduce the risk of unexpected failure. Toward this purpose, the failure behavior of several layered wood materials under quasi-static tension was investigated in laboratory-scale experiments by means of acoustic emission (AE) measurement. Based on spectral analysis and pattern recognition, two classes of AE signals are identified for each investigated lay-up that are characterized by either low or high frequency contents in the respective power spectra. AE activity and intensity of both signal classes are analyzed, striving for predictors appropriate for AE monitoring concepts.
There have been an increasing number of publications on flow chemistry applications of compact NMR. Despite this, there is so far no comprehensive workflow for the technical design of flow cells. Here, we present an approach that is suitable for the design of an NMR flow cell with an integrated static mixing unit. This design moves the mixing of reactants to the active NMR detection region within the NMR instrument, presenting a feature that analyses chemical reactions faster (5–120 s region) than other common setups. During the design phase, the targeted mixing homogeneity of the components was evaluated for different types of mixing units based on CFD simulation. Subsequently, the flow cell was additively manufactured from ceramic material and metal tubing. Within the targeted working mass flow range, excellent mixing properties as well as narrow line widths were confirmed in validation experiments, comparable to common glass tubes.
Die zeitaufgelöste THz-Spektroskopie (THz-TDS) operiert mit elektromagnetischen Impulsen, die ein Amplitudenspektrum im unteren THz-Bereich aufweisen. Die THz-TDS ist in der Lage, dielektrische Volumina zerstörungs- und kontaktfreie zu durchstrahlen. Um eine 3D-THz Bildung zu ermöglichen, wurde für die THz-TDS ein rechnergestütztes Mess- und Rekonstruktionsverfahren (THz-TDSAFT) entwickelt, mit dem es gelingt, unter Verwendung der im Zeitbereich registrierten THz-TDS-Daten das Volumeninnere in Form eines dreidimensionalen Tomogramms zu rekonstruieren. Die THz-TD-SAFT basiert auf die für die Ultraschalltechnik entwickelte Synthetische Apertur Fokussierung (SAFT) bzw. des heuristisch begründeten Algorithmus des Synthetischen Apertur Radars (SAR). Anhand von Beispielen wird die Möglichkeiten der THz-TD-SAFT demonstriert und nachgewiesen, dass mit dem Rekonstruktionsansatz die künstlich eingebauten Fehlstellen bezüglich der Position und Größe geometrisch richtig im Tomogramm abgebildet werden können.
Increasing requirements on the infrastructure caused by more and heavier traffic coincide with both the aging and the progressive degradation of bridge constructions. These exemplary issues lead to a non-negligible need for reassessments of existing bridges. Compared to the new building design, safety reserves can be used in the evaluation of such existing structures, since uncertainties that may arise during the design, construction and previous Service time are better known or no longer present. Uncertainties can be evaiuated more precisely by measurements. In the meantime, the application of advanced NDT-methods on concrete structures have become so capable, that crucial structure Parameters like certain material properties or geometrical dimensions can be quantified without significant destructive interventions. The measured data can be explicitly incorporated into the probabilistic computation models used for the bridge reassessment in form of random variables. Therewith, a previously insufficient model can be refined to achieve a higher level of approximation. This contribution emphasises two fundamental steps of the measured data based probabilistic reassessment: The sensitivity analyses to identify the cruciai Parameters and the needed accuracy of the related information as well as the comparison with expected uncertainties of non-destructively measured Parameters.
Increasing requirements on the infrastructure caused by more and heavier traffic coincide with both the aging and the progressive degradation of bridge constructions. These exemplary issues lead to a non-negligible need for reassessments of existing bridges. Compared to the new building design, safety reserves can be used in the evaluation of such existing structures, since uncertainties that may arise during the design, construction and previous Service time are better known or no longer present. Uncertainties can be evaiuated more precisely by measurements. In the meantime, the application of advanced NDT-methods on concrete structures have become so capable, that crucial structure Parameters like certain material properties or geometrical dimensions can be quantified without significant destructive interventions. The measured data can be explicitly incorporated into the probabilistic computation models used for the bridge reassessment in form of random variables. Therewith, a previously insufficient model can be refined to achieve a higher level of approximation. This contribution emphasises two fundamental steps of the measured data based probabilistic reassessment: The sensitivity analyses to identify the cruciai Parameters and the needed accuracy of the related information as well as the comparison with expected uncertainties of non-destructively measured Parameters.
Usability of the written procedures: an eye tracking study Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) is regarded as one of the key elements in ensuring quality of engineering systems and their safe use. A failure of NDE to detect critical defects in safety-relevant components, such as those in the nuclear industry, may lead to catastrophic consequences for the environment and the people. NDE inspection procedure is one of the most important tools in the everyday life of an NDE inspector. Experience and research studies have shown that NDE procedures are not always used as foreseen and may need to be optimized. Both the content and format play an important role in producing reliable procedures. Whereas the content aids in the understanding of the task and in its subsequent correct execution, the format determines the efficiency and frequency of the procedure’s use.
For the purposes of this study, an inspection procedure - designed to be used in the inspection of components used in the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel - was further developed by adopting a user-centered design. This was achieved by following the eye movements during a data evaluation task whilst using the procedure, by interviews and group discussions, accompanied by a review from a human factors’ perspective, the suggestions from relevant literature and by reiterating the entire process once again. This process resulted in identifying shortcomings and in suggesting alterations to the existing procedure. The newly created procedure was empirically tested for its usability using eye tracking. By comparing the old instruction format to the newly developed one, the results showed that appropriately highlighting warnings, exceptions, or reminders, and placing them at a logical position assures that they will be read and identified with ease rather than overlooked. The presentation of the information in a stepwise manner, with one action per step, allows the user to follow more easily the steps that must be carried out to save time and effort.
This study - the first of its kind in the field of non-destructive evaluation - showed that the procedure can be improved by applying human factors principles to the design and by involving the users into the process of procedure development and quality assurance.
Introduction of the speaker – Marija Bertovic
Marija Bertovic has a degree in psychology and a PhD in human factors. Since 2006 she has been working on topics related to human factors in non-destructive testing at the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, German Society for Non-Destructive Testing and as an independent consultant. The focus of her research has been on identifying and studying human factors’ related risks during NDT inspections and suggesting ways of optimizing the inspections and inspection procedures. She is currently a research staff member at BAM responsible for probabilistic safety and reliability analyses AND human factors analyses. She is the chairwoman of the German Society for Non-Destructive Testing’s (DGZfP) subcommittee on human machine interaction and the winner of the DGZfP Science Award in 2018.
This paper presents an approach to the automatic enrichment of finite elements in the vicinity of a stress singularity. The enrichment consists of semi-analytical singular modes constructed using the Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM).
In contrast to analytical methods, the SBFEM provides modes for inhomogeneous and anisotropic materials without additional effort. The finite element basis can be of arbitrary order and remains unaltered by the enrichment. The approach requires enrichment in only one layer of elements around a node. Due to the compatibility of SBFEM with FEM, there is no Need for transitional elements, and there are no parasitic terms. The approach is tested for several benchmark problems. The stress intensity factors are computed based on techniques inspired by the SBFEM. The proposed procedure is compared to a Standard finite element implementation and shows a significant improvement in the error of the displacement field for problems involving singular stresses.
Conventional ultrasonic testing involves the application of a fluid couplant for impedance matching. Increasing use of lightweight structures, composite materials and adhesive joints mostly in aerospace and automotive industry created an increasing interest in air-coupled ultrasonic testing methods, to protect sensitive surfaces and simplify maintenance. Commercially available air-coupled transducers consist of a piezocomposite material and matching layers to reduce the impedance mismatch between the transducer and air. This contribution is an overview of innovative approaches using new piezoelectric materials and other physical principles to transmit and receive an ultrasonic pulse in air.
Capacitive and piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs and PMUTs) produce high pressure levels, but they exhibit a very narrow bandwidth. Optical laser-based methods for transmitting and receiving ultrasound promise a higher bandwidth, but do not achieve the same sensitivity as conventional air-coupled transducers. Ferroelectrets are charged cellular polymers exhibiting piezoelectric properties, having a very small acoustic impedance well matched to air. Ferroelectret transducers achieve about the same bandwidth as the most broadband conventional air-coupled transducers, having a higher sensitivity. Thermoacoustic transducers use heat to initiate an acoustic wave, acting as transmitters in ultrasonic range. Thermoacoustic transducers enable excitation of extremely broadband pulses while producing high pressure levels, which opens new possibilities for advanced signal processing. The newest member of the family of air-coupled ultrasonic transmitters is the plasma-based transducer, using both the thermoacoustic effect and the movements of the ions (so called ionic wind) to create acoustic waves.
An der BAM gibt es seit vielen Jahren Erfahrungen in der Entwicklung und im Bau speziell angepasster Wirbelstromsonden. Mit der Zielstellung, eine möglichst hohe Ortsauflösung zu erreichen, wurde vor einigen Jahren die sogenannte Eindrahtsonde (Patentanmeldung Nr. WO2015177341A1) entwickelt. Diese besteht aus der Kombination eines einzelnen dünnen Drahtes als Sender und GMR-Sensoren (giant magneto-resistance, Riesenmagnetwiderstand) als Empfänger. Beim Aufbau solcher Wirbelstromsonden hat sich der Einsatz sogenannter Starr-Flex-Leiterplatten bewährt. Der Aufbau und die Funktionsweise der Sensoren werden erläutert. Anhand spezieller Muster kleiner Vergleichsfehler werden Ortsauflösung, Richtungsabhängigkeit, Tiefenwirkung und Randeffekt hochauflösender Wirbelstromsonden aus Spulensystemen mit der Eindrahtsonde gegenübergestellt.
Hollow axle inspection can be performed without demounting the axles and without dismantling the wheels and the brake discs by using the drilling for the scan. To increase inspection reliability and inspection speed, the application of phased array systems instead of conventional probes is a good choice. For solid shaft inspection phased array setups became standard in the recent years. Nevertheless, for hollow axle inspection typically a number of conventional probes rotating through the axles drilling are applied.
The new approach uses an electronically steered rotating sound field from a phased array for the circumferential scan. This is realized by a cone shaped phased array which operates in immersion technique. That allows a significant increase in inspection speed and a reduction of the mechanical effort of the inspection system. The inspection can be carried out by a linear movement of the probe setup along the axles drilling. Applying additional focal laws allows exact inclination and focusing of the sound beam in the plane vertical to the specimen axis to concentrate the sound in the zones close to the external surface. An additional focus in the plane of incidence increases overall resolution and sensitivity.
The cone type phased array probe has been optimized to detect transversal flaws in and close to the outer surface of the hollow axle with orientation in the radial-radial plane. The prototype probe system, sound field simulations and measurement results are presented.
Im Zeitalter von Industrie 4.0 muss die zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (ZfP) mit den Anforderungen Schritt halten. Eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung von Digitalisierung, Automatisierung, komplexen Vernetzungen, künstlicher Intelligenz, Assistenzsystemen, intelligenten Sensortechnologien etc. hängt in hohem Maße mit einer erfolgreichen und optimalen Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion (MMI) zusammen. Auf dem Gebiet der ZfP wurde erkannt, dass mit zunehmender Automatisierung neue Herausforderungen in Bezug auf die Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion entstehen können: Herausforderungen, die angegangen werden müssen.
Der neu gegründete DGZfP FA "ZfP 4.0" hat sich diesem Thema angenommen und einen Unterausschuss (UA) zur Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion gegründet. Die Ziele dieses Unterausschusses bestehen darin, das Bewusstsein für die Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion in der ZfP zu sensibilisieren, sowie die Akzeptanz neuer Technologien in Hinblick auf Mensch-Maschine-Systeme und deren Umsetzung zu schaffen, um die Zuverlässigkeit und die Effektivität (Kostenreduktion + Sicherheit) der Mensch-Maschine-Systeme durch optimierte Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion zu gewährleisten. Einige der Themen, mit denen sich dieser UA auseinandersetzten möchte, sind: Entwurf und Entwicklung neuer Schnittstellen, Implementierung neuer Schnittstellen, Optimierung bestehender Technologien und Schnittstellen, Ausarbeitung von Technologien für das optimale MMI, Berücksichtigung der Zuverlässigkeit des gesamten Mensch-Maschine-Systems, Ausarbeitung der Inhalte für die Ausbildung, Wissenstransfer zwischen Disziplinen (z. B Psychologie, Ingenieurwesen, ZfP), usw.
Ziel dieses Vortrags ist es, Herausforderungen zu beschreiben, die Mensch-Maschine-Systeme im Zeitalter von ZfP 4.0 begegnen könnten. Dazu gehören beispielsweise Vertrauen in automatisierte Systeme, Out-of-the-Loop-Phänomene, Verlust von Fähigkeiten, Akzeptanz der Automatisierung, Usability, usw.
Human Factors bei der Ultraschall-Handprüfung von Radsatzwellen mit Längsbohrung in der Ausbildung
(2019)
Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, menschliche und organisatorische Einflussfaktoren auf die Ultraschall-Handprüfung von Radsatzwellen zu identifizieren, um Empfehlungen zur Optimierung der Ausbildung auszuarbeiten. Dazu, wurden prüfungsbezogene Risiken in der Praxis mittels Fehlzustandsart- und –auswirkungsanalyse (FMEA) analysiert sowie von den Prüfern empfundene Probleme während der Ausbildung und in der Praxis mittels Fragebogen identifiziert.
Die Ergebnisse der FMEA haben gezeigt, dass während der gesamten ZfP-Prozesses Fehler auftreten können, für die Gegenmaßnahmen getroffen und implementiert werden sollten. Zu den vorgeschlagenen Gegenmaßnahmen zählen: Optimierung der Organisation, Prüftechnik, Dokumentation, Ausbildung, Arbeitsbedingungen und des Prüfprozesses.
Die Auswertung der Fragebögen zeigte eine relativ große Zufriedenheit mit den zur Ausbildung bereitgestellten Prüfunterlagen. Hinsichtlich der Praxis tendierten die Antworten der Prüfer in Richtung Verbesserung der Prüfunterlagen, Arbeitsbedingungen vor Ort, Arbeitsvorbereitung im Werk und Anweisung/fachlichen Einweisung durch die Prüfaufsichten.
Aus den Hinweisen und Erkenntnissen wurden einige Empfehlungen zur Optimierung der Prüfunterlagen, Kompetenzen und des Prüfprozesses erarbeitet. Es wurde empfohlen, die Qualität der Prüfunterlagen systematisch zu untersuchen und zusammen mit den Prüfern zu verbessern, um Missverständnisse bei der Nutzung der Prüfunterlagen zu minimieren und somit Fehler bei der Prüfung zu vermeiden. Eine weitere Empfehlung betraf die Entwicklung und das Angebot neuer Ausbildungsmodule zur Weiterbildung von Prüfaufsichten und Führungskräften, um ein Grundverständnis über Einflüsse auf die Qualität der Zerstörungsfreien Prüfungen zu schaffen. Zur Optimierung des gesamten ZfP-Prüfprozesses wird empfohlen, die mittels FMEA erarbeitete Liste möglicher Gegenmaßnahmen in der Praxis umzusetzen. Diese Liste sollte den Verantwortlichen zur Verfügung gestellt werden, um potenziell auftretende Fehler zu erkennen und zu vermeiden.
Lamb waves are widely used for non-destructive evaluation of material parameters as well as for detection of defects. Another application of Lamb waves is quality control of adhesive joints.
Researchers are currently investigating shear horizontal and zero-group velocity modes for characterisation of the adhesive bonding strength. In a new approach, Lamb wave mode repulsion is used to obtain the coupling strength between different layers to characterise the adhesive bonding strength. The modes of the individual layers become coupled in the multilayered systems forming particular regions, the so-called mode repulsion regions. This study investigates these modes and their interaction in two-layered plate-like structures with varying coupling strength both numerically, with the Scaled Boundary FEM, and experimentally
Lamb waves are widely used for non-destructive evaluation of material parameters as well as for detection of defects. Another application of Lamb waves is quality control of adhesive joints.
Researchers are currently investigating shear horizontal and zero-group velocity modes for characterisation of the adhesive bonding strength. In a new approach, Lamb wave mode repulsion is used to obtain the coupling strength between different layers to characterise the adhesive bonding strength. The modes of the individual layers become coupled in the multilayered systems forming particular regions, the so-called mode repulsion regions. This study investigates these modes and their interaction in two-layered plate-like structures with varying coupling strength both numerically, with the Scaled Boundary FEM, and experimentally.
Acoustic-structure interaction in the scaled boundary finite element method for primsatic geometries
(2019)
Due to the short wavelength compared to the dimensions of the structure, the simulation of ultrasonic waves is still a challenging task. A numerical method well suited for this purpose is the semi-analytical Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM). When applying this method, only the boundary of a computational domain is discretized using finite elements, while the interior is described by an analytical ansatz. Hence, the number of degrees of freedom is reduced significantly compared to the classical Finite Element Method (FEM).
In recent years, a particular formulation of the SBFEM for the simulation of ultrasonic guided waves was developed. The method constitutes an efficient algorithm for prismatic structures of arbitrary length, such as plates, pipes, or beams. Wave propagation phenomena in such structures can be modeled for isotropic and anisotropic inhomogeneous waveguides. Even though the method is an efficient tool for the simulation of guided waves in solid media, a reliable model for the simulation of acoustic wave propagation in fluids as well as acoustic-structure interaction in terms of SBFEM is still missing. In principle, the fluid can be described by a displacement-based formulation and thus be implemented in existing SBFEM algorithms for solid bodies. However, due to the discretization with classical finite elements, spurious modes occur, which cannot be separated from the physical modes straightforwardly. The spurious modes can be suppressed using a penalty parameter. Although very accurate results were achieved for some problems, this procedure has been proven unreliable for certain cases.
For this reason, we propose a different approach in this contribution. We employ a pressure model to simulate the acoustic behavior of fluids. The implementation of the pressure model results in a higher effort due to the necessity of incorporating coupling terms, but it presents a stable alternative without spurious modes. The accuracy of the method is demonstrated in comparison with analytical solutions and results obtained using the FEM.
DICONDE für ET
(2019)
Against the background of sustainable resource management and efficiency, wood-based materials are currently experiencing a revival and, among others, plywood, Laminated Veneer Lumber and glued laminated timber are becoming increasingly more important in the building sector. Even though these materials are so-called engineered products, the element wood is naturally grown with intrinsic variability in mechanical properties and requires professional handling on-site. Otherwise, load-bearing structures made of wood materials may entail certain risks. Critical situations can, in principle, be avoided by implementing a structural health monitoring system into components or structures made from wood material. The aim is to indicate accumulation of mechanical damage and to eliminate or at least significantly reduce the risk of unexpected failure. Toward this purpose, the failure behavior of several layered wood materials under quasi-static tension was investigated in laboratory-scale experiments by means of acoustic emission (AE) measurement. Based on spectral analysis and pattern recognition, two classes of AE signals are identified for each investigated lay-up that are characterized by either low or high frequency contents in the respective power spectra. AE activity and intensity of both signal classes are analyzed, striving for predictors appropriate for AE monitoring concepts.
Der Fokus des Arbeitsfelds ist die messtechnisch fundierte Anwendung der 3D-Verfahrenskombination zur Lösung vielfältiger Messaufgaben mit optimaler Datenqualität für interne und externe Kunden.
Das setzt insbesondere eine jeweils problembezogene Messmethodik voraus. Dazu setzen wir kameragestützte 3D-Koordinatenmessverfahren ein, die auf dem fotogrammetrischen Prinzip der Bildtriangulation beruhen. Darunter fallen folgende miteinander flexibel kombinierbare Verfahrensmodifikationen: Mehrbildfotogrammetrie, Messadapter für Geometriemerkmale, Streifenprojektionsverfahren, statische bis hochdynamische Stereofotogrammetrie auf Punktebasis oder aufgabenangepasster Oberflächenmuster und mechanisch-optische Taster.
The propagation of ultrasonic waves in concrete is affected by its micro- and macro-structure, geometry and properties as well as external influences as stress, temperature or moisture. In addition, age and degradation have a strong influence. Therefore, Ultrasound has been used to monitor concrete samples and structures since decades. However, early applications using conventional techniques as time-of flight or changes in amplitudes have been limited to detect changes in a late stage close to serviceability or ultimate load states.
Around 2000, several new, more sensitive techniques adopted from geophysics or other field of material sciences have been introduced to research in ultrasonic monitoring of concrete. The most discussed methodologies are coda wave interferometry, a technique which allows to detect very subtle changes from repeated ultrasonic measurements. Nonlinear acoustic techniques help to identify e. g. cracks even in an inhomogeneous background. Both techniques can be combined.
This paper reviews methods and results achieved so far on the laboratory scale and with full scale models the directions for future research and application is given as well.
The propagation of ultrasonic waves in concrete is affected by its micro- and macro-structure, geometry and properties as well as external influences as stress, temperature or moisture. In addition, age and degradation have a strong influence. Therefore, Ultrasound has been used to monitor concrete samples and structures since decades. However, early applications using conventional techniques as time-of flight or changes in amplitudes have been limited to detect changes in a late stage close to serviceability or ultimate load states.
Around 2000, several new, more sensitive techniques adopted from geophysics or other field of material sciences have been introduced to research in ultrasonic monitoring of concrete. The most discussed methodologies are coda wave interferometry, a technique which allows to detect very subtle changes from repeated ultrasonic measurements. Nonlinear acoustic techniques help to identify e. g. cracks even in an inhomogeneous background. Both techniques can be combined.
This paper reviews methods and results achieved so far on the laboratory scale and with full scale models the directions for future research and application is given as well.
Ultrasonic non-destructive testing methods have found various applications in quality assurance and condition assessment of nuclear concrete structures. This includes but is not limited to the localization of construction features (thickness measurements, reinforcement, tendon ducts, and others) and damage detection (e. g. corrosion or cracks). However, there are still limitations, e. g. limited penetration depth and resolution, issues when testing hybrid steel/concrete structures as well as absence of standards and regulations.
This presentation will show progress in some of these issues and will focus on advanced instrumentation and validation of ultrasonic NDT for concrete structures.
Ultrasonic echo testing has been limited to a penetration depth of less than one meter in reinforced concrete. The development of the LAUS (Large Aperture Ultrasonic System), using a large array of ultrasonic transducers and wider offsets between transmitter and receiver, allows to reach up to 5 m in reinforced concrete and 9 m in unreinforced concrete. This capability has been demonstrated by collecting data from an engineered salt concrete barrier in an underground nuclear waste storage facility. Due to an increasingly competitive environment, commercial manufacturers will continue to develop equipment with enhanced penetration and/or increased resolution.
To quantify the capabilities and reliability of ultrasonic tests, validation mockups with engineered flaws are required. EPRI and BAM have built a large-scale mockup at a test site close to Berlin (BAM-TTS, Horstwalde) using a design which is repeated at other places. This presentation will also cover the methods deployed on engineered flaws and the repeatability of the test results.
We present two examples of the potential of synchrotron X-ray refraction techniques. First, we focus on the 3D imaging of hydrogen assisted cracks in an EN AW – 6060 aluminium alloy which are otherwise undetected by absorption-based CT. The second work is a quantitative analysis of the damage evolution in an Al/Al2O3 Metal Matrix Composite during interrupted in-situ tensile load.
The separation of two closely spaced defects in fields of Thermographic NDE is very challenging. The diffusive nature of thermal waves leads to a fundamental limitation in spatial resolution. Therefore, super resolution image reconstruction can be used. A new concerted ansatz based on spatially structured heating and joint sparsity of the signal ensemble allows for an improved reconstruction of closely spaced defects. This new technique has been studied using a 1D laser array with randomly chosen illumination pattern.
This paper presents the results after applying super resolution algorithms, such as the iterative joint sparsity (IJOSP) algorithm, to our processed measurement data. Different data processing techniques before applying the IJOSP algorithm as well as the influence of regularization parameters in the data processing techniques are discussed. Moreover, the degradation of super resolution reconstruction goodness by the choice of experimental parameters such as laser line width or number of measurements is shown.
The application of the super resolution results in a spatial resolution enhancement of approximately a factor of four which leads to a better separation of two closely spaced defects.
The separation of two closely located defects in fields of Thermographic NDE is very challenging. The diffusive nature of thermal waves leads to a fundamental limitation in spatial resolution. Therefore, super resolution image reconstruction can be used. A new concerted ansatz based on spatially structured heating and joint sparsity of the signal ensemble allows an improved reconstruction of closely located defects. This new technique has also been studied using 1D laser arrays in active thermography.
The post-processing can be roughly described by two steps: 1. Finding a sparse basis representation using a reconstruction algorithm such as the Fourier transform, 2. Application of an iterative joint sparsity (IJOSP) method to the firstly reconstructed data. For this reason, different methods in post-processing can be compared using the same measured data set.
The focus in this work was the variation of reconstruction algorithms in step 1 and its influence on the results from step 2. More precise, the measured thermal waves can be transformed to virtual (ultrasound) waves that can be processed by applying ultrasound reconstruction algorithms and finally the super resolution algorithm. Otherwise, it is also possible to make use of a Fourier transform with a subsequent super resolution routine. These super resolution thermographic image reconstruction techniques in post-processing are discussed and evaluated regarding performance, accuracy and repeatability.
Mikrofokus-Röntgenquellen werden in der industriellen CT flexibelverwendet, um mit kleiner Leistung hohe Auflösung zu erzielen oder mit verminderter Auflösung bei höherer Leistung kürzere Messzeiten zu erreichen. Insbesondere Quellen in offener Bauweise benötigen Wartung wie Filamentwechsel und Nachstellen der Fokusparameter. Ziel ist es, einen optimal kleinen Quellfleck bei bekannter Spannung einzustellen und dessen Größe zu bestimmen.
Zur Überprüfung der Quellfleckgröße sind bereits Verfahren unter Verwendung lithographisch hergestellter Masken mit Strichmustern oder Siemenssternen aus Mikrometer dünnen Schichten aus stark absorbierendem Material wie z.B. Gold bekannt. Diese erfordern wegen der geringen Absorption eine lange Messzeit und sind nur kostenintensiv herzustellen. Ihre Verwendung zur regelmäßigen Qualitätsüberprüfung von CT-Anlagen ist daher nicht verbreitet.
Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die richtungsabhängige Quellfleckgröße absolut zu bestimmen, wobei nur einfach zu beschaffende Wolframspitzen verwendet werden. Dazu werden radiographische Bilder in hoher Vergrößerung aufgenommen und die Grauwertverteilung parametrisiert. Unter Verwendung der Kenntnis von Targetmaterial und Spannung wird eine eineindeutige Zuordnung zur Quellfleckgröße vorgenommen.
Dieses erfordert eine extensive Simulation für verschiedene Spannungen, Fokusgrößen und andere Einflussgrößen, sowie die experimentelle Verifikation an verschiedenen CT-Anlagen im Vergleich zu einer bekannten Methode. Erste Ergebnisse werden vorgestellt und die praktische Implementierung unter Angabe der Einschränkungen der Verwendbarkeit diskutiert. Die Autoren hoffen, damit einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Verbesserung der Qualitätssicherung und zur
Arbeitseffizienz in der Mikrocomputertomographie leisten zu können.
Thermographic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) is based on the interaction of thermal waves with inhomogeneities. These inhomogeneities are related to sample geometry or material composition. Although thermography is suitable for a wide range of inhomogeneities and materials, the fundamental limitation is the diffusive nature of thermal waves and the need to measure their effect radiometrically at the sample surface only. The propagation of the thermal waves from the heat source to the inhomogeneity and to the detection surface results in a degradation in the spatial resolution of the technique. A new concerted ansatz based on a spatially structured heating and a joint sparsity of the signal ensemble allows an improved reconstruction of inhomogeneities. As a first step to establish an improved thermographic NDE method, an experimental setup was built based on structured 1D illumination using a flash lamp behind a mechanical aperture. As a follow-up to this approach, we now use direct structured illumination using a 1D laser array. The individual emitter cells are driven by a pseudo-random binary pattern and are additionally shifted by fractions of the cell period. The repeated measurement of these different configurations enables to illuminate each spot of the sample surface in lateral direction. This allows for a reconstruction that makes use of joint sparsity.
The measured data set is processed using super resolution image reconstruction algorithms such as the iterative joint sparsity (IJOSP) algorithm. Using this reconstruction technique and 150 different illumination patterns results in a spatial resolution enhancement of approximately a factor of four compared to the resolution of 5.9 mm for homogenously illuminated thermographic reconstruction.
Further, new data processing techniques have been studied before applying the IJOSP algorithm that are more performant or less prone to errors regarding image reconstruction. The choice of regularization parameters in data processing as well as experimental parameters such as the illumination pattern as a variable heat flux density (i.e., the Neumann boundary condition for convolution with the constant Green's function) have a big influence on the reconstruction goodness. With analytical-numerical modelling and numerical FEM simulations, we studied the influence of the experimental parameters on the result of the non-linear IJOSP reconstruction. This has also been investigated experimentally e.g. using different laser line widths or more measurements per position. These studies are used to derive optimal conditions for a certain measurement image reconstruction technique.
The diffusive nature of heat propagation complicates the separation of two closely spaced defects. This results in a fundamental limitation in spatial resolution. Therefore, super resolution (SR) image reconstruction can be used. SR processing techniques based on spatially structured heating and joint sparsity of the signal ensemble allows for an improved reconstruction of closely spaced defects. This new technique has been studied using a 1D laser array with randomly chosen illumination pattern.
This paper presents the results after applying SR algorithms such as the iterative joint sparsity (IJOSP) algorithm, to our processed measurement data. Two different data processing strategies are evaluated and discussed regarding their influence on the reconstruction goodness as well as their complexity. Moreover, the degradation of the SR reconstruction by the choice of regularization parameters in data processing is discussed.
The application of both SR techniques that are evaluated in this paper results in a spatial resolution enhancement of approximately a factor of four which leads to a better separation of two closely spaced defects. The fundamental difference between both SR techniques is their complexity.