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Dieses jährliche Netzwerktreffen hat sich als Diskussionsplattform zu allen Themen rund um die Prozessanalysenmesstechnik etabliert und es erwarten uns spannende Vorträge und Diskussionen. Wir freuen uns dieses Jahr Ihr Gastgeber zu sein. Endress+Hauser ist ein weltweit tätiger Anbieter von Automatisierungslösungen. Als Kompetenzzentrum für Flüssigkeitsanalyse bietet Endress+Hauser Conducta mit eigenen Produktionsstandorten in Deutschland, Asien und den USA ein breites Spektrum von Sensoren und Messsystemen für die Prozessanalysentechnik (PAT). Exzellente Produkte und zukunftsweisende Dienstleistungen und Lösungen unterstützen die Prozesse der Kunden seit über 60 Jahren.
Das diesjährige Kolloquium hat den Schwerpunkt „Prozessanalytik in der Biotechnologie“. Erste biotechnologische Verfahren wurden bereits vor mehreren 1000 Jahren angewandt zur Herstellung von Brot oder auch Bier und Wein aus Hefen. Heute treiben biotechnologische Verfahren Innovationen auf vielen Gebieten und deren Bedeutung in der Produktion von Lebensmitteln, landwirtschaftlichen Produkten, Arzneimitteln und Impfstoffen sowie Chemikalien steigt überproportional an. Biotechnologische Prozesse erlauben es zum Beispiel Proteine, Antikörper oder Vakzine maßgeschneidert und gezielt für den therapeutischen Einsatz herzustellen. Die Wirtschaftlichkeit der biologischen Prozesse hängt in hohem Maße davon ab, dass die richtigen Bedingungen geschaffen werden, damit die Mikroorganismen oder Zellkulturen optimal wachsen und die Erträge stabil und vorhersagbar maximiert werden können. Dieses stellt neue Anforderungen an die Sensorik und auch an die prozessanalytischen Werkzeuge für die Prozessautomatisierung. Darüber hinaus fördert die PAT-Initiative der FDA und das Streben nach Operational Excellence den Einsatz der Prozessanalysentechnik. Intelligente digitale pH und Sauerstoffsensoren ermöglichen eine zuverlässige Steuerung von biotechnologischen Verfahren bei gleichzeitig intuitiver Bedienung und sicherer Diagnose des Sensorzustandes. Biotechnologische Hochdurchsatzanalytik wird zur Optimierung in der modernen Pflanzenzüchtung eingesetzt. Innovative Modelle helfen die biotechnologischen Prozesse und deren Analytik zu verstehen und zu beschreiben. Wir wünschen Ihnen ein erfolgreiches Kolloquium mit vielen anregenden Diskussionen im TRIALOG zwischen den Forschern, Geräteherstellern und Anwendern.
The production and processing of ordinary Portland cement are responsible for nearly 5% of the world C02 emissions. Due to the world’s increasing requirement for building materials, this air pollution is growing up in the next decades. Alternative cement such as geopolymers can reduce these emissions effectively, Conventional geopolymer binders, produced ffom fly ash or metakaolin as aluminosilicate source and water-glass or alkali hydroxide Solutions as activator, are often used and studied. It is known that under appropriate conditions the starting materials form a three-dimensional aluminosilicate structure and create a gel-like matrix, In our case, a silica source from wastewater treatment of chlorosilane production and solid sodium aluminate as starting materials are initiated to harden by water. This procedure is known as “just add water” or “one-part” geopolymer formulation. These composites have significant advantages for use on construction site, but their Chemical structure is not extensively analyzed. In this work, a well known one-part geopolymer is investigated by 'H and 27A1 magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR) spectroscopy. Furthermore, it is shown that overlapping NMR lines can resolved with echo experiments and
Auch dieses Jahr war das interdisziplinäre Doktorandenseminar, organisiert von den Arbeitskreisen Prozessanalytik, Chemometrik und Qualitätssicherung, Chemo- und Biosensoren und Elektrochemische Analysenmethoden der Fachgruppe für Analytische Chemie der GDCh und erstmals in Kooperation mit den kreativen jungen Verfahrensingenieuren (kjVIs), wieder gut besucht und für alle Teilnehmer eine ausgezeichnete Gelegenheit zum interdisziplinären Wissensaustausch. Das Seminar fand wie bereits in den vergangenen zwei Jahre in Berlin statt, in der Eventpassage Nähe Bahnhof Zoo, grossartig vorbereitet und geleitet von Dr. Michael Maiwald und Grit Seifert, von der BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung.
Die Vorträge der nächsten beiden Tage umfassten ein breites Themen-, Methoden- und Anwendungsspektrum von Applikationen im Mikrobereich, wie etwa der Entwicklung eines Chips als Leitfähigkeitssensor zur Bestimmung des CO2-Partialdrucks am Oxygenatorausgang während extrakorporaler Membranoxygenierung bis hin zu grossen Massstäben wie etwa der Sortierung von Altholz mit Nahinfrarotspektroskopie. Die vielen hoch interessanten Vorträge aus verschiedenen Bereichen und Technologien, wie NMR-Spektroskopie, Elektrochemie, Fluoreszenz-Spektroskopie, Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), regten zu konstruktiven Diskussionen an und gaben Einblicke in wissenschaftliche Bereiche und deren Anwendung, die über den eigenen Themenbereich hinaus gehen.
Die interdisziplinäre Ausrichtung und Vielfalt der verschiedenen Forschungsbereiche spiegelte sich auch in der Postersession wieder. Die Themen umfassten etwa den Versuch zur Diskriminierung einer Lungenkrebszelllinie durch Honigbienen, die parallelen Analyse von Mikroschadstoffen in Wasser, sowie die Kombination von faser-optischer Methoden zur Inline Multiparameterprozessanalytik, um nur einige zu nennen.
The library of the remote monastery of Qäqäma Maryam Kidanä Mehrät in Däg'a Tämben (Tagray, North Ethiopia) was investigated by the team of the project Ethio-SPaRe in June and November 2012. A preliminary study of the library showed that the collection was extended and profoundly renovated in the nineteenth Century, in the course of the revival the monastery had during the reign of King Yohannas IV (1872-89). The shaping of the collection was apparently linked to the figure of the powerful abbot, Gäbrä Giyorgis, who donated dozens of books of diverse provenance, which he himself gathered or received as gifts.1 As the result, the extensive library contains a huge amount of information, but its heterogeneity poses a very serious challenge to the researcher.
The new standard ISO 176362:2013 'NDT of welds: Radiographic testing - Part 2: X- and gamma ray techniques with digital detectors' describes a complex procedure for film replacement by phosphor imaging plates and digital detector arrays. RT modeling software should consider these detector types, X-ray film, and the standard requirements for image quality. Practitioners expect the same visibility of image quality indicators (IQI) in the simulated radiographs as in the experimental exposures. The proposed benchmark test is based on the comparison of experimental radiographs taken at BAM with modeled ones of participants. The experimental setup and the determination of the equivalent penetrameter sensitivity (EPS) as described in the procedure of ASTM E 746 are used for quantitative evaluation of the achievable contrast sensitivity for step hole IQIs as considered in Annex B of ISO 17636-2. System classification data for Computed Radiography (CR) and film systems will be provided by BAM according to ISO 116991 for selected film systems and according to ASTM E 2446 for selected CR systems. The classification of films and digital detectors is based on the measurement of the dose response function, the basic spatial resolution (SRb) of the image, and the measured image noise, which depends on the detector efficiency, the quantum statistics, and the detector fixed pattern noise.
It is important to protect critical buildings (shopping centres, government buildings and embassies), infrastructure and utilities, train and underground stations against being damaged, destroyed or disrupted by deliberate acts of terrorism, criminal activity and malicious behaviour. Normal regulations and building guidelines do not generally take into account these threats. The introduction of appropriate regulations or guidelines, where deemed necessary, should enhance the resilience of buildings and infrastructure against explosion incidents. In order to protect the built infrastructure, methods are required to quantify the resistance of structural components against explosive loading and to assess the hazards resulting from the failure of an element. The applicable state-of-the-art techniques may include either experimental or numerical methods, or a combination of both. Therefore, the thematic group (TG) on the resistance of structures to explosion effects was formed in order to bring the required expertise together, make it commonly available and to find and define harmonised methods and solutions which can be provided to the decision-makers responsible for critical infrastructure protection. This report discusses the differences between the existing standards for testing blast-resistant glazing and windows and it presents basic recommendations for the future development of the suite of European standards in this area.
This paper presents the impact of dynamic loading on the deterioration of ballasted track. Firstly it is discussed which types of loading can be observed at the track. The effects of cyclic and dynamic loading on the ballast assembly are discussed with respect to the different boundary conditions of physical model tests compared to those existing in reality. For dynamic loading, on the one hand, the displacements and rotations of single particles at the surface become more important. On the other hand, the load distribution caused by an impact like loading is different from a quasistatic loading. Finally, large scale tests are presented. When comparing the dynamic loading sequences with the solely cyclic loading, limits are found for a vibration level that is associated with an accelerated accumulation of permanent deformations.
A test material for routine performance evaluation of energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometers (EDS) is presented. It consists of a synthetic, thick coating of C, Al, Mn, Cu, and Zr, in an elemental composition that provides interference-free characteristic X-ray lines of similar intensities at 10 kV scanning electron microscope voltage. The EDS energy resolution at the C-K, Mn-Lα, Cu-Lα, Al-K, Zr-Lα, and Mn-Kα lines, the calibration state of the energy scale, and the Mn-Lα/Mn-Kα intensity ratio as a measure for the low-energy detection efficiency are calculated by a dedicated software package from the 10 kV spectrum. Measurements at various input count rates and processor shaping times enable an estimation of the operation conditions for which the X-ray spectrum is not yet corrupted by pile-up events. Representative examples of EDS systems characterized with the test material and the related software are presented and discussed.
Recently two of the authors of the present paper proposed a model for a fracture mechanics
based prediction of the S–N characteristics of metallic components with large microstructural
defects and supported this by a validation exercise on tensile plates made of an aluminium
alloy AL5380 H321. Here the authors extend the study using a number of further
data sets from the literature for which data were available at different R ratios. These data
include two aluminium alloys, Al 2024-T3 and Al 7075-T6, and a ductile cast iron, EN-GJS-
400-18-LT. Despite of necessary assumptions for the compensation of partially missing
input information the results were fairly reasonable with the exception of one data set.
The authors identify high applied stress levels in combination with potential multiple crack
initiation as the probable root of the problem and propose a scheme how the model can be
extended for taking into account crack initiation.
A comprehensive numerical model for the analysis of offshore foundations under a general transient loading is presented here. The theoretical basis of the model lies on the Swansea formulation of Biot's equations of dynamic poroelasticity combined with a constitutive model that reproduces key aspects of cyclic soil behaviour in the frame of the theory of generalised plasticity. On the practical side, the adoption of appropriate finite element formulations may prevent the appearance of spurious numerical instabilities of the pore pressure field. In this respect, the use of a coupled enhanced-strain element is here proposed. On the other hand, the practicality of the presented model depends ultimately on its computational efficiency. Some practical recommendations concerning the solution strategies, the matrix storage/handling procedures and the parallel multi-processor computation are here provided. Finally, the performance of the model with a benchmark study case and its practical application to analyse the soil–structure interaction of an offshore monopile under a realistic transient storm loading are discussed.
In this paper, we show that a micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with commercially available gas sensors can address environmental monitoring and gas source localization (GSL) tasks. To account for the challenges of gas sensing under real-world conditions, we present a probabilistic approach to GSL that is based on a particle filter (PF). Simulation and real-world experiments demonstrate the suitability of this algorithm for micro UAV platforms.
In diesem Paper wird ein absolut messendes faseroptisches Messsystem zur Bestimmung des Gap-Abstandes von niedrig reflektierenden losen und festen extrinsischer Fabry-Pérot Interferometer (EFPI) vorgestellt. Die häufigste Methode zur Bestimmung von Dehnungen oder Bewegungen durch EFPI-Sensoren ist eine kontinuierliche relative Ermittlung einer Veränderung mit einer nachträglichen Auswertung. Unterbrechungen in der Datenerfassung oder Fehler bei der Interferenzstreifen-Auswertung führen zu einer nicht abschätzbaren Messunsicherheit. Damit war es bis dato nicht möglich, eine absolute Veränderung von eingesetzten EFPI-Sensoren zu bestimmen. Mit dem an der BAM entwickelten Verfahren, ist dies jetzt möglich, die absolute Veränderung zu bestimmen. Dieses System namens 'EFPI-Scan' wird in dem Papier dargestellt werden.
The absolute detection of a gap distance of loose and ftxed extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) sensors with conventional measurement Systems is not possible. Due to this EFPI-sensors were deemed to be unfit for distance determination in comparision with FBG sensors. With the conventional measurement method a continous measurement of the EFPIsensors was necessary. Otherwise data about the distance change was lost. Additional it is necessary to detect the tumaround points in the interference signal with 100%. This made it worse for the analysis and the use of the sensor. At BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing a measurement System called “EFPI-Scan” is developed which can measure the absolute gap distance of four connected EFPI-sensors synchronous. Every measurement channel is temperature independetn and long term stable. Test measurements showed a deviation of maximum ±1 gm per hour. Furthermore it is possible to measure with different measurement modes (abolute, relative and a combination of both). Special emphasis should be placed to the absolute measurement accuracy of ± 5 pm at a gap distance determination ftom 40 up to 4000 pm.
Two commercial polyethylene grades were exposed to water at elevated temperatures and enhanced oxygen pressure. To characterize their aging behavior laser-induced photoluminescence spectroscopy was applied. Additionally, aging characterization was performed by established methods such as tensile testing, infrared (IR) spectroscopy, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and UV–VIS spectroscopy. During the initial stages of aging, the overall concentration of phenolic antioxidants as well as oxidation onset temperatures decreased exponentially. Simultaneously, significant discoloration due to the formation of conjugated degradation products from phenolic antioxidants (e.g., quinone methides) was detected. After the consumption of antioxidants, photoluminescence started to grow continuously presumably due to the formation of photoluminescent unsaturated carbonyls. In the final stages of aging, embrittlement of the materials as characterized by the degradation of mechanical properties (i.e., loss in ductility) coincided with rising carbonyl index values as well as an increase in crystallinity due to chemicrystallization. Between integrated photoluminescence intensity and carbonyl index, a linear correlation was established. In the induction period, the photoluminescence method exhibited a significantly higher sensitivity to reflect aging induced material changes.
Melamine and melamine resins are widely used as fire retardants for polymer materials used in pharmaceutical, plastic, textile, rubber, and construction industry. Melamine-based flame retardants act by blowing off intumescent layers, char formation, and emission of quenching ammonia gas and diluent molecular nitrogen. Special advantages are: low cost, low smoke density and toxicity, low corrosive activity, safe handling, and environmental friendliness. Methylated poly(melamine-co-formaldehyde) (mPMF) was used as thick (≥40 µm) fire-retardant coating for plasma pretreated polymers. A combined low-pressure plasma pretreatment consisting of oxygen plasma exposure followed by deposition of thin poly(allylamine) (ppAAm) and poly(allyl alcohol) (ppAAl) plasma polymers as adhesion promoters have improved the adhesion of thick mPMF coatings strongly. Chemical structure and composition of deposited polymer films were characterized by infrared-attenuated total reflectance and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). After peeling, the peeled layer surfaces were also investigated for identification of the locus of failure and their topography using optical microscopy and XPS. Often the adhesion promotion was so efficient that the peeling of coating was not possible. Thermal properties of plasma polymers and dip-coating films were analyzed by thermogravimetric analysis. Significant improvement of fire-retardant properties of coated polymers was confirmed by flame tests.
More Information about the capability and especially about the dnrabi 1 ity of Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG) Systems are needed. To make a contribution to questions unanswered a suitable System evaluation test is necessary. The Basis for such a test is a load function, vvhich accounts for the decisive loads SSG Systems are exposed to during their working life. This paper proposes a general load function for Standard SSG Systems at central German locations for accelerated durability tests. Decisive loads are determined and different SSG construction types defmed. The performance of these SSG Systems under exposure to externa! loads and to a dynamic pendulum impact is investigated via finite element analyses using a hyperelastic material niodel. The external loads are applied separately and superimposed. Compression, tensile and shear deformations of the sealant are determined. It is found that the sealant is subjected to normal and shear stresses simultaneously. The requirements for a representative specimen are derived. The results will be taken as basics for the development and the construction of a test facility to evaluate the durability of Structural Sealant Glazing Systems.
The challenge of how to adequately characterize the toughness behavior of ductile cast iron (DCI) materials had been solved through the development and application of fracture mechanics concepts. Outstanding examples are found in the design and safety assessment procedures of sophisticated DCI components for wind turbines or transport and storage casks for radioactive materials. An essential requirement for these procedures is to have adequate fracture mechanics toughness data available.
Because DCI materials may substantially change their deformation, damage and fracture behavior from ductile to brittle by increasing loading rate, decreasing temperature, increasing pearlite share and increasing stress triaxiality, the corresponding experimental measuring techniques and analysis concepts have to be chosen and adapted with deliberation. Long-time experience in this field is imperative to provide valuable data.
BAM has been dealing with mechanical and fracture mechanical characterization of DCI materials for more than 30 years. This paper demonstrates state-of-the-art fracture mechanics test methods for the determination of quasi-static and dynamic fracture toughness. Among others, it is exemplarily shown for a variety of DCI materials conforming to grade EN-GJS-400 how mechanical and fracture mechanical properties are influenced by temperature, loading rate and microstructure. A major lesson to be learned is that fracture toughness data of DCI should always be discussed, reported and used in correlation with microstructural parameters.
The one-phase methods described in Chapter 2 were shown to be able to predict casting to some extent, but could not depict segregation, sedimentation and blockage occurring during flow. On the other hand, the distinct element methods described in Chapter 3 did not take into account the presence of two phases in the system and describes concrete as distinct elements interacting through more or less complex laws. A reliable numerical model of a multiphase material behaviour shall take into account both phases (solid and liquid). From the numerical point of view, concrete flow shall be seen therefore as the free surface flow of a highly-concentrated suspension of rigid grains.
Time slices of very dense GPR measurements carried out at concrete with a real point distance of less than 10 mm in x and y direction show weak reflection patterns besides the strong reflections of reinforcements. A repetition of these measurements with the same local geometrical precision at the same specimen shows the same reflection pattem. We suppose that the heterogeneity of concrete given by aggregates (e.g. gravel, broken granite) causes local weak Scattering of the GPR waves and leads to reflection patterns in the GPR data. These reflection patterns can be explained by a Superposition of multiple scatterings of single aggregates. So far these reflection patterns have been not recognized in Standard time slices due to the large spacing (> 5 cm) between single profiles and because of the interpolation between the profiles.
We investigate the characteristics of the volume scattering effects, caused by aggregates, at concrete blocks with two different grading curves. In a more general investigation we study the volume scattering of aggregates by using wooden boxes filled with only typical aggregates and an included defined reflector (metal plate). The thickness of the aggregate layer above the metal plate was varied between 20 cm and 40 cm. With a very dense measuring grid at the surface we are able to calculate the effective volume scattering and to analyze the distribution of the reflection amplitude of the included metal plate for different aggregate set-ups. Results of this study confirm that the weak reflection patterns in concrete can be explained by aggregate scattering and have a direct correlation to the penetration depth of GPR in concrete.
Adhesively bonded aluminum components have been widely used in the aerospace industry for weight-efficient and damage-tolerant structures. Automated squirter jet immersion ultrasonic testing is a common inspection technique to assure the bond integrity of large, contoured assemblies. However, squirter jet inspection presents several limitations in scanning speed, related to water splash noise over protruding stiffeners and splash interference crosstalk in multi-channel inspection systems. Air-coupled ultrasonic testing has been evaluated as an alternative, possibly offering the benefits of increased throughput by enabling higher speeds, and eliminating the contamination concerns and maintenance issues of water couplant systems. Adhesive joints of multi-layer aluminum plates with artificial disbonds were inspected with novel air-coupled ultrasonic probes based on cellular polypropylene. Disbonds of various sizes were engineered in several multi-layer configurations and at various depths. Results were compared with squirter jet immersion and conventional piezoelectric transducer designs in terms of scan contrast, resolution and inspection time.
Für die rechnerische Dimensionierung der Betondecken im Oberbau von Verkehrsflächen für den Neubau sowie die Erneuerung nach RDO-Beton 09 ist die statische Spaltzugfestigkeit an der unteren bzw. unteren und oberen Scheibe des Betonzylinders bzw. Bohrkerns entsprechend der Vorgaben der AL Sp-Beton zu bestimmen. Aufgrund der unzureichenden Kenntnis der Präzision dieses Prüfverfahrens wurden mit einem breit aufgestellten Ringversuch die statistischen Kennwerte an Labor- und Bestandsbetonen unter Vergleich- und Wiederholbedingungen auf der Grundlage des FGSV-Merkblatts über die statistische Auswertung von Prüfergebnissen ermittelt. Für eine möglichst gute statistische Absicherung nahmen an dem Ringversuch dreizehn erfahrene Prüfstellen teil. Zur Abdeckung des vielschichtigen Einsatzes des Prüfverfahrens erfolgte der Ringversuch an acht Prüflosen. Dabei berücksichtigen einerseits die Prüflose 1 und 2 mit den im Transportbetonwerk hergestellten Betonzylindern die Erst-/Eignungsprüfung und das darauf aufbauende Prüflos 3 mit Bohrkernen aus einer im Feldversuch hergestellten Fahrbahnplatte mit gleicher Betonrezeptur die Übereinstimmungskontrolle bei Neubaumaßnahmen. Andererseits findet der Einsatz des Prüfverfahrens bei der Restsubstanzbewertung von Betonfahrbahnplatten bei den Prüflosen 4 bis 7 mit den Bohrkernen aus vier in Waschbetonbauweise ausgeführten Fahrbahnplatten Berücksichtigung. Das zusätzlich aufgenommene Prüflos 8 mit einem Labormörtel dient der Herausarbeitung des Materialeinflusses auf die Präzision der Spaltzugfestigkeitsprüfung.
Zusammenfassend kann festgestellt werden, dass die Präzision der in der AL SP-Beton beschriebenen Spaltzugfestigkeitsprüfung mit einem Variationskoeffizienten von weniger als 10 % unter Wiederhol- und Vergleichsbedingungen hinreichend genau ist. Der geringe Unterschied zwischen den Variationskoeffizienten unter Wiederhol- und Vergleichsbedingungen lässt zusätzlich den Schluss zu, dass der Einfluss des unterschiedlichen Personals und der verschiedenartigen Prüftechniken bei den einzelnen Prüfstellen relativ gering ist. Die im Rahmen des Ringversuchs gewonnenen Erkenntnisse haben bereits partiell Eingang in die Normung gefunden.
Vibration of normal apartment, office and production buildings, which are excited by technically induced ground vibrations are considered. Many wavelengths of the Rayleigh waves of the soil fit into the foundation dimensions. The related high discretization effort can nowadays be realized with detailed soil-structure interaction method. The combined finite-element boundary-element method is used here as a detatiled method. Simplified method can be used with less computation time, but these methods must be calibrated by exact results. One simplification is to extent the structure to infinity and to solve the problem by wavenumber domain methods. Another simplification is the use of a Winkler soil instead of the continuous soil. Usually, the Winkler parameters are not only soil parameters but depend also on the rigid or flexible foundation structure. Substructure methods use commercial FEM software for the building part. The contribution will show some detailed and some simplified results on large structural elements such as foundation plates, walls, storey plates on columns as well as results on complete buildings. The reduction of the ground vibration by stiff elements and the amplification due to floor or building resonances are discussed which are the most important phenomena of the soil-building interaction.
Amuay refinery disaster (2012) is another recent example of Vapor Cloud Explosion (VCE) and fire accidents preceded by Buncefield (2005), Puerto-Rico (2009) and Jaipur (2009), respectively [9]. The incident has left many safety issues behind which must be repeatedly addressed. Unfortunately, the lessons taught by previous similar events are just not understood carefully. It reveals that the proper safety measures for such facilities were either underestimated or were not accounted seriously. Consequently, the resulting overpressures from explosion and the subsequent thermal radiation from tank fires have once again proved to be disastrous to both mankind and infrastructure. This article highlights the aftermaths of Amuay incident and addresses the challenges put forward by it. Furthermore, a comparative study is performed between such incidents to analyze the similarities and how they could have been avoided.
Elastomers are widely used as main sealing materials in Containers for low and intermediate level radioactive waste and as additional component to metal seals in spent fuel and high active waste Containers. They are applied due to their special material properties and easy use [1]. For this application several challenging prerequisites must be met for the essential reliable Operation of the seal.
A computationally efficient solution scheme is presented for the mechanical problems whose formulations include the Kuhn–Tucker or Signorini–Fichera conditions. It is proposed to reformulate these problems replacing inequalities in these conditions by equations with respect to new unknowns. The solutions of the modified problems have simple physical meanings and determine uniquely the unknowns of the original problems. The approach avoids application of multi-valued operators (inclusions or inequalities) in formulation of the problems. Hence, the modified formulations are suitable for numerical analysis using established powerful mathematical methods and corresponding solvers developed for solving systems of non-linear equations.
To demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach, it is applied for solving problems in two different areas: constitutive modeling of single-crystal plasticity and mixed boundary value problems of elastic contact mechanics with free boundaries. The original formulations of these problems contain respectively the Kuhn–Tucker and Signorini–Fichera conditions. A problem of the former area is integrated using an implicit integration scheme based on the return-mapping algorithm. The derived integration scheme is free of any update procedure for identification of active slip systems. A problem of the latter area is reduced to solution of non-linear integral boundary equations (NBIEs). Numerical examples demonstrate stability and efficiency of the solution procedures and reflect the mathematical similarities between the both non-linear problems.
The research project "Ultrasonic Net for Concrete Monitoring (UNeCOM)" aims at developing a methodology for an embedded ultrasonic network for the condition assessment of infrastructure constructions. Civil engineering structures made of concrete, which are located in tectonically active regions or undergo special loading conditions, may require continuous monitoring. It is important to assess the condition of the building and its stability to recognise and classify the effect of a seismic event or evolving damage at early stages before failure occurs. Embedded ultrasonic sensors offer the possibility to detect changes in the material and degradation mechanisms from inside the structure in areas which are difficult or impossible to inspect otherwise. In contrast to conventional ultrasonic testing methods, where the concrete surfaces are scanned with ultrasound probes, this new approach uses sensors, which are embedded into concrete, eliminating the effect of variable coupling conditions between sensors and concrete. This method allows an integral detection of changes in the concrete structure, for example due to seismic activities, to detect mechanical impacts, as well as degradation of the material due to overloading. Such methods have great relevance especially for the monitoring of constructions like power plants, bridges, offshore structures and other structures with high technical safety requirements. The sensor network can be controlled remotely through the internet which is also being used for data transfer. The embedded sensor network is designed to monitor structural damage and concrete degradation globally with high sensitivity.
The baroque epitaph Reyer (1704) at the St. Laurentius church in Tönning was treated with carbolineum as a wood preservation agent in 1903. The subsequent constant migration of carbolineum through the layers of paint to the surface has had a detrimental effect on the aesthetic appearance of the epitaph. Carbolineum is an oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown mixture of coal tar oil components. Due to its content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which are classified as carcinogenic and harmful to the environment, the use of carbolineum has been forbidden. The aim of the project is to develop an exemplary Conservation treatment (hat will reduce the toxic contents of the historical wooden object. The new method should be applicable to similar objects that are also contaminated with carbolineum. The historic carbolineum was identified by the GC-MS method and the X-Ray computed tomography revealed the biological wood damage and previous restoration measures. Several decontamination methods such as the extraction with supercritical C02, with dichloromethane vapour/fluids, with 1,3-dioxolane or with petrol ether by vaccum impregnation were investigated. This project is founded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU).
Im Rahmen einer Bachelorarbeit und in Kooperation mit der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) wurden die eintretenden Schädigungsprozesse während des Spaltzugversuche mittels innovativer Prüfverfahren untersucht. Ziel war es, in Untersuchungen Erkenntnisse über das Versagensverhalten unter statischer und dynamischer Spaltzugbeanspruchung bei der Variation verschiedener Einflussfaktoren zu gewinnen. Hierfür wurde die Aussagekraft innerer und äußerer Schädigungsindikatoren zur Charakterisierung der auftretenden Bruchmechanismen analysiert.
In microelectronic packaging, wire bonding is the predominant method for making electrical connections. Copper is increasingly substituting gold as interconnection material since it is a much cheaper alternative and it also offers several physical advantages.
Adequate and reliable mechanical integrity of the connection is usually checked by process controls based onto 'wire pull' and 'ball bond shear' tests. In this paper the two methods are compared in terms of sensitiveness in detecting a latent weakness of the bond-pad structure, either induced by inappropriate wire bonding process or cumulated during reliability ageing. The failure modes (in terms of frequency and maximum test load) observed at the ball bond interface have been investigated on two different batches of a same chip, obtained from different wire-bonding recipes and including both unstressed and aged units. Cross-sections of the samples, submitted to pull and shear both in destructive and non-destructive tests, have allowed us to investigate the relationship between the bond morphological characteristics (metal deformation and potential micro-damages induced by copper bonding) and the weak points for fracture propagation inside the bond-pad inner layers and the silicon substrate.
Besides the experimental activities, fracture mechanics and the finite element method have been employed to model the pull and shear tests. The aims of the finite element modelling have been to predict the reduction of test maximum load in defective ball bonds and the crack growth angle adopting a mixed-mode criterion. Good results have been obtained by the numerical fracture analysis, which can then support the reliability characterization and mechanical improvement of the bond.
Orally ingested nanoparticles may overcome the gastrointestinal barrier, reach the circulatory system, be distributed in the organism and cause adverse health effects. However, ingested nanoparticles have to pass through different physicochemical environments, which may alter their properties before they reach the intestinal cells. In this study, silver nanoparticles are characterised physicochemically during the course of artificial digestion to simulate the biochemical processes occurring during digestion. Their cytotoxicity on intestinal cells was investigated using the Caco-2 cell model. Using field-flow fractionation combined with dynamic light scattering and small-angle X-ray scattering, the authors found that particles only partially aggregate as a result of the digestive process. Cell viabilities were determined by means of CellTiter-Blue® assay, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-staining and real-time impedance. These measurements reveal small differences between digested and undigested particles (1–100 µg/ml or 1–69 particles/cell). The findings suggest that silver nanoparticles may indeed overcome the gastrointestinal juices in their particulate form without forming large quantities of aggregates. Consequently, the authors presume that the particles can reach the intestinal epithelial cells after ingestion with only a slight reduction in their cytotoxic potential. The study indicates that it is important to determine the impact of body fluids on the nanoparticles of interest to provide a reliable interpretation of their nano-specific cytotoxicity testing in vivo and in vitro.
This poster presentation gives an overview of the great potential of X-ray micro computed tomography (CT) to cast light on the evolution of the microstructure in construction materials. Prevention of damage is of major economic and social importance in the development of suitable construction materials such as concrete and asphalt. Therefore a non-destructive testing method such as CT is an appropriate tool for visualization of the inner structure. Its combination with other test methods allows understanding the damage processes such as crack propagation or corrosion. We show examples of internal structure analyses on a wide range of materials: Automatic 3D crack detection and the visualization of corrosion products inside of steel reinforced concrete, pore and shape analysis of lightweight aggregates and the visualization of deformation of high-pressure loaded aerated concrete specimens, distribution of aggregates inside concrete, and determination of the surface of porous asphalt core samples. Segmented structures serve, e.g., as input data for simulation of transport phenomena or virtual load tests.
Die Sicherheit von Radsatzwellen beruht gegenwärtig auf zwei Säulen: der Schwingfestigkeitsauslegung und periodischen Inspektionen. Ausgehend von einem Schadensfall, der gebrochenen ICE 3-Welle von Köln, 2008, werden ausgewählte Aspekte dieser beiden Säulen diskutiert und Vorschläge zur weiteren Verbesserung gemacht. Diese betreffen u. a. Fragen einer Betriebszeitbegrenzung, Veränderungen der Schwingfestigkeit während des Betriebs infolge von Korrosion und Steinschlag, den Einfluss von Korrosion auf Schwingrissinitiierung und -fortschritt, den potenziellen Einfluss nichtmetallischer Einschlüsse auf die Schwingfestigkeit, die Möglichkeiten, sie im Rahmen der Qualitätssicherung zu detektieren, sowie Fragen der Bruchmechanik und der Zuverlässigkeit zerstörungsfreier Schwingriss-Prüfverfahren im Rahmen eines Konzepts regelmäßiger Inspektionen.
Im Rahmen eines AiF-Forschungsvorhabens wurde die Beeinflussung des Schweißprozesses mittels generierter Wechselstrom-Magnetfelder (ACMagnetfelder) beim Laserstrahlschweißen von Aluminiumlegierungen untersucht. Das vorrangige Augenmerk galt hierbei der Entfernung von Poren sowie der Stabilisierung der Schweißnahtoberfläche zur Vermeidung von rauen Schweißnähten. Das Schweißen mit Einsatz des AC-Magneten erzeugte im Vergleich zu den Referenznähten deutlich flachere Schweißnähte mit reduzierter Porenanzahl, die typische Schuppenstruktur wurde unterdrückt. Das Magnetfeld bewirkte bei entsprechenden Parametern der magnetischen Flussdichte und der Frequenz eine Halbierung der Rauigkeit der Schweißnahtoberfläche. Neben der Oberflächenberuhigung wurde auch die Verteilung von Poren in der Schmelze beeinflusst. Es konnte nachgewiesen werden, dass bei einer geeigneten Auswahl der Parameter von AC-Magnetfeldern die Porositätsanteile in der Schweißnaht auf ein Zehntel gegenüber den Referenzschweißnähten reduziert werden können.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Within the framework of an AiF research project, investigations were conducted into the influences exerted on the welding process using generated alternating current (AC) magnetic fields during the laser beam welding of aluminium alloys. In this respect, attention was principally paid to removing pores and to stabilising the weld surface in order to avoid rough welds. In comparison with the reference welds, welding utilising the AC magnet produced considerably flatter welds with a reduced number of pores and the typical ripple structure was suppressed. With corresponding parameters for the magnetic flux density and the frequency, the roughness of the weld surface was halved using the magnetic field. In addition to the surface stabilisation, influences were also exerted on the distribution of pores in the molten metal. It was possible to prove that, by selecting suitable parameters for AC magnetic fields, the porosity proportions in the weld can be reduced to one tenth of those in the reference welds.
Auch Kunststoffdränelemente sind wie alle Kunststoffprodukte für Kriechen und Stabilitätsversagen anfällig. Ein Kunststoffdränelement verformt sich unter langanhaltender Druck- und Scherbelastung allmählich. Dabei werden die Dicke und damit auch das Wasserableitvermögen reduziert. Wenn die Verformung parallel zur Ebene im Laufe der Zeit einen kritischen Wert überschreitet, kann es zum Scherversagen kommen. Das Kunststoffdränelement kann auch Zusammenbrechen, wenn die Dicke des Produktes einen kritischen Wert unterschreitet. Diese Effekte werden an Hand von Daten von Herstellern von vier verschiedenen Produkten beschrieben. Das Langzeit-Wasserableitvermögen und die akzeptable Grenzen für die Scher- und Normalspannung vor dem Hintergrund von Scherversagen und Dränkemstabilität und die Lebensdauer in Bezug auf diese Versagensmechanismen werden durch Zuhilfenahme standardisierter Prüfverfahren bestimmt. Diese Eigenschaften von Kunststoffdränelementen müssen bei der Planung dauerhafter geotechnischer Bauwerke berücksichtigt werden. Zudem wird kurz auf das Qualitätsmanagement bei dem Einbau und der Lagerung der Produkte auf der Deponiebaustelle eingegangen.
Odours might cause offensive nuisance and are under suspicion to be directly harmful to health. Surprisingly their assessment is by definition no part of the determination of indoor air quality (yet). As odours emit from building materials as well as from common consumer goods the users awareness increases continuously and demand for improved consumer protection raises. In comparison to well established methods for the determination of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the air, there is little experience regarding the applicability, comparability and reproducibility of odour measurements. Considering this, the international and the German standardisation take into account odour assessment, e.g. ISO 16000-28 and VDI 4302-1.
In Germany the AgBB-Scheme is a mandatory tool for the evaluation of building products and it is intended to implement odour measurement into it. Initially and essentially the newly developed method had to be put to test involving institutes that deal with VOC measurements. To test the applicability of the method an interlaboratory test was conducted. The results and identified potential improvements are presented in this study (Brosig, 2013).
The Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique (SAFT) is an algorithm applied in non-destructive ultrasonic testing which provides an image of flaws within a specimen. The image is reconstructed from A-scans measured at different positions. Reliable evaluation of the images obtained by the SAFT-algorithm, however, depends on the representation of the reconstructed data, which is initially given in terms of positive and negative local values only. A suitable way of processing this data for evaluation is to calculate the envelope, which can be achieved by means of the analytic signal. The extension of this concept to the multidimensional case is neither trivial nor unique and although extensive work on this subject has been carried out in the past, a correct envelope calculation in multidimensional data remains difficult since it depends on an additional condition, namely the separability of the signal. In this paper, the concept of analytic signals with single-quadrant spectra is applied to process 2-dimensional data obtained by the SAFT-algorithm. Furthermore, we present a procedure to overcome the limitations of that approach by selecting local magnitude values from a number of rotated frames after evaluating the signals separability in each frame, which is briefly validated against synthetic and experimental data.
For the accuracy of inertial navigation systems for indoor localization it is important to get high quality sensor data of the multi-sensor system. This can be realized using high quality sensors or the developed 3D-self-calibration-method for low cost sensors. Based on the calibration procedure of the accelerometer (ACC) and the magnetic field sensor (MAG), the additional integration of the gyroscope (GYRO) leads to a reduction of the indoor positioning error. This improves both the approximation for the accelerometer, the magnetic field sensor and the gyroscope so that the standard deviation of a single sensor is minimized. There are errors in the whole system. To determine these error sources it is important to define the measurement uncertainty. In this paper it is presented that the measurement uncertainty can be reduced by the application of the developed 3D-self-calibration method.
Elastomers are widely used as main sealing materials for Containers for low and intermediate Ievel radioactive waste and as additional component to metal seals in spent fuel and high active waste Containers. According to appropriate guidelines and regulations safe enclosure of the radioactive Container contents has to be guaranteed for long storage periods as well as down to temperatures of -40 °C for transportation. Therefore the understanding of seal behaviour in general is of high importance and ageing of elastomeric seals has to be considered with regard to possible dynamic events taking possibly place during transport after storage.
In this study the processes driving the EU Ecodesign Directive's preparatory studies forward are summarised and issues occurring in recent product groups are reviewed. As product groups move away from standard mass-produced products, finding ways to bring them under the scope of the Ecodesign Directive becomes more controversial and complex. Through literature review, challenges facing study consultants are outlined and their specific impacts are demonstrated through outline case studies of the fans, industrial ovens, machine tools and thermal insulation product groups. Inconsistencies in the process are found where possible and matched up to the historical process to determine whether preparatory studies could be made more effective or should be more flexible, given the limited resources available at the European Commission and amongst Member States. A number of recommendations for improving the regulation process and the structure of the preparatory study are presented, based upon literature review and the presented analysis.
Arsenolipids (AsL) of the type arsenic-containing fatty acids (AsFA) and hydrocarbons (AsHC) are known to occur in seafood and their identification is today a challenge due to the need of data for toxicological assessment. The aim of this investigation was to enhance the data concerning AsL in commercial canned cod liver. Therefore, the present study focuses on the quantification and identification of AsL by LC–ICP-MS combined with ESI-MS. The molecular structure of 17 AsL was elucidated on the basis of their exact mass and their product ion spectra and two new AsFA tentatively identified. The total arsenic concentration in four different canned cod liver analyzed by ICP-MS ranged from 2.6 to 5.5 mg As/kg with an extraction recovery of 98%. The AsL detected by RP-IPC–MS comprise 58–95% of the total arsenic content, indicating that AsL are a major class of arsenic in canned cod liver. Much of the AsL detected in the canned cod liver extracts are, however, not yet identified.
Practical applications: The results obtained in the present research show the possibility to apply the current extraction and detection method in different biological samples for the determination of AsL. Additionally, this information can be used for further studies to assess the risk of AsL for consumer health. On the other hand, the MS/MS results could be used for the future identification of AsL without the ICP-MS detection and thus, low the cost of the analysis.
The study evaluates Portland limestone cement mortars, natural hydraulic lime mortars and pozzolan-lime mortars modified with water-repellent admixtures (metal soaps and siloxanes) for their use in the maintenance of historic buildings. The chemical-physical characteristics, the durability and the resistance to artificial weathering (exposure to UV light and artificial rain) were examined. The exposure conditions used in the ageing test were chosen in order to simulate outdoor environmental conditions, in particular the processes caused by UV-light and thermal shock induced by rain water.
The main degradation process at bridge transition zones due to traffic loads is the appearance of differential settlements. Abrupt stiffness changes, repeating traffic loads and relative displacements of the superstructure ends on bridges often aggravate this problem. In this contribution, a 3D finite element (FE) model extended with a boundary formulation in the frame of the scaled-boundary finite element method (SBFEM) for a transient analysis of train-track-bridge interaction is presented. This numerical model permits an assessment of bridge transition zone with respect to permanent deformations of the track. The main focus lies on the modeling strategies for the vehicle and their impact on suitable assessment criteria for bridge transition zones. For this purpose, two different modeling strategies for the vehicle, a moving load model and a multibody model, have been compared and discussed on the basis of the assessment criteria. The results indicate that the model of the vehicle has a minor effect for an assessment on the embankment, but that the assessment on the bridge may show significant differences depending on whether the inertial components of the vehicle (multibody model) are considered.
For analysis of the gaseous thermal decomposition products of polymers, the common techniques are thermogravimetry, combined with Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (TGA–FTIR) and mass spectrometry (TGA–MS). These methods offer a simple approach to the decomposition mechanism, especially for small decomposition molecules. Complex spectra of gaseous mixtures are very often hard to identify because of overlapping signals. In this paper a new method is described to adsorb the decomposition products during controlled conditions in TGA on solid-phase extraction (SPE) material: twisters. Subsequently the twisters were analysed with thermal desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometry (TDS–GC–MS), which allows the decomposition products to be separated and identified using an MS library. The thermoplastics polyamide 66 (PA 66) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) were used as example polymers. The influence of the sample mass and of the purge gas flow during the decomposition process was investigated in TGA. The advantages and limitations of the method were presented in comparison to the common analysis techniques, TGA–FTIR and TGA–MS.
Assessment of international reference materials for isotope-ratio analysis (IUPAC Technical report)
(2014)
The idea to determine the fatigue strength of weldments by means fractuie mechanics was originally based on the empirical observation that the major portion of the fatigue life in weldments is frequently spent in crack propagation. The present paper gives a brief OverView on the basic principles of fracture mechanics-based determination of fatigue strength and on special features which have to be considered for weldments. Based on this Information, the ongoing research project IBESS is introduced and briefly reviewed.
In Germany current package design safety cases include more and more advanced numerical methods, e. g. finite element analysis (FEA), often in combination with local concepts of strength evaluation of the structure. This approach requires extensive modeling and verification procedures. As a consequence the efforts of authority assessment of design safety analysis increase as well. Only the check of pre- and post-data of numerical calculations is often not sufficient for the safety assessment. On the other hand own analyses of the mechanical problem by performing an Independent numerical modeling and analyzing is not always realizable. Therefore it is necessary to look for optimized procedures of the assessment, without loss of safety. This paper shows possibilities for the assessment strategy of numerical analyses with focus on simple analytical approaches as comparative calculations. Such approaches can be helpful to support evaluation of numerical calculations in the whole assessment procedure.
Three examples are considered to Show which possibilities and limits exist to support the assessment of numerical analyses using analytical comparative calculations. Two examples of bolt and lid analysis show the influence of component and boundary stiffness on the results. Thickness to length/width ratios are partially exceeded and only fixed or free boundary conditions can be analyzed analytical. Nevertheless These analytical approaches can help to evaluate the numerical results for the assessment.
The example of a trunnion demonstrates the limits of analytical approaches. The trunnion shows a complex deformation behavior and local stresses. A single basic theory isn’t matching and a construct of several approaches is not useable for calculations of local stresses. Therefore numerical calculations during assessment are necessary.
Analytical approaches are not always purposeful but often effective to reduce the effort of assessment for numerical analysis of complex and safety relevant components of RAM packages.
This report describes the progress in understanding and describing the detectability of the ultrasonic inspection technique developed by SKB for the inspection of copper tubes used for the final disposal of the Swedish spent nuclear fuel. In former research activities dedicated to the different parts of the canister, the probability of detection (POD) evaluation technique, as developed for thin aircraft components, was further developed for the application on complex hick-walled components. The result of this development was the introduction of a “multi-parameter” POD framework. In contrast to taking only the defect size into consideration (as for aircraft components) additional influencing factors, relevant for thick components, such as depth position, orientation and part geometry, were included. Furthermore, the variation of ultrasonic attenuation due to various material properties was included.