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Impact damages and delaminations in fibre-reinforced composites (FRC) might not be visible at the surface, but could have an influence on the resistance and on the long-term behaviour of the component. Therefore, and especially for safety relevant structures, non-destructive methods are required for the assessment of such damages.
Active thermography methods are suitable to characterize damages after loading using different kind of excitation techniques and various configurations of infrared (IR) camera and heating sources. Here, flash lamps, impulse excitation with infrared radiator and lock-in technique with halogen lamps or widened laser beams are suited. In addition, non-optical sources like sonotrodes (requiring direct contact to the structure) or induction generators (only suited for carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) structures) could be applied as well. For the investigation of the evolution of the damage during the impact, passive thermography can be applied in-situ. Elastic and plastic deformations alter the temperature of the structure and thus the temperature on the surface.
In this contribution, at first the general principles of quantitative defect characterisation in FRC using active thermography with flash, impulse and lock-in excitation are described. Optical and thermal properties of the FRC material and its anisotropy are considered. Results of phase differences obtained at flat bottom holes with flash and lock-in thermography are compared for qualifying both methods for quantitative defect characterization. Secondly, the damage evolution of CFRP and GFRP structures under impact load and static tensile loading is described. The spatial and temporal evolution of the surface temperature enables us to distinguish matrix cracks or fibre-matrix separation from delaminations between the layers. Afterwards, all results for loading defects, obtained by passive and active thermography, are compared with each other. Fig. 1 and 2 show the difference of passive and flash thermography obtained at impact and tensile loaded CFRP plates, respectively. As one purpose of these investigations is the development of standards within national (DIN) and European (CEN) standardisation bodies, new draft and final standards are presented and further needs are discussed at the end of the presentation.
Thickness determination in active thermography for one and multilayer semitransparent materials
(2017)
Flash thermography is a well-known non-destructive testing technique and has proven to be a valuable tool to examine material defects and to determine thermal material parameters and the thickness of test specimens. However, its application to semitransparent materials is quite new and challenging, especially for semitransparent multilayer materials like glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP). Here, in order to deduce the thickness of coated and uncoated semitransparent specimens as well as the depth of defects in such specimens by means of flash thermography, we apply an analytical model based on the quadrupole method by Maillet et al. to calculate the temperature development during the flash thermography experiment.
The model considers semitransparency of the sample and thermal losses at its surface. It supports the use of an arbitrary temporal shape of the heating pulse to properly describe the measurement conditions for different heat sources. By fitting the results of the analytical model to experimental data it is possible to determine the thickness of the specimen, provided the thermal material parameters are known, e.g., by calibration experiments with samples of the same material with known thickness.
We will show that thickness determination of semitransparent test specimens is possible both for transmission and reflection configuration, with and without a blackened sample surface at either front or back side of the sample. As an example, Figure 1 shows the experimentally obtained temperature differences of the surface of a blackened GFRP sample in transmission configuration with the coating facing the flash lamp (usual configuration, (a)) or the infrared camera (unusual configuration, (b)). Using the proposed method, the thickness of the sample can be determined for both configurations.
For assuring the safety and reliability of components and constructions in energy applications made of fiber reinforced polymers (e. g. blades of wind turbines and tidal power plants, engine chassis, flexible oil and gas pipelines) innovative non-destructive testing methods are required. Within the EMRP project VITCEA complementary methods (shearography, microwave, ultrasonics and thermography) are further developed and validated. Together with partners from the industry, test specimens were constructed and selected on-site containing different artificial and natural defect artefacts. As base materials, carbon and glass fibers in different orientations and layering embedded in different matrix materials (epoxy, polyamide) were considered.
In this contribution, the validation of different techniques of active thermography like flash, step heating and lock-in thermography to these testing problems is presented. Experimental data are compared to analytical and numerical models. Among others shows that although flash and lock-in thermography have the same detectability of flat bottom holes in the phase images, the detectability of delaminations is different. In another example, it is demonstrated that for GFRP, the transmissivity of the material has to be considered for the quantitative data analysis.
Defects in FRP structures may be introduced during the processing and fabrication of composite components and can initiate or grow in-service. In the context of this JRP, the term ‚defect‘ refers to imperfections introduced during manufacture/processing and/or secondary machining operations, as well as damage sustained during a component‘s service life. One of the challenges facing accurate and repeatable defect detection in FRP composites is the multitude of defect types that exist, each with characteristics that present different challenges to the NDE practitioner. In order for a particular NDE technique to achieve broad acceptance by industry, it is desirable for the technique to be able to detect a range of defect types with a high level of confidence. Project VITCEA (Validated Inspection Techniques for Composites in Energy Applications) is developing and validating traceable procedures for novel NDE techniques with contrasting detection capabilities, which will underpin the increased use of FRP composites for improved efficiency and reliability in energy related applications e.g. wind and marine turbine blades, nacelles, oil and gas flexible risers.
The increased use of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites for improved efficiency and reliability in energy related applications e.g. wind and marine turbine blades, nacelles, oil and gas flexible risers, also increases the demand for innovative non-destructive testing technologies. Thus, in order to achieve increased acceptance of suited and optimized non-destructive testing (NDT) methods in industry, the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) project ENG57 Validated Inspection Techniques for Composites in Energy Applications (VITCEA) deals with the development and validation of innovative NDT technologies. In this contribution, results concerning thermographic investigations at test specimens during tensile loading and active thermography testing after tensile loading are presented. Additionally, the determination of the optical properties (relative transmittance and directional spectral emissivity) of CFRP and GFRP test specimens is described.
Amongst various other NDT methods, within the EMRP-project
‘VITCEA’ active thermography is validated for testing of CFRP and
GFRP structures constructed for energy application. In this
contribution, the optical and thermal properties of CFRP and GFRP
reference defect artefact (RDA) and natural defects artefact (NDA)
test specimens are characterized. Different excitation techniques
and techniques for data analysis are compared for optimizing the
number of detected defects.
Amongst various other NDT methods, within the EMRP-project ‘VITCEA’ active thermography is validated for testing of CFRP and GFRP structures constructed for energy application. In this contribution, the optical and thermal properties of CFRP and GFRP reference defect artefact (RDA) and natural defects artefact (NDA) test specimens are characterized. Different excitation techniques and techniques for data analysis are compared for optimizing the number of detected defects.