TY - CHAP A1 - Paetsch, Olaf A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Ehrig, Karsten A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Ebell, Gino T1 - 3D Corrosion Detection in Time-dependent CT Images of Concrete T2 - DIR-2015 Proceedings N2 - In civil engineering, the corrosion of steel reinforcements in structural elements of concrete bares a risk of stability-reduction, mainly caused by the exposure to chlorides. 3D computed tomography (CT) reveals the inner structure of concrete and allows one to investigate the corrosion with non-destructive testing methods. To carry out such investigations, specimens with a large artificial crack and an embedded steel rebar have been manufactured. 3D CT images of those specimens were acquired in the original state. Subsequently three cycles of electrochemical pre-damaging together with CT imaging were applied. These time series have been evaluated by means of image processing algorithms to segment and quantify the corrosion products. Visualization of the results supports the understanding of how corrosion propagates into cracks and pores. Furthermore, pitting of structural elements can be seen without dismantling. In this work, several image processing and visualization techniques are presented that have turned out to be particularly effective for the visualization and segmentation of corrosion products. Their combination to a workflow for corrosion analysis is the main contribution of this work. Y1 - 2015 UR - http://www.ndt.net/events/DIR2015/app/content/Paper/36_Paetsch.pdf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ehrig, Karsten A1 - Goebbels, Jürgen A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Paetsch, Olaf A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Zobel, Valentin T1 - Comparison of Crack Detection Methods for Analyzing Damage Processes in Concrete with Computed Tomography T2 - International Symposium on Digital Industrial Radiology and Computed Tomography Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Paetsch, Olaf A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Ehrig, Karsten A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Prohaska, Steffen T1 - Automated 3D Crack Detection for Analyzing Damage Processes in Concrete with Computed Tomography T2 - Proceedings of Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography Y1 - 2012 SP - 321 EP - 330 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Ehrig, Karsten A1 - Lhostis, Valrie A1 - Muzeau, Benoist A1 - Paetsch, Olaf T1 - Examination of Damage Processes in Concrete with CT T2 - Proceedings of Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jung, Christian A1 - Nowacka, Anna A1 - Barisin, Tin A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Paetsch, Olaf A1 - Grzesiak, Szymon A1 - Salamon, Michael A1 - Schladitz, Katja A1 - Redenbach, Claudia A1 - Pahn, Matthias T1 - 3d imaging and analysis of cracks in loaded concrete samples. 12th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography (iCT) 2023, 27 February - 2 March 2023 in Fürth, Germany JF - e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing N2 - Concrete plays a central role as the standard building material in civil engineering. Experimental characterization of the concrete microstructure and a description of failure mechanisms are important to understand the concrete’s mechanical properties. Computed tomography is a powerful source of information as it yields 3d images of concrete specimens. However, complete visual inspection is often infeasible due to very large image sizes. Hence, automatic methods for crack detection and segmentation are needed. A region-growing algorithm and a 3d U-Net showed promising results in a previous study. Cracks in normal concrete and high-performance concrete that were initiated via tensile tests were investigated. Here, the methods are validated on a more diverse set of concrete types and crack characteristics. Adequate adaptions of the methods are necessary to deal with the complex crack structures. The segmentation results are assessed qualitatively and compared to those of a template matching algorithm which is well-established in industry. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.58286/27721 VL - 28 IS - 3 ER -