Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing V

Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods have dominated most of the fields of applied research and technology over the last twenty years. These techniques provide information on the functional efficiency of materials and structures without causing any structural impact on the structure itself. Their use enables the monitoring of the structural integrity, the structural condition as well as the service in-duced degradation of materials and structures during their service life. In this respect, they address a vast field of applications ranging from the aerospace and automotive industry to civil engineering structures and material quality control. This volume comprises scientific papers presented during the Fifth Conference on Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing (Ioannina, Greece, 19–21 September 2011). A broad spectrum of related research was presented during the course of the conference, including optical, acoustic, thermal, electrical and electromagnetic methods together with imaging tomographic and signal processing techniques. Special attention was given to NDE for Civil Engineering Structures and for the first time in the conference series, a multiple session on NDE for the protection of cultural heritage was organized. Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing V contains contributions by experts in this field from 22 different countries worldwide. Reflecting the stateof-the-art in Non-Destructive Evaluation, the book will prove to be a valuable companion to students, engineers and industrial partners who are active in the field of non-destructive evaluation and testing. This volume will also provide students and researchers with insight into the focal points of contemporary research efforts in the field of non-destructive evaluation.

Table of Contents:
Plenary lectures Nondestructive evaluation, structural health monitoring and optical diagnostics at NASA Glenn: A summary, G.Y. Baaklini Visualized impact-echo technique for defects in concrete by SIBIE procedure, M. Ohtsu, T. Sonoda & M. Yamada Structural health monitoring for aircraft, ground transportation vehicles, wind turbines and pipes—prognosis, N. Meyendorf, B. Frankenstein & L. Schubert NDT in diagnostics & protection of cultural heritage Application of ground penetrating radar for the assessment of the decay state of Hagia Sophia’s mosaics, A.I. Moropoulou, K.C. Labropoulos & N.S. Katsiotis Assessment of cleaning interventions on marble surfaces using pulsed thermography, E.T. Delegou, M. Krokida, N.P. Avdelidis & A.I. Moropoulou Contribution of NDT to the sustainable preservation of the Church of Santa Maria in Gradi, Viterbo, Italy, S. Cancellieri & M. Poggi Investigation strategies for the diagnosis of historic structures, A. Saisi, L. Cantini & L. Binda Radar-based vibration measurement on historic masonry towers, C. Gentile & A. Saisi Dynamic testing of historic iron bridge at different levels of excitation, C. Gentile & A. Saisi NDT characterization of ancient glass objects from the Aegean with an approach of the manufacturing technique, E. Cheilakou, N. Liarokapi & M. Koui Image analysis for artistic style identification: A powerful tool for preserving cultural heritage, A.D. Doulamis & T.A. Varvarigou Application of IR thermography to damage characterization of structures and the diagnosis of historic monuments, E.Z. Kordatos, D.A. Exarchos, T.E. Matikas, C. Stavrakos & A.I. Moropoulou Iron based and other ancient pigments for pottery decoration, G. Mastrotheodoros, K.G. Beltsios & N. Zacharias A new non-destructive technological approach for fragile archaeological finds, P. Negri On-site measurement & monitoring by NDT in infrastructures Damage identification of PC cable breakage by means of acoustic emission, T. Shiotani, Y. Oshima, M. Goto & S. Momoki Mesh-independent ray-trace algorithm for concrete structures, Y. Kobayashi Influence of the fiber chemical coating on the fracture behavior of steel fiber concrete measured by acoustic emission, D.G. Aggelis, D.V. Soulioti, N.M. Barkoula, A.S. Paipetis & T.E. Matikas Onsite measurements of concrete structures using Impact-Echo and Impulse Response, J.S. Clausen, N. Zoidis & A. Knudsen A study on the structural stability of the Asinelli Tower in Bologna, A. Carpinteri, G. Lacidogna, A. Manuello & G. Niccolini Visual inspection and evaluation using NDT testing methods of industrial building after fire, E. Tatsis, N. Zoidis, C. Vlachopoulos, T.E. Matikas & A. Gotzamanis Concrete compressive strength estimation in-situ at precast beams using direct and indirect testing methods according to EN 13791 137, A. Gkotzamanis, N. Zoidis, T.E. Matikas, E. Tatsis & C. Vlachopoulos AE monitoring of shrinkage process in concrete, M. Ohtsu, T. Matsuo, S. Nozaki & Y. Kawasaki Acoustic emission behavior during corrosion process in reinforced concrete in proof of EPMA, Y. Kawasaki, M. Kitaura, T. Kobarai & M. Ohtsu Quantitative evaluation of impact force on impact-echo method, M. Yamada, T. Sonoda & M. Ohtsu Sensors and structural health monitoring The use of chirped fibre Bragg grating sensors to monitor delaminations in composite materials and structures, S.L. Ogin, A.D. Crocombe, T.F. Capell, A.R. Sanderson, R.L. Rito, Y. Guo, S.C. Tjin & B. Lin Structural Health Monitoring in an operational airliner: Results on the implementation of percolation sensors achieved within the European Project: “Aircraft Integrated Structural Health Assessment II (AISHA II)”, H. Pfeiffer, M. Patitsa, I. Pitropakis & M. Wevers Cure monitoring of cross-ply composite laminates with an encapsulated fibre Bragg grating, G. Luyckx, N. Lammens, J. Degrieck & E. Voet Advanced NDT techniques for damage detection in a honeycomb composite helicopter tailboom, W. Hillger, A. Szewieczek, D. Schmidt, M. Sinapius, I. Jorge Aldave, P. Venegas Bosom & L. Vega González On the use of a CFBG sensor to monitor scarf repairs of composite panels, R.L. Rito, S.L. Ogin, A.D. Crocombe, T.F. Capell, A.R. Sanderson, Y. Guo, S.C. Tjin & B. Lin The use of flat coil sensors and impedance spectroscopy for fatigue crack monitoring of Al 2024-T3 plates, I. Pitropakis, H. Pfeiffer & M. Wevers In-situ local strain measurement in textile composites with embedded optical fibre sensors, S. Daggumati, E. Voet, I. De Baere, W. Van Paepegem, J. Degrieck, J. Xu, S. Lomov & I. Verpoest The use of a polarimetric fibre sensor to detect impact damage in aircraft composites, I. Pitropakis, H. Pfeiffer & M. Wevers Ultrasonics A comparative study on novelty detection and frequency analysis of Lamb waves for the monitoring of metallic repaired structures, S. Pavlopoulou, W.J. Staszewski & C. Soutis Detection and characterization of surface defects in metals using surface waves, N. Netshidavhini & B.R. Mabuza Inspection for flaws in steel using ultrasonic testing and fracture mechanics approach, B.R. Mabuza & N. Netshidavhini Methods for detection and cleaning of fouling in pipelines, Ignacio Garcia de Carellan, Phil Catton, Cem Selcuk & Tat-Hean Gan Ultrasonic guided waves propagation in complex structures, Y. Gharaibeh & N. Lee Exploiting time reversal principles for the accurate determination of longitudinal and shear material velocities, E.N. Janssen & K. Van Den Abeele Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy as a tool for noninvasive examination of Zirconia head of hip prosthesis, A. Savin, R. Grimberg, M.L. Craus & P. Botez New opportunities for ultrasonic characterization of stiffness anisotropy in composite materials, I. Solodov, P. Fey & G. Busse Ultrasonic characterization of materials using Laser Doppler Vibrometer measurements: A multi-input approach, R. Longo, S. Vanlanduit, A. Nila & P. Guillaume Preliminary results on non-contact characterisation of weathered mineral materials by surface acoustic waves, P. Fey, D. Döring, G. Busse, J. Frick & F. Grüner Experimental and numerical polar scans of several anisotropic materials using pulsed and harmonic ultrasonic beams, M. Kersemans, I. De Baere, W. Van Paepegem, J. Degrieck, F. Zastavnik, J. Gu & H. Sol Damage monitoring of composite laminates using ultrasonics, A.S. Paipetis, D.G. Aggelis, N.M. Barkoula, T.E. Matikas & N. Melanitis Non linear NDT Filters, transducers, and receivers for nonlinear acoustic measurements, G. Petersen & B. Chick Finite element simulations of Contact Acoustic Nonlinearities (CANs), S. Delrue & K. Van Den Abeele Defect localization using the nonlinear impact modulation technique, B. Van Damme & K. Van Den Abeele Imaging multiple defects in solids by means of selective source reduction and time reversed acoustics, E.N. Janssen & K. Van Den Abeele Multi-frequency defect-selective nonlinear imaging and NDT, I. Solodov, P. Fey & G. Busse Acoustic emmission AE monitoring at laser cutting, T. Kek & J. Grum Acoustic emission analysis for corrosion pitting of MgCl2 droplet, M. Shiwa, H. Masuda, H. Yamawaki, K. Ito & M. Enoki Fracture properties of nanosilica-based cement mortars monitored by acoustic emission, Chr. Ioannou, A. Iliadou, D.G. Aggelis, N.M. Barkoula & T.E. Matikas Acoustic emission monitoring of wheel sets on moving trains, K. Bollas, D. Papasalouros, D. Kourousis & A. Anastasopoulos Health monitoring of operating wind turbine blades with acoustic emission, N. Tsopelas, D. Kourousis, I. Ladis, A. Anastasopoulos, D.J. Lekou & F. Mouzakis Real-time damage location and assessment in composite structures with acoustic emission, D. Papasalouros, D. Kourousis, A. Anastasopoulos, C. Ennaceur & P.T. Cole Electrical methods Electrical resistance measurement for in situ health monitoring of carbon nanotube/polymer composites, C. Pandis, G. Georgoussis, V. Peoglos, A. Kyritsis, P. Pissis, P. Georgiopoulos & E. Kontou Strain and damage sensing in carbon fiber polymer-matrix composite by electrical resistance measurement, C. Pandis, G. Georgoussis, V. Peoglos, A. Kyritsis, P. Pissis, P. Georgiopoulos & E. Kontou Damage sensing of carbon nanotubes embedded glass fiber composites based on electrical resistance change, S.-B. Lee, J.W. Yi, S.-K. Lee, J.-H. Byun, E.T. Thostenson & T.-W. Chu Electric and magnetic brain activity. Disjoint or overlaping information?, G. Dassios Non destructive evaluation of artificially induced damage in composite structures using electrical resistance/potential mapping, Andreas Ampatzoglou, Antonis Vavouliotis, Athanasios Baltopoulos & Vassilis Kostopoulos Electrical tomography as a tool for non-destructive assessment of composite structures, Athanasios Baltopoulos, Antonios Vavouliotis, Vassilis Kostopoulos, Nick Polydorides & Laurent Pambaguian On line monitoring of damage during fatigue loading of composite patch repair of composite structures, A. Vavouliotis, T.H. Loutas, G. Sotiriadis & V. Kostopoulos Electrical resistance and electrical potential studies for the detection and monitoring of damage in hybrid composites, S.A. Grammatikos & A.S. Paipetis Imaging & signal processing Damage detection of steel bridge girder using Artificial Neural Networks, S.J.S. Hakim & H. Abdul Razak Atomic force microscopy quantitative and qualitative nanoscale characterization of collagen thin films, A. Stylianou, D. Yova & K. Politopoulos Determination of linear thermal expansion coefficient by using digital image correlation, J. Blom, J. Van Ackeren, B. Belkassem & J. Wastiels Improving TOFD sizing of near surface defects by wavelet transform, J.M.A. Rebello & R.M. Almeida Noninvasive method for establishing the diffused hydrogen content in Zirconium Alloy used in PHWR, R. Grimberg, A. Savin, R. Steigmann, M.L. Craus & M.C. Ruch Digital methods for flakiness and shape definition, E. Profitis, E. Chatzitheodoridis & D. Xirouchakis Experimentally induced errors in Digital Image Correlation measurement of small strains with large gradients, I. De Baere, W. Van Paepegem, N. Lammens, P. Lava, D. Debruyne, C. Cofaru, W. Philips & J. Degrieck Characterisation of the local fibre volume content nearby moulded holes in textile-reinforced thermoplastic components, W. Hufenbach, N. Modler, A. Winkler & R. Kupfer Modeling GPR data to understand the problems in rebar size measurements, L. Zanzi The application of information processing techniques towards an effective on line prognostic scheme for rotating machinery, D. Roulias, T.H. Loutas & V. Kostopoulos Inspection methods The necessity of lift inspections in Greece, S.S. Kalligeros Experimental study on the strain contribution of horizontal and vertical web reinforced bar of HSSCC deep beams, M. Mohammadhassani, M.Z. Jumaat, M. Jameel, S.J.S. Hakim & N. Abdollahi NDT and safety of crude oil storage tanks, M.S. Kovačević, A. Mirčeta & D. Marčić Detection of radial cracks at fastener holes by either eddy current or line heating stimulated thermography, N.J. Siakavellas & N. Tsopelas Apparatus for measuring of liquid conductivity, J. Skramlik, M. Novotny & K. Suhajda Electromagnetic wave absorbing properties of composites with hollow magnetic fibers, J.W. Yi, H.S. Choe, J.B. Kim, S.-B. Lee, S.-K. Lee & O.O. Park Automated system for non-destructive testing of structure and stress state of metallic materials, G.S. Velev, Y. Ivanova, A.G. Markovski & B.G. Velev Visual inspection and evaluation using NDT testing methods of extensively cracked concrete floor, N. Zoidis, E. Tatsis, C. Vlachopoulos, J.S. Clausen, T.E. Matikas, D.G. Aggelis & A. Gkotzamanis