Project: HEALCON closure, HEALCON European project Since 2013 the project HEALCON Self- – partners are investigating the use of healing materials for prolonged lifetime is – PU-based polymer precursors, superab- sponsored by the European Commission sorbent polymers and bacteria. The role of the Institute of Non-destructive Testing is the support of the design of such healing Self-healed crack in a concrete beam with PU-based polymers after a 3P-bending test agents as well as the development of test- ing methods as tools for the stakeholders to in the seventh framework program. The prove the self-healing efficiency. Experi- aim is the development of structures made of self-healing concrete having an mental results of small-scale tests confirm the inherent healing mechanism that becomes active when a crack appears, thus capability of selected NDT methods to rendering manual crack repair completely obsolete. characterize material properties plus the In order to obtain such automatic crack healing process and its efficiency. Research n Material testing using non-destructive techniques in mechanical and civil engineering, automotive, aeronautics, bio engineering n Development and improvement of NDT techniques Infrastructure n Structural health monitoring n NDT laboratory with contemporary n Sensor characterization and sensor NDT Equipment, sensors and cameras combinations n Calibration facilities, modeling n 14 different mechanical testing Competence machines, microscopes n Inspection techniques: ultrasound, RADAR, infrared thermography, micro Courses waves, eddy current; video endoscopy, n Material Science II (Munich School of radiography, high speed camera Engineering) n Monitoring techniques: acoustic- n Non-destructive Testing in Civil emission, vibration techniques (laser Engineering vibrometry), modal analysis, wired and n Applications in Non-destructive Testing in wireless monitoring Mechanical Engineering n Simulation of non-destructive testing n NDT Seminar
Project: HEALCON Since 2013 the project HEALCON – Self- healing materials for prolonged lifetime – is sponsored by the European Commission Self-healed crack in a concrete beam with PU-based polymers after a 3P-bending test in the seventh framework program. The aim is the development of structures made of self-healing concrete having an inherent healing mechanism that becomes active when a crack appears, thus rendering manual crack repair completely obsolete. In order to obtain such automatic crack closure, HEALCON European project partners are investigating the use of PU-based polymer precursors, superab- sorbent polymers and bacteria. The role of the Institute of Non-destructive Testing is the support of the design of such healing agents as well as the development of test- ing methods as tools for the stakeholders to prove the self-healing efficiency. Experi- mental results of small-scale tests confirm the capability of selected NDT methods to characterize material properties plus the healing process and its efficiency. Research n Material testing using non-destructive techniques in mechanical and civil engineering, automotive, aeronautics, bio engineering n Development and improvement of NDT techniques n Structural health monitoring n Sensor characterization and sensor combinations Competence n Inspection techniques: ultrasound, RADAR, infrared thermography, micro waves, eddy current; video endoscopy, radiography, high speed camera n Monitoring techniques: acoustic- emission, vibration techniques (laser vibrometry), modal analysis, wired and wireless monitoring n Simulation of non-destructive testing Infrastructure n NDT laboratory with contemporary NDT Equipment, sensors and cameras n Calibration facilities, modeling n 14 different mechanical testing machines, microscopes Courses n Material Science II (Munich School of Engineering) n Non-destructive Testing in Civil Engineering n Applications in Non-destructive Testing in Mechanical Engineering n NDT Seminar
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