Schedule

Day 0
Tuesday 26/5/2015
17:0019:00
Pre-registration and welcome in MEMC VUB, Building Kb
Day 1
Wednesday 27/5/2015
8:30
Opening ceremony
9:00
Plenary talk, Neutron techniques for NDT, Helena Van Swygenhoven-Moens
(room Q.D)
Room Q.B
9:50
Room Q.D
Application of NDT/SHM
techniques to cultural
heritage 1
Chairs: Prof. A. Saisi, Prof.
A. Moropoulou
Optical sensors for
structural health
monitoring
Chair: Prof. Steve
Vanlanduit
Methodology of nondestructive testing in scientific
support to decision making for
the compatible and sustainable
protection of Cultural Heritage,
A. Moropoulou (keynote)
SMARTFIBER: miniaturized
optical-fiber sensor based
health monitoring system, N.
Lammens, G. Luyckx, E. Voet,
W. Van Paepegem, J. Degrieck
(Keynote)
Room Q.C
NDT in aerospace
Chair: Dr. Helge Pfeiffer
Fuse-like devices replacing
linear sensors - working
examples of percolation sensors
in operational airliners and
chemical installations, H.
Pfeiffer, H. Sekler, M.
Schoonakker, M. Wevers
(Keynote)
Combining Embedded Fibre
Efficiency of ND techniques for Bragg Grating Sensors and
structural assessment and
Modal Analysis techniques to
seismic damage detection of
monitor fatigue induced
10:20
historical masonry through
propagating delamination in
integration and data fusion, V. composite laminates, Alfredo
Z. Bosiljkov, P. Cotič, Z. Jagličić Lamberti, Gabriele Chiesura,
Ben De Pauw, Steve Vanlanduit
Lamb wave dispersion timedomain study using a combined
signal processing approach,
Pedro Ochôa, Roger M. Groves,
Rinze Benedictus
Surface damage determination
at a Jewish grave, found in front
of the central building of
Aristotle University of
10:40 Thessaloniki, using two
different “ultrasonic velocity”
methods. B. Christaras, A.
Moropoulou, M. Chatziangelou,
L. Dimitraki & C. Devlioti
Thermal strains in heated fibre
metal laminates, B. Müller, A.
G. Anisimov, R. M. Groves, J.
Sinke
11:00
The novel potential for
embedded strain
measurements offered by
microstructured optical fiber
Bragg gratings, T. Geernaert, S.
Sulejmani, C. Sonnenfeld, G.
Luyckx, J. Degrieck, D. Van
Hemelrijck, H. Thienpont, and F.
Berghmans
Coffee break (Q, room Nelson Mandela)
Application of NDT/SHM
techniques to cultural
heritage 2
Chairs: Prof. A. Saisi, Prof.
A. Moropoulou
Elastic waves 1 (with
emphasis on enhanced
theories)
Applications 1
Chair: Prof. Polyzos
Chair: Prof. Els Verstrynge
Modelling the dispersive
Tube-Jack and Sonic Testing for behavior of fresh and hardened
the Evaluation of the State of
concrete specimens through
11:10 Stress in Historical Masonry,
non-local lattice models, S. N.
E.C. Manning, L.F. Ramos, F.M. Iliopoulos, D. Polyzos, D. G.
Fernandes, P.B. Lourenço
Aggelis
Non-destructive Evaluation of
an Infusion Process using
Capacitive Sensing Technique,
Yang Yang, Gabriele Chiesura,
Thomas Vervust, Frederick
Bossuyt, Geert Luyckx, Markus
Kaufmann, Joris Degrieck, Jan
Vanfleteren
Optical and laser scanning
techniques for monitoring
11:30
damages on historic buildings
and artifacts, C. Ioannidis
An ACA/BEM for solving wave
propagation problems in nonhomogeneous materials, T.
Gortsas, I. Diakides, D. Polyzos
In-situ testing using combined
NDT methods for the technical
evaluation of existing bridge, N.
V. Zoidis, E. N. Tatsis, T. E.
Matikas
Traditional and innovative
strain sensing techniques in the
study of the mechanical
11:50 response of marble structural
elements, S. K. Kourkoulis, D.
Triantis, I. Stavrakas, G. Hloupis
and E. D. Pasiou
Strain gradient elastic theory in
non destructive testing, S. N.
Iliopoulos, D. Polyzos, D. G.
Aggelis
Assessment of eSHM system
combining different NDT
methods, M. Strantza, D. G.
Aggelis, D. De Baere, M.
Hinderdael, P. Guillaume, D.
Van Hemelrijck
Assessment of grouted
Health monitoring of postconnection in monopile wind
Surface Residual Stress Using
Byzantine monuments by IR
turbine foundations using
Sound Wave Velocity Variation,
12:10 thermography, D.A. Exarchos,
combined non-destructive
S.Kumar, M.J.Tan, B.S.Wong,
E.Z. Kordatos, C. Stavrakos, A.I.
techniques, A. N. Iliopoulos, C.
N.Weeks
Moropoulou, T.E. Matikas
Devriendt, D. Van Hemelrijck,
D. G. Aggelis
12:30
Lunch
Application of NDT/SHM
Elastic wave methods 2
techniques to cultural
heritage 3
Chairs: Prof. A. Saisi, Prof. Chair: Prof. K. Van Den
A. Moropoulou
Abeele
Combination of NDT
techniques 1
Chair: T.E. Matikas
A condition monitoring
The Ultrasonic Polar Scan: Past, methodology for tidal turbines
Documentation of the
Present and Future, M.
combining acoustic emission
structural system of historic
Kersemans, A. Martens, S.
and vibration analysis, Juan Luis
13:40
structures assisted by radar and Delrue, K. Van Den Abeele, L.
Ferrando Chacon, Jesus Antonio
boroscope, Elizabeth Vintzileou Pyl, F. Zastavnik, H. Sol, J.
Jimenez, Antonio Romero,
Degrieck and W. Van Paepegem Vassilios Kappatos, Cem Selcuk,
Slim Soua and Tat-Hean Gan
Detection and localization of
debonding damage in
composite-masonry
strengthening systems with the
14:00
acoustic emission technique, E.
Verstrynge, B. Ghiassi, M.
Wevers, K. Van Balen, D.V.
Oliveira
Comprehensive diagnosis
methodology integrating NDT,
energy performance simulation
and monitoring techniques for
14:20
energy efficient historic
buildings refurbishment, M. A.
García-Fuentes, J. L. Hernández,
C. Colla, A. Meiss
Concrete Compressive Strength
Ultrasonic Testing of Adhesively
Estimation by means of
Bonded Joints in Glass Panels,
Combined NDT, G. Concu, B. De
B. Mojškerc, T. Kek, J. Grum
Nicolo, N. Trulli, M. Valdés
Construction and
Characterization of 3-D
Guided ultrasonic waves for the Phononic structures by NonNDT of immersed plates,
Destructive Techniques, D. A.
P.Rizzo, E. Pistone, A. Bagheri
Exarchos, I. K. Tragazikis, P. T.
Dalla, I. E. Psarobas, T. E.
Matikas
Ultrasonic NDT of prefabricated
titanium-composite joints,
V.Samaitis, E. Jasiūnienė,
L.Mažeika, D.Mattsson
Detection of incipicient SCC
damage in primary loop piping
using acoustic emission & fibre
optic strain gages, Benjamin K.
Jackson, Dr. Jonnathan L. W.
Warwick, James J. Wall
Development of an advanced
Phased Array Ultrasonic
Numerical methods for the
technique for the assessment of
interpretation and exploitation aerospace composite structures
15:00 of AE monitoring results, S.
- From modelling predictions to
Invernizzi, G. Lacidogna, A.
experimental results,
Carpinteri
Cheilakou, P. Theodorakeas, I.
Hatziioannidis, R. Marini, M.
Koui
Comparative study of NDT
inspection methods in Carbon
Fiber Composite Laminates, G.
Steenackers, J. Peeters, G.
Arroud, S. Wille
Dynamic Investigation of the
Ties-rods of the Milan
14:40
Cathedral, C. Gentile, M.
Guidobaldi, C. Poggi, M. Vasic
Non-destructive Testing and
Finite Element Modeling of a
15:20
Modern Heritage Bridge, C.
Gentile, A. Saisi
15:40
Heavy Wall Pipe Line Inspection
by Phased Array Ultrasonic Test
(PAUT) and Comparison with
Conventional NDT Methods, A.
Yousefi, M. Esmaeilian, D.
Ghasemi
Use of 4D μCT to measure
changes of morphological
properties and local
deformation of materials across
a temperature gradient,
Nicholas Lippiatt, Grzegorz
Pyka and Martine Wevers
Coffee break (Q, room Nelson Mandela)
Application of NDT/SHM
Elastic waves 3 (with
techniques to cultural
emphasis in nonlinearity)
heritage 4
Chairs: Prof. A. Saisi, Prof.
Chair: M .Bentahar
A. Moropoulou
Nonlinear Acoustics and
Acoustic Emission Methods to
On site investigation and
Monitor Damage in Mesoscopic
continuous dynamic monitoring Elastic Materials, M. Bentahar,
15:50 of a historic Tower in Mantua, R. El Guerjouma, C. Mechri, Y.
Italy, A. Saisi, M. Guidobaldi, C. Baccouche, A. Novak, S. Toumi,
Gentile (Keynote)
V. Tournat, L. Simon, S.
Idjimarene, M. Scalerandi
(Keynote)
Applications 2 (Self
healing and thermal
methods)
Chair: N.J. Siakavelas
Non-destructive testing
techniques to evaluate the
healing efficiency of self-healing
concrete at lab-scale, E.
Gruyaert, J. Feiteira, F. Malm,
E. Tziviloglou, E. Schlangen,
C.U. Grosse, N. De Belie
(Keynote)
Raman Spectroscopy. A Nondestructive Tool for on-site
A Simulation Study of Local
16:20 Chemical Analysis of Artifacts
Defect Resonances (LDR), S.
and Monuments, E. Kamilari, C. Delrue, K. Van Den Abeele
Kontoyannis
Non-contact photothermal
characterization of
thermophysical properties by
using fluorescence based
thermometry, Liwang Liu, Kuo
Zhong, and Christ Glorieux
Novel applications of microdestructive cutting techniques
16:40
in cultural heritage, M.
Theodoridou, I. Ioannou
Time-of-Flight Recorded Pulsed
Ultrasonic Polar Scan for
Elasticity Characterization of
Composites, M. Kersemans, A.
Martens, S. Delrue, K. Van Den
Abeele, L. Pyl, F. Zastavnik, H.
Sol, J. Degrieck, W. Van
Paepegem
Non-destructive evaluation of
historic natural stone masonry
17:00
regarding thickness and voids,
F. Lehmann, M. Krüger
Evaluation of self-healing TDCB
polymer testing configuration
Highly nonlinear solitary waves by means of optical and
for the NDT of slender beams, acoustic techniques, E.
P.Rizzo, A. Bagheri, E. La Malfa Tsangouri, X.K.D. Hillewaere, D.
Ribolla
Garoz, F. Du Prez, W. Van
Paepegem, D.G. Aggelis, D. Van
Hemelrijck
Evaluation of seismic risk in
regional areas by AE monitoring
of historical buildings, G.
17:20
Lacidogna, P. Cutugno, F.
Accornero, S. Invernizzi, A.
Carpinteri
Application of the SAFT at low
frequencies for detection of the
concentrated defect in sprinkler
pipe, L. Mažeika, V.Samaitis,
R.Kažys, A.Wilkinson, M.Deere
Non destructive testing to
perform service of the
evaluation of conservation
17:40
works, R. Manganelli del Fa’, A.
Sansonetti, C. Riminesi, S.
Rescic, M. Realini R.
Activation of self-healing
Nonlinear Ultrasonic Inspection
mechanisms exploring several
of Friction Stir Welds, M.
potential materials, Minnebo
Tabatabaeipour, J. Hettler, S.
P., D. Van Hemelrijck, D. G.
Delrue, K. Van Den Abeele
Aggelis
Non-contact contemporary
techniques for the geometric
18:00
recording of Cultural Heritage,
A. Georgopoulos
Finite element model updating
using thermographic
measurements: comparison
between materials with high
and low thermal conductivity, J.
Peeters, G. Arroud, B. Ribbens,
J. Dirckx, G. Steenackers
Detection of the interface
between two metals by DC
current stimulated
thermography, N.J. Siakavellas,
J. Sarris
Belgian Association for NDT: an
overview of activities, Aldo
Gressani President of BANT
(Belgian Association for Nondestructive Testing)
A New Visual-based Diagnostic
Protocol for Cultural Heritage
exploiting the MPEG-7
18:20
Standard, Anastasios Doulamis,
Anastasia Kioussi, Antonia
Moropoulou
19:00
Social Event in MEMC Laboratory
Day 2
Thursday 28/5/2015
8:30
Plenary talk, Basics and Applications of NDE based on Elastodynamics toward
Infra-Dock for Concrete Structures, Masayasu Ohtsu (room Q.D)
Room Q.B
9:30
Room Q.D
Acoustic Emission, damage and
lifetime prediction of composites
Chairs: Prof.N. Godin
Infra-asset assessment with innovative
NDT 1
Chair: Prof. T. Shiotani
Identification of a critical time with acoustic
emission monitoring during static fatigue tests
on ceramic matrix composite: toward lifetime
prediction, Nathalie Godin, Pascal Reynaud,
Mohamed R’Mili, Gilbert Fantozzi (keynote)
Strategic Maintenance Philosophy for InfraAsset with Innovative NDT, T. Shiotani
(keynote)
Acoustic emission of fiber reinforced concrete
under doublepunching indirect tensile loading,
D. Choumanidis, E. Komninou, P. Oikonomou, E.
10:00 Badogiannis, P. Nomikos, A. Sofianos
Experimental verification of a Rayleigh-wave
based technique for detecting the depth of
deteriorated concrete, K.C. Chang, T. Shiotani,
and S.B. Tamrakar
Fracture Mechanism of CFRP-Strengthened RC Evaluation of grouting condition for PC
Beam Identified by AE-SiGMA, N. Alver, H. M.
structures with wide band ultrasonic waves, M.
Tanarslan,
Ö.
Y.
Sülün,
E.
Ercan
Hashinoki, M. Hara, T. Kinoshita, K.C. Chang
10:20
Acoustic Emission Testing of High-Temperature
Two-dimensional AE-Tomography based on rayProcess Vessels during Cool Down, A.
trace technique for anisotropic materials, Y.
Anastasopoulos, D. Kouroussis, K. Bollas, D.
Kobayashi, T. Shiotani
10:40 Papasalouros
Coffee Break (Q, room Nelson Mandela)
11:00
Application of NDT/SHM techniques to Infra-asset assessment with innovative
cultural heritage 5
NDT 2
Chair: Prof. A. Saisi, Prof. A.
Chair: Prof. T. Shiotani, Prof. H-K. Chai
Moropoulou
Characterization of inclined surface crack in
Integration of EFD and IRT for moisture mapping
steel reinforced-concrete by multichannel Ron historic masonry: study cases in Northern
wave measurements, Foo Wei Lee, Hwa Kian
11:10 Italy, R. Olmi,C. Riminesi, E. Rosina
Chai, Kok Sing Lim
Pre-diagnostic prompt investigation of a historic Ultrasonic Method for Predicting Residual
bell tower by visual inspection and microwave Tensile Stress of Wedge Type Ground Anchors,
11:30 remote sensing, A. Saisi, C. Gentile, L. Valsasnini S.B. Tamrakar, T. Shiotani, and K.C. Chang
Increasing durability of exterior plasters for
Digital Image Correlation (DIC) and Acoustic
historical buildings: innovative and steady tests Emission (AE) to characterise the structural
for the characterization of water and vapor
behaviour of hybrid composite-concrete beams,
exchange/diffusion, A. Sansonetti, S. Erba, E.
S. Verbruggen, S. De Sutter, S. Iliopoulos, D.
11:50 Rosina
Aggelis, T. Tysmans
Lunch
12:10
Application of NDT/SHM techniques to Infra-asset assessment with innovative
cultural heritage 6
NDT 3
Chair: Prof. A. Saisi, Prof. A.
Chair: Prof. T. Shiotani, Prof. H-K. Chai
Moropoulou
Digital Cultural Heritage - A Challenge for the
Chemical Engineering: Contextualizing Materials
Evaluation of X-ray CT Image Properties of
in a Holistic Framework, M. Ioannides, M.L.
Cracked Concrete by Spatial Parameter Analysis,
Vincent, E. Alexakis, C. M. Coughenour, M.F.
Tetsuya Suzuki, Tomoki Siotani (Keynote)
Gutierrez, V. M. Lopez-Menchero Bendicho, A.
13:10 Moropoulou, D. Fritsch (Keynote)
Focus on soluble salts diffusion: the study cases Mechanical and acoustic behavior of fire
of Leonardo monochrome at Sala delle Asse
damaged plain and fiber reinforced concrete, A.
(Milan), A. Sansonetti, M. Realini , S. Erba, E.
C. Mpalaskas, D. A. Exarchos, D. G. Aggelis, T. E.
13:40 Rosina
Matikas
Integrated ND Methodologies for the Evaluation
of the Adhesion of Frescoes on Stone Masonry
An ultrasonic method utilizing anchors to
Walls, M.R. Valluzzi, G. Salemi, R. Deiana, E.
inspect steel-plate bonded RC decks , N. Ogura,
Faresin, G. Giacomello, M. Giaretton, M.
H. Yatsumoto, K.C. Chang, T. Shiotani
Panizza, M. Pasetto, S. Calò, M. Battistella, A.
14:00 Frestazzi
Application of the mortar penetration test to the
cultural heritage of Basilicata, Italy, D.
Liberatore, N. Masini, L. Sorrentino, V. Racina, L.
14:20 Frezza, M. Sileo
ND techniques in the monitoring and
preservation of the Cultural Heritage: state of
the art and future prospects, E. Zendri, L.Falchi,
14:40 G.Driussi
Coffee Break (Q, room Nelson Mandela)
15:00
17:00
Chocolate Planet (details will follow)
19:00
Conference Dinner in the centre of Brussels
Day 3
Friday 29/5/2015
8:30
Plenary talk: Resonant Defects: A New Approach to Highly-Sensitive DefectSelective Imaging, Igor Solodov (room Q.D)
Room Q.B
Room Q.D
Chair: Prof. P. Rizzo
Ultrasonic Structural Health
Monitoring
Chair: Prof. M. Gresil
A noninvasive approach for the assessment of
dental implants stability, P.Rizzo, E. La Malfa
Ribolla (Keynote)
Acousto-ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring
of Aerospace Composite Materials, M. Gresil, A.
Muller, C. Soutis (Keynote)
Biological Applications
9:30
Monitoring techniques for nanocrystalline
stabilized zirconia from some medical
10:00
prosthesis, Adriana Savin, Mihail Liviu Craus,
Vitalji Turchenko, Alina Bruma
10:20
Plastic pipe welds inspection using neural
networks approach, Gediminas Genutis, Liudas
Mažeika, F. Hagglund, M. Troughton
Kinetic sensor for 3D modelling of logs in small
sawmills, J. Antikainen, D. Xiaolei
Guided Wave Tomography based inspection of
CFRP plates using a probabilistic reconstruction
algorithm, J. Hettler, M. Tabatabaeipour, S.
Delrue and K. Van Den Abeele
Raman Spectroscopy: An Emerging Technique
10:40 for Non-Destructive Clinical Testing, M. G.
Okoula, C. G. Kontoyannis
11:00
The comparison between TIME-OF-FLIGHT
DIFRACTION (TOFD) and conventional UT
capabilities in defect sizing and monitoring for
steel structures under cyclic and dynamic
loading, A. Yousefi, M. Esmaeilian, D. Ghasemi
Coffee Break (Q, room Nelson Mandela)
Funding Opportunities in the field of
NDT/SHM/Engineering
Chair: Prof. M. Forde
Embedded Sensors
Chair: Prof. A. Deraemaeker
Horizon 2020: getting started, Anneke Geyzen,
11:20
European Liaison Office
Investigations on the structural integrity and
functional capability of embedded piezoelectric
modules, S. Geller, A. Winkler, M. Gude
Funding your research and innovation project:
how can we help you?
11:40
Ms. Tania Van Loon, National Contact Point
Brussels Manager at impulse.brussels
Healing performance monitoring using
embedded piezoelectric transducers in concrete
structures, G. Karaiskos, E. Tsangouri, D.G.
Aggelis, A. Deraemaeker and D. Van Hemelrijck
12:00
European Research Efforts in SHM, Michael
Kyriakopoulos, European Comission
Fibre-reinforced composites with embedded
piezoelectric sensoractuator-arrays, A. Winkler,
M. Dannemann, E. Starke, N. Modler
Lunch
12:20
Electromagnetics and X-rays
Applications 3
Chairs: Prof. J. De Grieck, Prof. C.
Glorieux
Micro-CT as a well-established technique to
investigate the internal damage state of a
composite laminate subjected to fatigue, G.
13:20
Chiesura, G. Luyckx, E. Voet, W. Van Paepegem,
J. Degrieck, L. Van Hoorebeke, M. Boone, J.
Dhaene (Keynote)
Damage detection and classification in
composite structure after water-jet cutting using
13:50
computed tomography and wavelet analysis, A.
Katunin
Post Weld Heat Treatment surface residual
14:10 stress measurements using X-ray diffraction,
S.Kumar, M.J.Tan, B.S.Wong, N.Weeks
Chairs: Prof. A. Savin, Prof. T. Kek
Detection of Damaged Tool in Injection Molding
Process with Acoustic Emission, Tomaž Kek,
Dragan Kusić, Janez Grum (Keynote)
Water-Absorption-Measurement instrument for
building facades, M. Stelzmann, U. Möller, R.
Plagge
An Experimental Evaluation of Electromagnetic
Acoustic Transducers at High Temperature
Environment for the Inspection of Concentrated
Solar Plants, Maria Kogia, Abbas Mohimi, Liang
Cheng, Vassilios Kappatos, Cem Selcuk, TatHean Gan
Enhancement of spatial resolution using
metamaterial sensor in nondestructive
14:30
evaluation, Adriana Savin, Rozina Steigmann,
Alina Bruma
14:50
15:10
15:30
16:00
Advances in Remote Condition Monitoring of
High Speed Railway Trackbed, M. Lim, S. Ivanov,
R. De Bold, A. Giannopoulos, M.C. Forde & D.P.
Connolly
Portable automated radio-frequency scanner for
non-destructive testing of carbon-fibrereinforced polymer composites, B. Salski, P.
Theodorakeas, I. Hatziioannidis, A. Y. B. Chong,
S.M. Tan, V. Kappatos, C. Selcuk, T.H. Gan, M.
Koui
CLOSING ADDRESS (room Q.D)
Coffee Break (Q, room Nelson Mandela)
Rilem TC 239-MCM meeting in ARCH department, Kb