Daniel Fontoura Barroso

Daniel Fontoura Barroso


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

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20 May 2021 in Inventions
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DBDaniel Fontoura Barroso
Daniel Fontoura Barroso
NENiklas Epple
Niklas Epple
ENErnst Niederleithinger
Ernst Niederleithinger
This paper describes a new ultrasonic measuring device called “W-Box”. It was developed based on the requirements of the DFG Forschergruppe (research unit) CoDA for a portable device for monitoring of concrete specimens, models and actual structures using embedded ultrasonic transducers as well as temperature and humidity sensors. The W-Box can send ultrasonic pulses with a variable frequency of 50–100 kHz to one selectable transducer and records signals from up to 75 multiplexed channels with a sample rate of 1 MHz and a resolution of 14 bits. In addition, it measures temperature and humidity with high accuracy, adjustable amplification, restarts automatically after a power failure and can be fully controlled remotely. The measured data are automatically stored locally on-site data quality checks and transferred to remote servers. The comparison of the W-Box with a laboratory setup using commercial devices proves that it is equally reliable and precise, at much lower cost. The W-Box also shows that their measurement capacities, with the used embedded ultrasonic transducers, can reach above 6 m in concrete.



16 June 2022
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NENiklas Epple
Niklas Epple
DBDaniel Fontoura Barroso
Daniel Fontoura Barroso
ENErnst Niederleithinger
Ernst Niederleithinger
IHIris Hindersmann
Iris Hindersmann
CSChristian Sodeikat
Christian Sodeikat
RGRobin Groschup
Robin Groschup