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Journal of AE, Volume 25, 2007 (ca. 26 MB) - AEWG

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methods include the use <strong>of</strong> combined <strong>AE</strong> parameters, signal amplitude and distribution, signal<br />

frequency, waveform analysis and moment tensor analysis. However, selected <strong>AE</strong> parameters<br />

(hit rates, amplitude, and their time history, being the typi<strong>ca</strong>l) are the most common approach<br />

used in combination with a source lo<strong>ca</strong>tion scheme [3-8]. Various evaluation tools discussed in<br />

Section 3 are employed in combination. These have been combined with empiri<strong>ca</strong>l database <strong>of</strong><br />

post-test inspection and used in grading tested structures. The highly successful CARP procedures,<br />

developed initially for composite vessels, combined <strong>AE</strong> cluster grading with zone lo<strong>ca</strong>tion<br />

[5, 17]; cf. Fig. 7. Here, grading utilized severity and historic indices representing cumulative<br />

intensity and sudden <strong>AE</strong> activity jump. A similar (but almost unknown outside Japan) system<br />

was actually operational in 1978 [4]. Some have since been packaged into commercial inspection<br />

technology products, e.g., MONPAC ® and TANKPAC ® .<br />

Signal frequency remains controversial as to its effectiveness in source characterization, but<br />

it has been used with much success in (high-pass) filtering out background/frictional noise from<br />

higher frequency cracking <strong>AE</strong> signals [<strong>26</strong>]. This has a firm support from a rigorous experiment<br />

(see Fig. 4 and [<strong>25</strong>]). It is tempting to assign an <strong>AE</strong> mechanism to its characteristic frequency. It<br />

should be pointed out that the direct signal characterization methods have clearly shown that<br />

source rise times <strong>of</strong> a given type <strong>of</strong> cracking vary by a factor <strong>of</strong> ten or more so that a single<br />

“characteristic frequency” <strong>of</strong> cracking does not exist [9].<br />

Moment tensor analysis (MTA) is useful in characterizing the nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>AE</strong> sources. This<br />

identifies the magnitude and orientation <strong>of</strong> displacement vector <strong>of</strong> an <strong>AE</strong> source. From its geologi<strong>ca</strong>l<br />

origin, Ohtsu and Ono [57] set forth this method in <strong>AE</strong> context initially using theoreti<strong>ca</strong>l<br />

simulation. They set a framework for deducing the crack characteristics using only surface <strong>AE</strong><br />

observations. Ohtsu [58] developed the MTA further, applying to real <strong>AE</strong> observations in<br />

Fig. 14 Loading curve <strong>of</strong> a center-notched concrete beam, and results <strong>of</strong> MT analysis within yellow<br />

shading. Double arrows are tensile crack and X are shear cracks. Shiotani et al. [59].<br />

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