Understanding Acoustic Emission Testing- Reading 1 Part B-A

16.5 Instrumentation and Test Procedures
Instrumentation (and, where necessary, the associated computer software) is
available, from a number of different manufacturers, to carry out all of the
methods of signal analysis described above. It might be added that advances
in instrumentation have outpaced our understanding of the nature of the
elastic waves resulting from microcracking in concrete. The main elements of
a modern acoustic emission detection system are shown schematically in
Figure 16.5.
Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang