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Understanding Acoustic Emission Testing- Reading 1 Part B-A

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16.6.4 Specimen Geometry<br />

It has been shown that smaller specimens appear to give rise to greater<br />

levels of acoustic emission than do larger ones. The reasons for this are not<br />

clear, although the observation may be related to the attenuation effect<br />

described above. After an acoustic emission event occurs, the stress waves<br />

not only travel from the source to the sensor, but also undergo (1) reflection,<br />

(2) diffraction, and (3) mode conversions within the material. The basic<br />

problem of wave propagation within a bounded solid certainly requires further<br />

study, but there have apparently been no comparative tests on different<br />

specimen geometries.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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