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Understanding Acoustic Emission Testing- Reading 1 Part B-A

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Sadowska-Boczar et al. tried to quantify the strength vs. acoustic emission<br />

relationship using the equation:<br />

Where:<br />

Fr is the rupture strength,<br />

Fp is the stress corresponding to the first acoustic emission signal, and<br />

a and b are constants for a given material and loading conditions.<br />

Using this linear relationship, which they found to fit their data reasonably well,<br />

they suggested that the observation of acoustic emissions at low stresses<br />

would permit an estimation of strength, as well as providing some<br />

characterization of porosity and critical flaw size.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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