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Understanding Acoustic Emission Testing- Reading 1 Part B-A

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16.7.5 Drying Shrinkage<br />

<strong>Acoustic</strong> emission has been used to try to monitor shrinkage in cement<br />

pastes and mortars. Nadeau et al. found that, in hardened pastes, the<br />

acoustic emission resulted from cracking due to the unequal shrinkage of the<br />

hydration products. Mortar gave less acoustic emission than hardened paste,<br />

suggesting that the fracture processes at the sand/cement paste interface are<br />

not an important source of acoustic emission. Jeong et al. also suggested that,<br />

in autoclaved aerated concrete, the acoustic emissions during drying could be<br />

related to microcracking. Again, however, it is unlikely that acoustic emission<br />

measurements will be able to be used as a means of predicting the shrinkage<br />

as a function of time.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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