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Understanding Acoustic Emission Testing- Reading 1 Part B-A

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• acoustic emission (AE)- the class of phenomena whereby transient elastic<br />

waves are generated by the rapid release of energy from localized sources<br />

within a material, or the transient waves so generated. <strong>Acoustic</strong> emission<br />

is the recommended term for general use. Other terms that have been<br />

used in AE literature include (1) stress wave emission, (2) microseismic<br />

activity, and (3) emission or acoustic emission with other qualifying<br />

modifiers.<br />

• <strong>Acoustic</strong> emission channel- see channel, acoustic emission.<br />

• acoustic emission count (emission count) (N)- see count, acoustic<br />

emission.<br />

• <strong>Acoustic</strong> emission count rate- see count rate, acoustic emission (emission<br />

rate or count rate) (N ).<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

E1316-05

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