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Understanding Acoustic Emission Testing- Reading 1 Part B-A

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effective velocity, n- velocity calculated on the basis of arrival times and<br />

propagation distances determined by artificial AE generation; used for<br />

computed location.<br />

emission, burst- a qualitative description of the discrete signal related to an<br />

individual emission event occurring within the material.<br />

NOTE 3- Use of the term burst emission is recommended only for describing<br />

the qualitative appearance of emission signals. Fig. 1 shows an oscilloscope<br />

trace of burst emission signals on a background of continuous emission.<br />

emission, continuous- a qualitative description of the sustained signal level<br />

produced by rapidly occurring acoustic emission from structural sources,<br />

leaks, or both.<br />

NOTE 4- Use of the term continuous emission is recommended only for<br />

describing the qualitative appearance of emission signals. Fig. 2 and Fig. 3<br />

show oscilloscope traces of continuous emission signals at two different<br />

sweep rates.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

E1316-05

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