Experimental study of acoustic emission technique for concrete defect detection

The process of structural health monitoring (SHM) involves monitoring a structure over a period of time using appropriate sensors, extracting damage sensitive features from the measurements made by the sensors and analysing these features to determine the current state of the structure. Various tech...

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Main Author: Ali A., Header
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/53528/1/HeaderAliAMFKM2015.pdf
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description The process of structural health monitoring (SHM) involves monitoring a structure over a period of time using appropriate sensors, extracting damage sensitive features from the measurements made by the sensors and analysing these features to determine the current state of the structure. Various techniques are available for structural health monitoring of structures and acoustic emission (AE) is one technique that is finding an increasing use. Acoustic emission waves are the stress waves generated by the mechanical deformation of materials. AE waves produced inside a structure can be recorded by means of sensors attached on the surface. Analysis of these recorded signals can locate and assess the extent of damage. This project describes studies on the AE technique for health monitoring of concrete structures. Crack initiation or structural damage will result in wave propagation in solid and this can take place in various forms. Propagation of these waves is likely to be affected by the dimensions, surface properties and shape of the specimen. This, in turn, will affect source localization. Various laboratory test results will be presented on source localization, using pencil lead break tests. The results from the tests can be expected to aid in enhancement of knowledge of acoustic emission process and development of effective concrete structure diagnostics system.
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spelling utm.eprints-535282020-07-19T07:21:28Z http://eprints.utm.my/53528/ Experimental study of acoustic emission technique for concrete defect detection Ali A., Header TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The process of structural health monitoring (SHM) involves monitoring a structure over a period of time using appropriate sensors, extracting damage sensitive features from the measurements made by the sensors and analysing these features to determine the current state of the structure. Various techniques are available for structural health monitoring of structures and acoustic emission (AE) is one technique that is finding an increasing use. Acoustic emission waves are the stress waves generated by the mechanical deformation of materials. AE waves produced inside a structure can be recorded by means of sensors attached on the surface. Analysis of these recorded signals can locate and assess the extent of damage. This project describes studies on the AE technique for health monitoring of concrete structures. Crack initiation or structural damage will result in wave propagation in solid and this can take place in various forms. Propagation of these waves is likely to be affected by the dimensions, surface properties and shape of the specimen. This, in turn, will affect source localization. Various laboratory test results will be presented on source localization, using pencil lead break tests. The results from the tests can be expected to aid in enhancement of knowledge of acoustic emission process and development of effective concrete structure diagnostics system. 2015-06 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/53528/1/HeaderAliAMFKM2015.pdf Ali A., Header (2015) Experimental study of acoustic emission technique for concrete defect detection. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:83969
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Experimental study of acoustic emission technique for concrete defect detection
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title_short Experimental study of acoustic emission technique for concrete defect detection
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