Measuring and testing – Vibration – By mechanical waves
Patent
1998-01-29
2000-05-16
Williams, Hezron
Measuring and testing
Vibration
By mechanical waves
73602, 73 182, G01N 2914
Patent
active
060620838
ABSTRACT:
A method and an apparatus for detecting and measuring cracks in plate-like structures using acoustic emission technique are disclosed. A false aperture transducer is designed to provide a criterion for filtering out extraneous noise in the acoustic emission signal based on modal analysis by computing the ratio of the high-frequency peak amplitude to low-frequency peak amplitude of the signal. A calibration curve correlating crack depth to the amplitude ratio can be obtained by simulating crack growth in a fracture specimen coupled to a test structure or field structure, and measuring acoustic emission signal in the structure by the false aperture transducer. The calibration curve correlates simulated crack depth percentage with computed peak amplitude ratio of the measured signal. Using the calibration curve and acoustic emission signal sensed by a false aperture transducer in a field structure, a crack in the structure can be detected and its depth measured by computing the peak amplitude ratio of the signal and identifying the crack depth that correlates with the ratio from the calibration curve.
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Miller Rose M.
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