Fifty Years in the Technology of Acoustic Emission,1961 -2011

摘要

This paper has a description of some of the Acoustic Emission projects that I have beeri involved with during the past 50 years. While my career in AE started with determining the residual strength of a glass and epoxy composite cylindrical pressure vessel it quickly expanded into many different materials, products and structures. In this paper I present information on efforts in; non-metallic and metallic pressure vessels; factors effecting AE; identification of modes of deformation; noise rejection methods; leak detection in Above Ground Storage Tanks; combining AE with UT; AcoustoUltrasonic examination of wood particle boards; inflight monitoring of Aircraft structure; and determination of water stress in grape plants and others.