Quantitative Acoustic Emission Fatigue Crack Characterization in Structural Steel and Weld

Joint Authors

Luo, Ying
Marfo, Adutwum
Zhong-an, Chen

Source

Advances in Civil Engineering

Issue

Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2013-06-02

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Civil Engineering

Abstract EN

The fatigue crack growth characteristics of structural steel and weld connections are analyzed using quantitative acoustic emission (AE) technique.

This was experimentally investigated by three-point bending testing of specimens under low cycle constant amplitude loading using the wavelet packet analysis.

The crack growth sequence, that is, initiation, crack propagation, and fracture, is extracted from their corresponding frequency feature bands, respectively.

The results obtained proved to be superior to qualitative AE analysis and the traditional linear elastic fracture mechanics for fatigue crack characterization in structural steel and welds.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Marfo, Adutwum& Luo, Ying& Zhong-an, Chen. 2013. Quantitative Acoustic Emission Fatigue Crack Characterization in Structural Steel and Weld. Advances in Civil Engineering،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Marfo, Adutwum…[et al.]. Quantitative Acoustic Emission Fatigue Crack Characterization in Structural Steel and Weld. Advances in Civil Engineering No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Marfo, Adutwum& Luo, Ying& Zhong-an, Chen. Quantitative Acoustic Emission Fatigue Crack Characterization in Structural Steel and Weld. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473403

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-473403