Source location of micro-cracks in internal of concrete that damaged by dielectric breakdown was carried out by acoustic emission (AE) technique. The energy of 6.4 kJ was discharged at one shot into the concrete specimen by a Marx Generator to…
Source location of micro-cracks in internal of concrete that damaged by dielectric breakdown was carried out by acoustic emission (AE) technique. The energy of 6.4 kJ was discharged at one shot into the concrete specimen by a Marx Generator to generate micro-cracks. AE testing measurement system with 8 AE sensors were used. During the AE measurement, uniaxial compressive load was applied to the specimen. In case of AE parametric analysis, AE sources due to friction of existing micro-cracks can be detected especially in lower loading stages (up to 60 kN). Therefore, AE signal which are produced within the load of 20 kN-60 kN are processed for source location. The visualization of domain area, which micro-cracks are scattering in internal concrete body, is presented in this paper by using de-noised AE signal.