FraMCoS 11 2023 Bangalore, India

Predicting the rate of fatigue crack propagation in concrete using acoustic emission

Acousticemission(AE)isanon-destructivetestingtechniquethatcanbeusedforreal-time monitoring and quantification of fatigue crack growth in concrete structures. This can be achieved by establishing correlations between the rate of crack propagation and acoustic emission signal char- acteristics. The aim of the present work is to extract multiple…

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Abstract

Acousticemission(AE)isanon-destructivetestingtechniquethatcanbeusedforreal-time monitoring and quantification of fatigue crack growth in concrete structures. This can be achieved by establishing correlations between the rate of crack propagation and acoustic emission signal char- acteristics. The aim of the present work is to extract multiple AE parameters such as hits, counts, amplitude, and energy from AE signals and subsequently, identify the parameter that gives the best results for concrete. Based on the statistical analysis, the model incorporating AE absolute energy is found to give the most accurate estimates of crack growth rate for concrete specimens. The model is calibrated and validated by post-processing of AE data acquired during the testing of nine plain concrete beams, subjected to fatigue loading of three different frequencies.