ABSTRACT
The Acoustic Emission (AE) technique uses ad hoc transducers to detect AE events caused by crack growth in structures under external loading. This technique is similar to the one employed in earthquake control, where seismic waves reach the monitoring stations placed on the surface of the Earth. And although they take place on different scales, the
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
Acoustic Emission and Critical Structural States
part 1|2 pages
2 AE detection of failure processes in concrete structures
part 1|2 pages
3 AE damage quantification in civil structures
part 2|2 pages
Seismic Mechanics and Critical Behaviours
part 2|2 pages
2 Scale invariant behaviour in earthquake occurrence