Acoustic Emission: Fracture Detection in Structural Materials

The book presents topical theoretical and experimental studies for  developing advanced methods of detecting materials fracture and  assessing their structural state using acoustic emission. It introduces  new mathematical models characterizing the displacement fields arising  from crack-like defects and establishes a new criterion for classifying  different types of materials fracture based on specific parameters  obtained from wavelet transforms of acoustic emission signals. The book  applies this approach to experimental studies in three types of  materials―fiber-reinforced composites, dental materials, and  hydrogen-embrittled steels.