Acoustic emission monitoring of leaks in pipes for transport of liquid and gaseous media: A model experiment

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 13-14, Issue , 2006, Pages 351-356

  Brunner, A J ^a   Barbezat, M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission analysis; Gaseous media; Leak testing; Liquid media; Model experiment; Structural integrity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; COMPRESSED AIR; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SENSORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE FIBER COMPOSITE (AFC) ELEMENTS; GASEOUS MEDIA; LIQUID MEDIA; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

ALUMINUM PIPE;

EID: 33845924495     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-420-0.351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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