Beamforming array techniques for acoustic emission monitoring of large concrete structures

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 329, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2384-2394

  McLaskey, Gregory C ^a   Glaser, Steven D ^a   Grosse, Christian U ^b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION MONITORING; APPARENT VELOCITY; BEAMFORMING ARRAYS; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; FIELD APPLICATION; LARGE PLATE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION METHODS; NOVEL METHODS; PASSIVE SONAR; PHASED ARRAYS; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES; SAMPLING RATES; SIGNAL DISCRIMINATION; SOURCE LOCALIZATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; BEAMFORMING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSOR ARRAYS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

EID: 76049117930     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2009.08.037     Document Type: Article

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