• DocumentCode
    2526936
  • Title

    Acoustic emission calibration instrumentation

  • Author

    Duncan, Michael G. ; Whittaker, Jerry W.

  • Author_Institution
    Martin Marietta Energy Syst. Inc., Oak Ridge, TN, USA
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    20-22 Apr 1988
  • Firstpage
    242
  • Lastpage
    247
  • Abstract
    An automatic-calibration instrument to improve calibration accuracy of acoustic-emission (AE) transducers by one order of magnitude over commercially available equipment is described. The instrument facilitates calibration by automatically displaying the maximum value of the stress used to produce AE calibration pulses and the AE pulse. Low-noise amplifiers and filters are used to improve the sensitivity of the measurements by more than one order-of-magnitude over commercially available instruments, so that smaller signals can be detected
  • Keywords
    acoustic emission; acoustic transducers; calibration; acoustic emission transducer; automatic-calibration instrument; filters; low noise amplifier; Acoustic emission; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic transducers; Calibration; Filters; Instruments; Low-noise amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1988. IMTC-88. Conference Record., 5th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMTC.1988.10859
  • Filename
    10859