Fracture analysis of three‐point bending notched granite beams under prepeak and postpeak cyclic loading by digital image correlation and acoustic emission techniques

Author(s):  
Xudong Chen ◽  
Jianhui Tang ◽  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Feng Dai ◽  
Mingdong Wei
2018 ◽  
Vol 726 ◽  
pp. 102-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Bian ◽  
Ahmed A. Saleh ◽  
Elena V. Pereloma ◽  
Christopher H.J. Davies ◽  
Azdiar A. Gazder

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1686-1697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-zheng Zhao ◽  
Wei Zhou

Understanding the damage and failure of carbon/glass epoxy hybrid woven composites under tensile loading based on acoustic emission signals is a challenging task in their practical uses. In this study, an approach based on fuzzy c-means algorithm is proposed to process the acoustic emission signals from tensile loading of composites monitored by combining acoustic emission technology and digital image correlation method. The results show that the acoustic emission signals from tensile loading can be divided into three clusters. The three clusters correspond to three kinds of damage modes including matrix cracking, fiber/matrix debonding, delamination, and fiber breakage. By comparing the acoustic characteristics of these classes, a correlation procedure between the clusters and the damage mechanisms observed is proposed. Meanwhile, it can be found that debonding and fiber break signals for glass fiber correspond to a lower frequency range than that for carbon fiber. Moreover, the method combining acoustic emission and digital image correlation can effectively monitor the damage process of the specimen both on the inside and outside, which can provide a reference for the health monitoring of composite structure.


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 5622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengqiao Zhang ◽  
Gabriela I. Zarate Garnica ◽  
Yuguang Yang ◽  
Eva Lantsoght ◽  
Henk Sliedrecht

In the Netherlands, many prestressed concrete bridge girders are found to have insufficient shear–tension capacity. We tested four girders taken from a demolished bridge and instrumented these with traditional displacement sensors and acoustic emission (AE) sensors, and used cameras for digital image correlation (DIC). The results show that AE can detect cracking before the traditional displacement sensors, and DIC can identify the cracks with detailed crack kinematics. Both AE and DIC methods provide additional information for the structural analysis, as compared to the conventional measurements: more accurate cracking load, the contribution of aggregate interlock, and the angle of the compression field. These results suggest that both AE and DIC are suitable options that warrant further research on their use in lab tests and field testing of prestressed bridges.


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