Experimental Study of Source Localization in Acoustic Emission using Triangulation Method

Conventional repair and rehabilitation techniques have proven effective only to treat damage and arrest it. Hence, the need to prevent the damage, to know the growing damage before a complete collapse is necessary. Thus, acoustic emission is a proven method for structural health monitoring, to find and rectify the damage at its early stage. The Acoustic emission technique could be directly applied for monitoring large structures made of concrete, aircrafts & bridges. It helps in recognition of structural damage prior, which helps in avoiding catastrophic failure. The proper and efficient detection of damage makes structure safer for the public. This is a low-cost & less intricate technique than conventional methods. Quantitative criteria of acoustic sensing will provide efficient diagnosis and prognosis of structural damage. This paper surmounts the triangulation method of source localization of acoustic emission. The data is gathered by the sensors and then used to know the location of damage/source and respective characteristics of the wave. MATLAB is used for defining the energy of the signals captured by the sensors. Thus, the signal parameter’s study and verification of the source’s location using sensors is justified to be correct in the acoustic emission technique.