Download or read book Acoustic Emission and Critical Phenomena written by Alberto Carpinteri and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Acoustic Emission (AE) technique uses ad hoc transducers to detect AE events caused by crack growth in structures under external loading. This technique is similar to the one employed in earthquake control, where seismic waves reach the monitoring stations placed on the surface of the Earth. And although they take place on different scales, the