PROJECT SUMMARY

Overall-project

Field Mechanical Engineering Author CHOI, Gi Sang

Project No. 971-1004-024-2 Organization University of Seoul

AE, Monitoring of Concrete Structures, AR Model, Power Spectral

Keywords
Density, Neural Network

Development of Diagnostic and Monitoring Method for Concrete

Title
Structure Using AE

Abstract

The feasibility of using AE for monitoring mechanical failure in concrete structures has
been tested. First, the relationship between the fracture and the characteristics of AE
signal is theoretically and experimentally investigated. Also, a scheme for monitoring
fracture of concrete structures based on AR model and neural net pattem classifier is
proposed. The experimental data manifest that the characteristics of AE signal from
failure, and from environmental noise can be separated in the feature space.
Consequently, the results of this study manifest that AE is a good choice as sensor for
monitoring concrete structure due to its high sensitivity, low cost, and compactness.

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