Assessing Failure with Acoustic Emissions
Principal Investigator:
Joseph Labuz, Professor, Civil Engineering
Project Summary:
The failure of systems composed of brittle materials such as concrete and rock is controlled by the development and accumulation of micro defects referred to as damage. The impact of this research on the infrastructure will be the real-time monitoring of systems to evaluate damage in the form of cracks, voids, loss of bond, and other detrimental processes leading to failure.
Sponsor:
Project Details:
- Start date: 08/1996
- Project Status: Completed
- Research Area: Infrastructure
- Topics: Bridges and Structures