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Understanding Acoustic Emission Testing-2006 Reading 3A

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1.2. Sources of <strong>Acoustic</strong> <strong>Emission</strong><br />

<strong>Acoustic</strong> emissions are acoustic waves generated by a rapid change in the<br />

stress state of a region in a material.<br />

<strong>Acoustic</strong> waves are one of two (?, UT? VA?) non-electromagnetic methods of<br />

transmitting energy through a material; the other method is thermal diffusion.<br />

A difference between the two is that thermal diffusion involves direct energy<br />

transfer between individual atoms, while an acoustic wave transfers energy<br />

by a cooperative motion of many atoms. An acoustic wave can be as simple<br />

as a pressure pulse in a gas or liquid, or as complicated as the many modes<br />

of transmission in a bounded solid. The generation of an acoustic wave<br />

invariably involves a large region of atoms.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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