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Vibration impact acoustic emission technique for identification and analysis of defects in carbon steel tubes: Part A Statistical analysis

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Current steel tubes inspection techniques are invasive, and the interpretation and evaluation of inspection results are manually done by skilled personnel. This paper presents a statistical analysis of high frequency stress wave signals captured from a newly developed non-invasive, non-destructive tube inspection technique known as the vibration impact acoustic emission (VIAE) technique. Acoustic emission (AE) signals have been introduced into the ASTM A179 seamless steel tubes using an impact hammer, and the AE wave propagation was captured using an AE sensor. Specifically, a healthy steel tube as the reference tube and four steel tubes with through-hole artificial defect at different locations were used in this study. The AE features extracted from the captured signals are rise time, peak amplitude, duration and count. The VIAE technique also analysed the AE signals using statistical features such as root mean square (r.m.s.), energy, and crest factor. It was evident that duration, count, r.m.s., energy and crest factor could be used to automatically identify the presence of defect in carbon steel tubes using AE signals captured using the non-invasive VIAE technique.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia

    Zakiah Abd Halim

  2. Department of Mechanics and Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Built, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

    Zakiah Abd Halim, Nordin Jamaludin & Syarif Junaidi

  3. Faculty of Applied Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Syed Yusainee Syed Yahya

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A. H. Zakiah, M.S., studied mechanical engineering at the University of New South Wales, Australia in 2006. She started her career at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) as a lecturer in the field of materials testing. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. study in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Her research interests are in the area of evaluation of defect behavior using non-destructive testing method such as Acoustic Emission for structural integrity assessment.

N. Jamaludin is an associate professor at Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He earned his Ph.D. in 2000 in the area of condition monitoring at Cranfield University. He has more than 13 years of experience in the condition monitoring field. His research interests are investigations on material damage mechanism in structural and machinery components using Acoustic Emission and Metal Magnetic Memory Technology as part of integrity monitoring analysis and assessment. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jamaludin is a fellow in Welding Institue of Malaysia, Chairman of Malaysian Acoustic Emission Working Group as well as member of Malaysian Society of Non Destructive Testing (MSNT).

J. Syarif earned his Ph.D. from Kyushu University, Japan in 2003. He is the receipient of Monbukagakusho Scholarship from 1998–2000 and 2000–2003 for his Master and Ph.D. degrees. After earning his Ph.D. he continued his career as a lecturer in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) until promoted to his current position as an associate professor. He has more than 10 years experience in structural material engineering and properties, physical metalurgy as well as alloy design and has published approximately 70 papers in the respective field. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Syarif is a member of Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, Institute of Materials, Malaysia and Malaysian Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials Association.

S. Y. S. Yahya obtained his Ph.D. degree in advance materials from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2005. He is currently a senior lecturer at Faculty of Applied Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA and is teaching about Material Technology. His research expertise are in materials physics and advanced materials. Dr. Yahya is a member of Malaysia Society of Non Destructive Testing (MSNT) and American Society of Non Destructive Testing (ASNT).

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Halim, Z.A., Jamaludin, N., Junaidi, S. et al. Vibration impact acoustic emission technique for identification and analysis of defects in carbon steel tubes: Part A Statistical analysis. J Mech Sci Technol 29, 1547–1557 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-015-0327-3

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