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ISRM Suggested Method for In Situ Acoustic Emission Monitoring of the Fracturing Process in Rock Masses

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The purpose of this ISRM Suggested Method is to describe a methodology for in situ acoustic emission monitoring of the rock mass fracturing processes occurring as a result of excavations for tunnels, large caverns in the fields of civil, rock slopes and mining engineering, etc. In this Suggested Method, the equipment that is required for an acoustic emission monitoring system is described; the procedures are outlined and illustrated, together with the methods for data acquisition and processing for improving the monitoring results. There is an explanation of the methods for presenting and interpreting the results, and recommendations are supported by several examples.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for the Safe Mining of Deep Metal Mines, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Xia-Ting Feng & Jian-Po Liu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

    Xia-Ting Feng & Hua-Ji Liu

  3. Lassonde Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    R. P. Young

  4. Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    J. M. Reyes-Montes

  5. Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

    Ömer Aydan

  6. Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Ishida

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Feng, XT., Young, R.P., Reyes-Montes, J.M. et al. ISRM Suggested Method for In Situ Acoustic Emission Monitoring of the Fracturing Process in Rock Masses. Rock Mech Rock Eng 52, 1395–1414 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-019-01774-z

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