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Acoustic emission (AE) is used as a means to anticipate the mechanical failure of critical materials and structures by detecting the release of energy caused by material rearrangement at the microlevel. Optical-fiber sensors have potential advantages over conventional tuned piezoelectric transducers and signal-processing methods for the detection of such types of ultrasonic acoustic wave events. A number of fiber Bragg grating techniques are presented, which in particular offer the potential to provide the high-speed signal processing and ability to multiplex numbers of AE sensors necessary to detect, quantify, and locate AE sources and thereby determine material properties and damage.
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Spillman, W.B., Claus, R.O. Optical-Fiber Sensors for the Detection of Acoustic Emission. MRS Bulletin 27, 396–399 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs2002.125
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