Numerical simulation of elastic wave propagation in masonry compared with acoustic emission experimental results

Dimitrios Angelis, Georgios Livitsanos, Danny Van Hemelrijck, Naveen Shetty, Els Verstrynge, Martine Wevers

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Abstract

It has been shown in acoustic emission literature that the distance between a possible cracking event and a receiver is affecting the signal parameters providing a wrong image of the real fracture characteristics. In this study, lab-scale experimental tests on masonry components are performed in order to determine the disturbance of the acoustic emission wave properties and verify the experimental observations via numerical wave propagation analysis. The investigation is extended to different geometries including “couplets,” “triplets” and masonry walls. The simulations allow to understand, verify and predict the acoustic emission signal properties alterations in many different types of masonry experiments as well as the correct characterization of the fracture mode.
Original languageEnglish
Article number17
JournalArchives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The Research Fund—Flanders (FWO) is acknowledged for funding the FWO project “AE-FracMasS: advanced Acoustic Emission analysis for Fracture mode identification in Masonry Structures” (G.0C38.15).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.

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