ABSTRACT

A study of topics related to acoustic emission/microseismic (AE/MS) activity. It covers basic material behaviour, stress wave propagation, transducer design and installation, electronic instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis, and signal processing, as well as practical applications.

chapter 1|27 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|45 pages

Energy Transmission and Detection

chapter 3|30 pages

Field Monitoring Systems

chapter 4|37 pages

Laboratory Monitoring Systems

chapter 5|48 pages

Source Location Techniques

chapter 6|82 pages

Special Topics