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ACOUSTIC EMISSION A symposium presented at the December Committee Week AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS Bel Harbour,Florida,7-8 December 1971 ASTM SPECIAL TECHNICAL PUBLICATION 505 R.G.Liptai,general chairman D.O.Harris and C.A.Tatro,co-chairmen List price$22.50 04-505000-22 5H AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS JSraS 1916 Race Street,Philadelphia,Pa.19103 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Fri Jan 1 23:02:49 EST 2016Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.by American Society for Testing and Materials 1972 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:7275896 NOTE The Society is not responsible,as a body,for the statements and opinions advanced in this publication.Printed in Baltimore,Md.May 1972 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Fri Jan 1 23:02:49 EST 2016Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Foreword The Symposium on Acoustic Emission was presented at the December Committee Week of ASTM held in Bal Harbour,Florida,7-8 December 1971.The ASTM Publications Committee sponsored the symposium.R.G.Liptai,Lawrence Radiation Lab.,presided as symposium chairman,and D.0.Harris and C.A.Tatro,also of Lawrence Radiation Lab.,served as co-chairmen.Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Fri Jan 1 23:02:49 EST 2016Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Related ASTM Publications Effects of Environment and Complex Load History on Fatigue Life,STP 462(1970),$22.00 Achievement of High Fatigue Resistance in Metals and Alloys,STP 467(1970),$28.75 Fracture Toughness Testing at Cryogenic Temper-atures,STP 496(1970),$5.00 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Fri Jan 1 23:02:49 EST 2016Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Contents Introduction 1 An Introduction to Acoustic Emission/?.B.Liptai,D.O.Harris,and C.A.Tatro 3 Research on the Sources and Characteristics of Acoustic Emissionfi.H.Schofield 11 Dislocation Motions and Acoustic EmissionsP.P.Gillis 20 Acoustic Emission Testing and Microcracking Processesy4.S.Tetelman and R.Chow 30 Application of Acoustic Emission Techniques to Rock Mechanics Research-ff.R.Hardy,Jr.41 Design Criteria for Acoustic Emission ExperimentationC.A.Tatro 84 Factors Affecting Acoustic Emission Response From Materials/.L.Dunegan and A.T.Green 100 Acoustic Emission Applied Outside of the LaboratoryP.H.Hutton 114 Dislocation Motion as a Source of Acoustic Emission/.R.Frederick and D.K.Felbeck 129 Acoustic Emission During Martensite FormationG.R.Speich and R.M.Fisher 140 Application of Correlation Analysis to Acoustic Emission/Tan/Ono,Richard Stern,and Marshall Long,Jr.152 Amplitude Distribution of Acoustic Emission SignalsVoi/o Nakamura,C.L.Veach,and B.O.McCauley 164 Acoustic Emission for the Detection of Weld and Stress-Corrosion Cracking-C.E.Hartbower,W.G.Renter,C.F.Morals,and P.O.Crimmins 187 Observation and Analysis of Simulated Ultrasonic Acoustic Emission Waves in Plates and Complex Structures-.A.Fowler and E.P.Papadakis 222 Detection of Fiber Cracking by Acoustic Emission-/).O.Harris,A.S.Tetelman,and F.A.I.Darwish 238 Detecting Acoustic Emission in Large Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors-r.T.Anderson,A.P.Gavin,J.R.Karvinen,C.C.Price,and K.J.Reimann 250 Acoustic Emission Testing of Pressure Vessels for Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants/V.O.Cross,L.L.Loushin,and J.L.Thompson 270 The Broad Range Detection of Incipient Failure Using the Acoustic Emission Phenomena/.L.Balderston 297 Round-Robin Testing of Acoustic Emission Source-/4.E.Brown and R.G.Liptai 318 Discussions 332 Terminology 335 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Fri Jan 1 23:02:49 EST 2016Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.STP505-EB/May 1972 Introduction The field of acoustic emission has grown tremendously in the past decade,as evidenced by the many new areas of application,the increasing number of workers,and the expanding literature on acoustic emission.To date,the literature has been scattered among many journals and reports.No compre-hensive survey has existed.Many of the papers have presupposed advance knowledge of the technology and past developments,which works a hardship on newcomers to the field.To remedy this situation and gather the relevant information in one place,ASTM has commissioned this Special Technical Publication,derived from the Symposium on Acoustic Emission at the ASTM Committee Meeting of December 7-8,1971,in Bal Harbour,Florida.The papers cover a wide range of topics,from general reviews of the field to specific reports on research findings,technological advances,an