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Understanding the failure mechanisms of
construction materials, as well as their damage evolution, constitute two key factors to improving structural design tools. Depending on the failure modes
to be highlighted and studied, several test methods
and analysis tools have been developed. One such
development, the acoustic emission technique (AET),
is an experimental tool appropriate for characterizing
material behavior by means of monitoring the fracture process. Despite the widespread uses of acoustic
emission techniques to characterize and monitor the
damage evolution of composite materials, only a few
research studies have focused on using AET to characterize the mechanical behavior of wood materials.
In the present work, the failure process in Douglas
fir under monotonic loading is studied by comparing
three experimental methods: force-displacement curve
analysis, acoustic emission measurements, and digital image acquisition. First of all, results show good correlation and complementarities among the methods
employed. Second, analyzing acoustic emission signals by considering the event number and the cumulative events yields interesting information on crack initiation and growth without the material. Moreover, an
additional analysis of acoustic emission data (involving
the determination of source locations and the study of
amplitude distributions) opens the possibility to characterize the fracture process zone which is a key damage
mechanism in wood materials.
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Acoustic Emission Technique for Fracture Analysis in Wood Materials
Understanding the failure mechanisms of
construction materials, as well as their damage evolution, constitute two key factors to improving structural design tools. Depending on the failure …