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Study of Acoustic Emission Characteristics for Fracture Assessment

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Inspection for structural integrity of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) is of paramount importance to mission safety. After every shuttle launch, the booster rockets are retrieved and an extensive inspection operation performed to detect any mission-related anomaly. If damage occurs to the structure during shuttle mission, Acoustic Emission (AE) from cracks could be monitored and used as a means for initial screening to identify potential damage locations for selective postlaunch inspection.

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  1. USBI Company, United Technologies Corporation, P.O. Box 21212, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 32815, USA

    James C. Yeh

  2. Welding Engineering Department, Ohio State University, 190 W. 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Chon L. Tsai

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  1. Center for NDE, Ames Laboratory (USDOE), Ames, Iowa, USA

    Donald O. Thompson

  2. Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

    Donald O. Thompson

  3. Center for NDE, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Dale E. Chimenti

  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Dale E. Chimenti

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Yeh, J.C., Tsai, C.L. (1993). Study of Acoustic Emission Characteristics for Fracture Assessment. In: Thompson, D.O., Chimenti, D.E. (eds) Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2848-7_283

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