Real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings

The fracture type differentiation, quantification, and source identification are desirable and yet intractable in the acoustic emission (AE) testing of a complex coating system. In this letter, a technique combining wavelet transform and conventional AE parameter analysis was developed to study the...

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Main Authors: Yang, L., Zhou, Y.C., Mao, W., Lu, Chungsheng
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Institute of Physics 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26318
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author Yang, L.
Zhou, Y.C.
Mao, W.
Lu, Chungsheng
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Mao, W.
Lu, Chungsheng
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description The fracture type differentiation, quantification, and source identification are desirable and yet intractable in the acoustic emission (AE) testing of a complex coating system. In this letter, a technique combining wavelet transform and conventional AE parameter analysis was developed to study the tensile failure process of thermal barrier coatings in real time. It is demonstrated that the failure of thermal barrier coatings originates from surface vertical cracking and follows interface cracking, and that the AE count increases with tensile load following a power law. The cracking source identified from AE signals agrees well with that observed by optical microscopy. This technique provides a powerful tool for the study of failure processes of a wide range of coatings and thin films.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-263182017-09-13T15:56:21Z Real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings Yang, L. Zhou, Y.C. Mao, W. Lu, Chungsheng The fracture type differentiation, quantification, and source identification are desirable and yet intractable in the acoustic emission (AE) testing of a complex coating system. In this letter, a technique combining wavelet transform and conventional AE parameter analysis was developed to study the tensile failure process of thermal barrier coatings in real time. It is demonstrated that the failure of thermal barrier coatings originates from surface vertical cracking and follows interface cracking, and that the AE count increases with tensile load following a power law. The cracking source identified from AE signals agrees well with that observed by optical microscopy. This technique provides a powerful tool for the study of failure processes of a wide range of coatings and thin films. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26318 10.1063/1.3043458 American Institute of Physics restricted
spellingShingle Yang, L.
Zhou, Y.C.
Mao, W.
Lu, Chungsheng
Real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings
title Real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings
title_full Real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings
title_fullStr Real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings
title_full_unstemmed Real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings
title_short Real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings
title_sort real-time acoustic emission testing based on wavelet transform for the failure process of thermal barrier coatings
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26318