he acoustic emission technique has been applied successfully for the identification,
characterization, and localization of deformations in civil engineering structures. Numerous …

The purpose of this study is to characterize fracture modes in a concrete structure using an
acoustic emission (AE) technique and a data-driven approach. To clarify the damage …

This unprecedented study aims to demonstrate the potential to locate crack damage and
severity in full-scale railway prestressed concrete sleepers. The dynamic mode shape …

To a certain degree, composite railway sleepers and bearers have been recently employed
as a replacement for conventional timber sleepers. Importantly, attributed to the rise in traffic …

The main functions of the sleepers in ballasted tracks include transferring loads, securing
rail gauge and maintaining railway track geometry. Sleepers can be manufactured using …

Acoustic emission (AE) technique has been merged to a promising method for structural
health monitoring in non-destructive technique. So an analysis of the AE signal is becoming …

This paper aims to discuss aspects of modeling prestressed concrete sleepers based on
experimental results. Midspan Positive Moment tests were performed on four prestressed …

A high precision optical fiber acoustic emission (AE) locating system with designed random
fiber lasers (RFLs) and a proposed adaptive time of arrival extraction strategy for weak …

Featured Application The new findings highlight for the first time the dynamic phenomena of
turnout systems considering composite, concrete and timber sleepers and bearers. It also …

Aiming at achieving the classification of rail fatigue crack signals in high-speed railway using
Acoustic Emission (AE) technology, a novel method based on the deep learning theory is …