AEWG-46

  Aug. 4-6, 2003

  PSU  Portland, Oregon

Technical Program

 

AEWG-49 will be held U of California at Berkeley June 19-21, 2006

AEWG-50 will be held in 2007 in Lake Tahoe in collaboration with European and Japanese Working Groups

General Information on AEWG can be found at www.aewg.org  

links to Video-Streamed Primers from AEWG-46

AEWG-48 was held May 8-12, 2005 in Houston, TX hosted by S.E.S. 

Schedule

 

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The technical sessions for the AEWG-46 will be held on Tuesday Aug 5, 2003 (sessions 1-4) and Wednesday Aug 6, 2003 (sessions 5-7, commercial session).  Click here for Location of Conference Rooms.

Session Contents (July 3rd) to be revised only as necessary

PDF with Conference Abstracts posted here

Extended Abstracts from Student Entries:  Tanaka, Bachani, To (Award Winner)

Session 1    Session Chair:  David Prine

Estimation of Magnitude of AE Events, Maochen Ge, Penn State University

Wave Propagation in Tubing and Waveguide Characteristics, Kanji Ono (UCLA), H. Nishino (Tohoku University) and H. Cho (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Key Differences Between the Acoustic Emission Signals Generated by Monopoles Versus Dipoles, Marvin Hamstad, NIST Boulder and University of Denver

AE Monitoring of the Composite Propellant Tank at Cryogenic Temperature, Yoshihiro MIZUTANI, Takayuki SHIMODA and Fumio SHIMIZU, National Space Development Agency of JAPAN

Session 2    Session Chair:  Hartmut Vallen

A Practical Solution for AE Source Location in Anisotropic Plates and Structures, Oh-Yang Kwon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inaha University), Jeong-Kon Kim

Development of A Classifier to Assist in Detection and Diagnosis of Problem Transformers Using New Acoustic Emission (AE) Technique, Fang Shu (Physical Acoustics Corporation), Arturo Nũnéz (Quality Services Laboratory-Plus), Ronnie K. Miller (PAC)

Applications of wavelet transform for Acoustic Emission Analysis, Yoshihiro MIZUTANI, Mikio TAKEMOTO (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Jochen VALLEN (Vallen Systems GmbH), Kanji ONO (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA), National Space Development Agency of JAPAN

Current status of the AGU-Vallen Wavelet project and intended future developments, Jochen VALLEN, Yoshihiro MIZUTANI (National Space Development Agency of JAPAN), Mikio TAKEMOTO (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University), Vallen-Systeme

Session 3    Session Chair:  Gary Qi

Mechanisms of Corrosion Cracking in Concrete by AE and BEM, Masayasu Ohtsu, Uddin Farid, A. K. M, Kumamoto University

Acoustic Emission (AE) Source Identification Through Multimodal Analysis, Fang Shu (Physical Acoustics Corporation), Valery F. Godinez-Azcuaga, Richard D. Finlayson

Acoustic Emission Detection and Location of High Velocity Foam Impact, William Processor (NASA Langley Research Center), Michael R. Gorman (Digital Wave Corporation), and Eric I. Madaras (NASA Langley Research Center)  

Session 4    Session Chair:  Marvin Hamstad

Monitoring Corrosion Damage in Reinforced Concrete by Acoustic Emission, Masatoshi Tanaka , Masayasu Ohtsu, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, JAPAN

Use Of AE to Understand A Weldability Test, Sameer Bachani, Jack Devletian, Portland State University

Full Waveform Inversion of the Kinematics of a Simulated Crack Inside an Artificial Rock, Albert To, Steve Glaser, Berkley

AEWG-46 Business Meeting

AEWG-46 Award's Banquet

Session 5    Session Chair:  Mark Carlos

Evaluating the Structural and Mechanical Integrity of Vessels by means of AET, Claudio Allevato, Napoleon Douglas, Stress Engineering Services  

Modal Ratios and Leak Detection, Hal Dunegan (DECI)

Noise Localization in Large Moveable Structures, David Prine (Northwestern University, Infrastructure Technology Institute)

Leather Quality Assessment Using Acoustic Emission, Valery F. Godinez-Azcuaga (Physical Acoustics Corporation), Richard D. Finlayson

Session 6    Session Chair:  William Wood

Life Management of Seam Welded Elbows on a Fossil Hot Reheat Line, Rick Neimann (Portland General Electric), John Rodgers (Acoustic Emission Consulting)  

Evaluation of excavation induced microcracks at the underground power plant using AE, Tomoki Shiotani (Research Institute of Technology, Tobishima Corporation).

Surface Roughness Measurement System (SRMS), Marco Luzio (Physical Acoustics Corporation), Richard D. Finlayson, Mark Carlos

Acoustic Emission Testing of Steel Reinforced Concrete Bridge Girders Subjected to Shear Zone Cracking, Steven Lovejoy, Oregon Department of Transportation

Session 7    Session Chair:  Masayasu Ohtsu

Acoustic Emission Testing Defects Environmentally Assisting Damaging Mechanisms, Claudio Allevato, Napoleon Douglas, Stress Engineering Services

AE-UT method designed for the determination of sound velocity in rods., I. Roman, F. Zeides, Graduate School of Applied Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Acoustic Emission (AE) Loose Parts Monitoring Application in a Nuclear Power Plant, Mark Carlos (Physical Acoustics Corporation)  

Using AE Technique to Detect Fatigue Related Damages in Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty, Gang Qi (Medical Acoustic Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Memphis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Joint program of The University of Memphis and University of Tennessee Health Science Center), Jihui Li (U of Tenn), Stephen Andrew Whitten (U of Memphis), Marvin Hamstad (U of Denver)

Session 8    Session Chair:  William Prosser 

The following presentation will be used to fill in for any papers which cancelled. Otherwise it will be fit in here before the commercial presentations. 

Results from fatigue testing of ESD Coated Specimens, William Wood, Richard Nordstrom, Portland State University  

Commercial Session 

Lab Tour, Portland State Universities Material Research Laboratory

Call for  Papers  (General Request)

The AEWG is inviting submission of titles and abstracts for the presentations at the meeting and early registrations. In addition to the program outlined below, since the meeting is a workshop, time is allocated to impromptu or late submissions at the meeting. Topics to be discussed at the meeting will cover all the areas of acoustic emission testing, including:

Social Program Manufacturing

Welding
Machining
Casting
Composite Processing

Diagnostics

Wear
Leak Detection
Maintenance
Machine Condition Monitoring Structures
Bridges
Pressure Vessels
Aircraft
Aerospace
Piping

Codes and Standards

ISO
ASTM
ASME
CARPMaterials Research
Metals
Polymers
Wood
Rock
Concrete
Composites
Instrumentation
Sensors
Signal Conditioning
Software