Acoustic emission wavelet time-frequency characteristics of fiber reinforced mortar failure process under axial compression
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Yan Wang
Associate Prof. Dr. Yan Wang, born in 1980, studied the civil engineering at Hohai University, China, from 2000 to the present. There he finished his PhD on the damage assessment and damage mechanism of concrete based on the acoustic emission technology in 2009 and stayed for teaching in the same year. He has been working at Hohai University Since 2009. The focus of his research lies on the damage study of concrete based on acoustic emission and ultrasonic technique.
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Na Wang
Dr. Na Wang, born in 1995, studied the civil engineering at Hohai University, China, from 2017 to the present. Her research focuses on the damage process of concrete and reinforced concrete based on the acoustic emission analysis technique and method.
Chao Yan, born in 1994, studied the civil engineering at Hohai University, China, from 2017 to the 2020. Her research focuses on the damage process of concrete based on the acoustic emission wavelet analysis technique.
Prof. Dr. Haitao Zhao, born in 1978, studied the civil engineering at Hohai University, China, from 2001 to present. There he finished his PhD in 2009 and stayed for teaching in the same year. The focus of his research lies on multi-scale simulation and quantitative characterization of concrete microstructure and macroscopic properties.
Abstract
In order to investigate the wavelet time-frequency characteristics of fiber reinforced mortar under axial compression, acoustic emission signals associated with steel fiber reinforced mortar and polypropylene fiber reinforced mortar with five different fiber contents (0 to 2.0 vol%) under axial compression were recorded. A new method of multivariate statistical analysis of wavelet time-frequency maps based on Morlet wavelet transform is proposed to make signal processing more accurate. Results show in the 15% to 85% loading stage, Type 3 and Type 4 signals are abundant in fiber reinforced mortar than plain mortar, while Type 7 and Type 9 signals are abundant in the 85% to 100% loading stage. According to the temporal localization characteristics of signal frequency quantified by each type of signals, it can be inferred that the fibers improve the toughness of concrete materials. It is also found the strengthening and toughening effect of steel fiber is more sensitive to fiber contents than that of polypropylene fiber. The ratio of Type 1 signals can be used as a warning against the final failure of materials while that of Type 5 signals can be used to evaluate the anti-cracking effect of fibers.
Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China
Award Identifier / Grant number: No. 51878245
About the authors
Associate Prof. Dr. Yan Wang, born in 1980, studied the civil engineering at Hohai University, China, from 2000 to the present. There he finished his PhD on the damage assessment and damage mechanism of concrete based on the acoustic emission technology in 2009 and stayed for teaching in the same year. He has been working at Hohai University Since 2009. The focus of his research lies on the damage study of concrete based on acoustic emission and ultrasonic technique.
Dr. Na Wang, born in 1995, studied the civil engineering at Hohai University, China, from 2017 to the present. Her research focuses on the damage process of concrete and reinforced concrete based on the acoustic emission analysis technique and method.
Chao Yan, born in 1994, studied the civil engineering at Hohai University, China, from 2017 to the 2020. Her research focuses on the damage process of concrete based on the acoustic emission wavelet analysis technique.
Prof. Dr. Haitao Zhao, born in 1978, studied the civil engineering at Hohai University, China, from 2001 to present. There he finished his PhD in 2009 and stayed for teaching in the same year. The focus of his research lies on multi-scale simulation and quantitative characterization of concrete microstructure and macroscopic properties.
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Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51878245).
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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