Acoustic emission (AE) inspection equipment detects and analyses transient elastic stress waves generated by crack propagation, delamination, fibre breakage and other damage mechanisms within aerospace structures and components, employing piezoelectric transducers, preamplifiers, multichannel signal-conditioning hardware and AE data-acquisition software to characterise defect activity during proof-pressure, fatigue or in-service loading.
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