Study on the Propagation Characteristics of Acoustic Emission in Point Contact Bearing Ball

Abstract:

Acoustic Emission (AE) signal has been used pervasively in the extraction of fault feature and the location of damage. The precision of the extraction and location is determined by the propagation characteristics of AE signal in different structures. In this paper, the propagation characteristics of AE wave in the point contact sphere under continuous and transient AE signal is analyzed; a series of experiments under different condition are conducted; based on wave propagation theory, a simulation model is built using the software of ANSYS LS-DYNA. The results of experiments and simulation models reveal that the propagation characteristics-attenuation, frequency features-of AE signal can be manifested clearly in the experiments and are simulated correctly by the simulation model.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 365-366)
• Pages: 634-639
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.365-366.634
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Yan Yan Xiao, Wen Xiu Lu, Fu Lei Chu
• Keywords: AE Signal, Bearing Ball, Point Contact, Propagation Characteristic

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