TY - CHAP AU - Jie Xu AU - Qinghua Han AU - Ying Xu ED - Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez ED - Mayorkinos Papaelias ED - Noor Zaman Y1 - 2016-07-27 PY - 2016 T1 - Application of Acoustic Emission Technique in the Monitoring of Masonry Structures N2 - Non-destructive testing (NDT) is based on inspection methodologies that do not require the change or destruction of the component or system under evaluation. Numerous NDT techniques are increasingly used, thanks to the recent advances in sensing technologies, data acquisition, data storage and signal processing. Inspection information is widely employed in order to make effective maintenance decisions based on the defects identified, their location and severity. This book presents the main advances recently made on different NDT techniques, together with the principal approaches employed to process the signals obtained during inspection. BT - Non-Destructive Testing SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/63093 DO - 10.5772/63093 SN - 978-953-51-2502-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -