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Acoustic Emission Technology Enables Improved Crack, Corrosion Detection

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Structural Monitoring Using Acoustic Emissions. This industry-leading guidance
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(AET).
“A primary goal at ABS is to improve safety without interrupting operations,”
says ABS Chairman, President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki. “These new
Guidance Notes (GN) provide a framework that will help companies perform AET
in support of continuous health monitoring for their assets.”
AET is a passive nondestructive examination technology that has been
successfully applied to detect and monitor crack propagation, corrosion activity,
cavitation erosion and leaking in structures made of steel, aluminum, composites
and other materials. AET is seeing increasingly widening applications in a
number of industries as a feasible way to detect weaknesses and monitor
structural health in a broad spectrum of structures from storage tanks,
suspension bridges, nuclear plants, pressure vessels and LNG tanks to mooring
chains and airplanes.
Ships and offshore structures continue to become larger and more complex,
requiring operators to have an in-depth knowledge of structural integrity. The
AET GN addresses this need by providing a non-intrusive, real-time technique for
monitoring structural health on an operating asset.
“As a technology leader, ABS recognizes the growing industry focus on
digitization and more advanced monitoring methods,” says ABS Chief Technology
Officer Howard Fireman. “The Guidance Notes address the latest technological
shifts in industry, leveraging real-time monitoring to help owners and operators

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better understand the health of their assets and guide their maintenance and
repair decisions.” This guidance was developed based on a series of joint industry
projects in which owners, operators and ABS worked together to improve asset
integrity applying this advanced health-monitoring technology.
ABS first accepted AET as a feasible tool for real-time monitoring of sub-critical

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structural flaws in the ABS Guide for Vessels Intended to Carry Compressed
Natural Gases in Bulk (2005). The IACS UR Z17 Procedural Requirements for
Service Suppliers (2016) accepts AET for leak testing in gas carriers and requires
documented procedures based upon recognized standards.

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