Modelling of Acoustic Emission Signals Due to Fiber Break in a Model Composite Carbon/Epoxy: Experimental Validation and Parametric Study

The present paper focuses on experiments and numerical simulation of the acoustic emission (AE) signals due to fiber break in a model composite. AE signals are related to wave effects due to the source, the propagation medium and the sensor. For quantitative AE analysis, it is very important to understand the effect of the piezoelectric sensors and propagation on the “primitive” AE signals. In this study, we investigate the influence of sensors, thickness, and position of the fiber by finite element simulations. This parametric study can allow an enlargement of the library for supervised classification of AE signals.