STUDY OF METAL TIMBER JOIN BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION METHOD

Actual behaviour and general load carrying capacity of timber structures depends primarily on the load bearing capacity of joints. The present paper deals with slotted-plate steel-to-timber joints. In addition, innovative measuring methods were used to determine the strength of the metal-wood-metal structure. One of them was the acoustic emission method, which belongs to the group of non-destructive testing methods. It is to be noted that the acoustic emission method responds to the defect generation much sooner than the visual or any other method. The time-frequency analysis can play a central role in the signal analysis.