4 April 2025
Applied Sciences Webinar | Advances in Acoustic Emission Technique: Test Interpretation and Numerical Simulations, 17 April 2025
Welcome message from the Chair, Prof. Dr. Ignacio Iturrioz:
Greetings everyone. It is my great pleasure to introduce today’s webinar, where we will explore the interaction between numerical strategies and experimental tests in the field of acoustic emission (AE) techniques.
We are honored to begin with Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Lacidogna, a faculty member at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and Distinguished Professor at the Wenzhou University of Technology (2025). With extensive expertise in the application of acoustic emissions, he will share some valuable insights into their use in challenging real-life scenarios.
Following his presentation, we will hear from Prof. Dr. Ferenc Kun, a Full Professor at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. He is a leading expert in the fiber bundle method (FBM), a powerful numerical tool which can be used in the analysis of acoustic emission signals and damage progression in solids.
Finally, my colleague, Leandro Friedrich, from the Federal University of Pampa, Brazil, and I, Ignacio Iturrioz, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), will explore the applications of discrete numerical strategies for simulating acoustic emission tests in structures.
This webinar promises to be an excellent opportunity to understand how experimental techniques and numerical simulations can work together to unravel damage processes in systems that fail in a spasmodic (sudden or intermittent) manner.
Date: 17 April 2025 at 11:00 a.m. CEST | 5:00 a.m. EDT | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 865 9045 4835
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| Speaker/Presentation | Time in CEST | Time in CST Asia |
| Prof. Dr. Ignacio Iturrioz Chair Introduction |
11:00–11:05 a.m. | 5:00–5:05 p.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Lacidogna Current Monitoring Techniques and Materials’ Fracture Characterization: The Case of Garisenda Tower in Bologna (Italy) |
11:05–11:25 a.m. | 5:05–5:25 p.m. |
| Q&A Session | 11:25–11:35 a.m. | 5:25–5:35 p.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Ferenc Kun Approach to Failure through Record-Breaking Avalanches in Fiber Bundle Models |
11:35–11:55 a.m. | 5:35–5:55 p.m. |
| Q&A Session | 11:55 a.m.–12:05 p.m. | 5:55–6:05 p.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Leandro Ferreira Friedrich and Prof. Dr. Ignacio Iturrioz Application of Discrete-Element Strategies to Aid the Interpretation of Acoustic Emission Data in the Damage Process of Structures |
12:05–12:25 p.m. | 6:05–6:25 p.m. |
| Q&A Session | 12:25–12:35 p.m. | 6:25–6:35 p.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Giuseppe lacidogna and Prof. Dr. Ignacio Iturrioz Closing of Webinar |
12:35–12:40 p.m. | 6:35–6:40 p.m. |
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Webinar Chairs and Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Lacidogna (Chair and Speaker), Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy;
- Prof. Dr. Ignacio Iturrioz (Chair and Speaker), Mechanical Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil;
- Prof. Dr. Ferenc Kun, Department of Theoretical Physics, Doctoral School of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Hungary;
- Prof. Dr. Leandro Ferreira Friedrich, Engineering Post Graduation Program, Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Alegrete, Brazil.
