Signal frequency distribution and natural-time analyses from acoustic emission monitoring of an arched structure in the Castle of Racconigi

Niccolini, Gianni; Manuello, Amedeo; Marchis, Elena; Carpinteri, Alberto

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1025-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1025-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1025-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

Research article

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04 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 04 Jul 2017

Signal frequency distribution and natural-time analyses from acoustic emission monitoring of an arched structure in the Castle of Racconigi

Gianni Niccolini, Amedeo Manuello, Elena Marchis, and Alberto Carpinteri

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'AUTHORS REPLY TO REVIEWER’S COMMENTS', Gianni Niccolini, 24 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Reviewer report on the ms NHESS-2016-374', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'AUTHORS REPLY TO REVIEWER’S COMMENTS', Gianni Niccolini, 24 Feb 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (02 Apr 2017) by Filippos Vallianatos

AR by Gianni Niccolini on behalf of the Authors (03 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (11 Apr 2017) by Filippos Vallianatos

AR by Gianni Niccolini on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 May 2017) by Filippos Vallianatos

Short summary

An architectural element of the Royal Castle of Racconigi (northwestern Italy, 17th century) is subjected to nondestructive testing for structural integrity evaluation. It is found that the so-called acoustic emissions – high-frequency vibrations emitted as tiny cracks that develop inside stone and concrete – correlate with those of small nearby earthquakes, suggesting new approaches to monitoring gradual damage accumulation inflicted by such earthquakes on architectural heritage and monuments.