Experimental Research of the Acoustic Emission(AE) Characteristics during the Tensile Process of the Shell Material of Blowout Preventer

In this paper, the tensile damage process of the shell material ZG25GrNiMo of blowout preventer were researched using acoustic emission technique. Analyzed the acoustic emission characteristics in different damage phases of this material were analyzed using parameter analysis and waveform analysis. The result indicated that the acoustic emission characteristics were different in yielding, plastic distortion and rupture process. The differences of frequency spectrums of different damage modes were evident.