| 摘要 |
<p>There are provided a method and an apparatus for detecting damage to a high-pressure tank, with which a sign of failure of a high-pressure tank containing a high-pressure fluid can be detected early and non-destructively. An acoustic emission sensor (AE sensor) 1 is used for the non-destructive detection of a sign of failure that occurs upon filling a high-pressure tank 2 with a fluid. One AE signal detected by the AE sensor 1 is counted as one hit, the hit rate indicating the change in hits over time is found, and a sign of failure is detected from the change in the hit rate. When microcracks develop in the high-pressure tank 2, and a plurality of these microcracks join together and grow into a single, macroscopic crack, the hit rate of the AE signal no longer increases with respect to an increase in the internal pressure of the high-pressure tank 2, eventually reaching a saturation state. The hit rate in this saturation state is used to determine that there is a sign of failure.</p> |
