Table 1 The results of the new and traditional methods in a 3D locating test.

From: Experimental study on the location of an acoustic emission source considering refraction in different media

AE source

Method

X

Y

Z

Absolute error/mm

A

AE source coordinates

99

20

20

 

TDR

99.17

19.97

19.43

0.6

TD

80.67

28.5

77.1

60.57

B

AE source coordinates

99

40

40

 

TDR

99.07

40.07

38.63

1.37

TD

81.9

41.97

83.57

46.85

C

AE source coordinates

99

60

60

 

TDR

99.1

60.1

59.13

0.88

TD

82.3

56.37

92.47

36.69

D

AE source coordinates

99

80

80

 

TDR

98.53

79.93

80.63

0.79

TD

82.27

72.23

95.5

23.34