For the 3rd edition of the Current Topics in Heritage Science lecture series, organized by the emerging professionals of the E-RIHS HS Academy, the fourth lecture will be delivered on April 24th, 2025, at 3 pm (CEST), by Laura Brambilla.
The lecture “Acoustic emissions techniques applied to historical vehicle engines” will provide the attendees with an introduction on acoustic emissions techniques applied to heritage science.
Acoustic emission is a non-invasive, non-destructive technique, belonging to the NDT class (non-destructive testing), that is used in industry since the 1950s and applied also to the field of cultural heritage since the mid-1990s. It is based on the principle of elastic waves propagation in a material when a sudden release of energy inside the material itself occurs. This release of energy may happen due to a wide range of events taking place inside a solid material, such as the formation of a crack, corrosion phenomena, friction between two surfaces… The energy waves generated by the event travel inside the material and can be captured by piezoelectric sensors placed on the surface of the object. Acoustic emission allows then the detection and monitoring of a series of phenomena. In the field of cultural heritage, it is mainly applied to monitoring of cracks inside different types of objects (wooden objects, metal objects, enamels, built heritage, sculptures, paintings ….) due to environmental conditions changes and to integrated pest management, allowing to detect the activities of insects inside wood.
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Full programme of the 3rd edition
EDITORIAL TEAM OF THE 3RD EDITION
Emma Paolin, PhD student in the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Slovenia – ORCID
María Teresa Molina Delgado, Juan de la Cierva Research Fellowship at the Institute of Geosciences, Spanish National Research Council (IGEO-CSIC) – ORCID
Diego Quintero Balbas, Fixed-term Researcher in the Heritage Science Group at the Italian National Institute of Optics, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-INO) – ORCID
Tjaša Rijavec, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana and and Teaching Assistant at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Slovenia– ORCID
Fabiana Di Gianvincenzo, Migelien Gerritzen Fellowship at the Rijksmuseum – ORCID
Antonina Chaban, Fixed-term Research Technologist in the Heritage Science Group at the Italian National Institute of Optics, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-INO) – ORCID
