Research Article

Rock Stability Assessment Based on the Chronological Order of the Characteristic Acoustic Emission Phenomena

Table 1

Statistics of characteristic AE phenomena.

No.AE hitAE event
Dominant frequencyEnergyHit rateFirst highThrough-going distributionHigh in last to undergo

Sim11-III2-IV2-IV5-IV4-IV6-IV
Sim21-I3-IV2-IV3-IV5-IV6-IV
Sim31-III2-III4-IV2-IV5-IV6-IV
Sim41-II3-IV2-IV3-IV5-IV6-IV
Sim51-II2-III4-IV2-III5-IV6-IV
Sim61-II2-IV2-IV2-IV5-IV6-IV
Sim71-II2-IV2-IV4-IV5-IV6-IV
Sim81-II2-III3-IV3-IV
Sim91-II2-III3-IV3-IV
Sim101-I, L2-L2-L4-L5-IV6-IV
Sim111-II, L2-L3-L2-L5-IV6-IV
Sim121-I2-L2-L2-L

Note. Arabic numerals before “-” represent the chronological order of the characteristic AE phenomena; roman numerals and letter “L” after “-” represent the crack development stage at which the characteristic AE phenomena occurred.