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Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2007, 21: 1115–1126 A study of hydraulic seal integrity P. Chena, P.S.K. Chua, G.H. Lim Abstract: The work described in this paper involved on-line detection of seal defects in a water hydraulic cylinder. An obvious effect of seal defect is internal leakage. Therefore, the approach used was to detect the internal leakage using suitable technique. The technique used involved detecting the acoustic emission (AE) due to the internal leakage. This paper evaluated various parameters of AE signals in terms of their capability in estimating the internal leakage rate in a water hydraulic cylinder. Experiments were carried out to study the characteristics of AE parameters at different internal leakage rates, the parameters including the root-mean-square (rms) value, the count rate, the peak magnitude of power spectral density and the energy. The correlations between these parameters and the internal leakage rate were analysed carefully. The results show that energy-based AE parameters, especially the rms value, are more suitable to interpret AE signals generated by internal leakage. Keywords: Acoustic emission; Water hydraulic cylinder; Internal leakage; AE count rate; Root mean square; Power spectral density; AE energy 1. Introduction Modern water hydraulics, using tap water as the hydraulic fluid, has gained much interest in the past decade due to its inherent advantages compared to oil hydraulics. These advantages include environment friendliness, good product compatibility and no fire hazards [1, 2]. However, some problems with modern water hydraulics are still to be addressed. One of the most common problems is the relatively large internal leakage in water hydraulic components. For example, a water hydraulic cylinder could suffer from internal leakage across the piston seals. This is due to the very low viscosity of water in comparison with that of hydraulic oil [1, 3]. Therefore, it is important to monitor the internal leakage