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The SAS uses a positive feedback loop between ultrasonic heads, which causes excitation to a stable limit cycle. The frequency of this cycle is related to the propagation time of an acoustic wave, which directly depends on stresses in the test object. The coupling mechanism between acoustic wave propagation speed and stress is the elastoacoustic effect described in this paper. Thus, the proposed system enables the coupling between the limit cycle frequency and the stress degree of the concrete structure. This paper presents a machine learning algorithm to analyse the frequency spectrum of the SAS system. The proposed solution is a real-time classifier that enables online analysis of the frequency spectrum from the SAS system. 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