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Most of these processes result in the evolution of elastic waves which can be detected by appropriate sensors. The analysis of several parameters characterizing the waves offers valuable information about the possible deformation mechanism. The acoustic emission testing of composites may yield very different number of signals from a few hundred to more than 100,000. This latter was proved to be affected mainly by particle size, interfacial adhesion and composition, but other factors, such as matrix modulus and specimen size, also influence it. Local deformation processes are claimed to have a strong effect on macroscopic properties. Indeed, a close correlation was found between the initiation stress of the dominating particle related process derived from acoustic emission testing and the tensile strength in both polypropylene (PP) and poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites. However, in polyamide (PA)-based heterogeneous polymer systems, deformations related to the matrix dominated composite properties. Besides forecasting failure, the method makes possible the determination of the inherent strength of lignocellulosic fibers being around 40 MPa as well as the quantitative estimation of adhesion strength for composites in which interactions are created by mechanisms other than secondary forces. 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