In view of the problem that there is no effective online monitoring means in the process of blade high-cycle fatigue crack damage,an acoustic emission technology is adopted to study the online monitoring test of blade high-cycle fatigue crack acoustic emission under the action of fixed amplitude load,and explore the evolution law of blade crack initiation and propagation signal characteristics.The acoustic emission parameters and frequency spectrum characteristics of high-cycle fatigue crack are studied,and a crack activity coefficient index (CAI) is proposed.The high-cycle fatigue cracks in blades are divided into three stages,i.e.,crack initiation,metastable propagation,and rapid propagation.At the end of crack initiation and the rapid propagation stage,the crack activity coefficient significantly increases,which can achieve early warning of cracks.The generalized S transform is used to analyze the frequency spectra of acoustic emission signals at different damage stages,The results show that the signal energy is concentrated at 90-160kHz during crack initiation,the signal energy is mainly concentrated at 80-180kHz during the crack propagation,and a distinct energy peak at 120kHz appears during rapid crack propagation,The signal energy is the highest during rapid crack propagation,the energy is higher during crack initiation,and the energy is the lowest during crack metastable propagation.