This paper is focused on the part of the project ANR ENDE that concerns the damage and crack characterization by means of NDT. The tests are done in 3 or 4 points bending in order to study the cracks' generation, their propagation, as well as their opening and closing. The main ultrasonic techniques developed concern linear or non-linear acoustic: acoustic emission [SBA 2015], Locadiff [LAR 2015], energy diffusion, surface wave's velocity and attenuation, DAET [3]. The recorded data contribute to providing the mapping of the investigated parameters, either in volume, in surface or globally. Digital image correlation is an important additional asset to validate the coherence of the NDT results. RÉSUMÉ. Il est nécessaire d'utiliser les méthod...