Multi-scale damage detection of glass curtain wall by acoustic emission and vibrational modal analysis

Lu Zhang; Hanlei Lu; Hongyu Li

doi:10.1117/12.2657622

18 April 2023 Multi-scale damage detection of glass curtain wall by acoustic emission and vibrational modal analysis

Lu Zhang, Hanlei Lu, Hongyu Li

Proceedings Volume 12486, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2023; 124860O (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657622
Event: SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation, 2023, Long Beach, California, United States

Abstract

Currently, the glass curtain wall has become very popular in contemporary architectural wall decoration method because of its aesthetics, lightweight, energy saving, and thermal insulation. However, the damage of the glass curtain wall is inevitable due to its material nature. Currently, the detection method of glass curtain wall is to use regular manual detection, It highly depend on the experiences of the inspector and are not real-time monitoring method. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a monitoring method for the evaluation of status of glass curtain wall, which can realize the real-time monitoring and high reliability. This paper proposed a combined acoustic emission and vibrational modal analysis method to achieve multi-scale damage detection for glass curtain wall: Modal analysis is used to detect structural silicone sealant failure, bolt loosening and corrosion of glass curtain wall, which refers to the first-step inspection to approximately determine the damage status. And Acoustic emission (AE) is further used to continuously monitor the glass curtain wall to provide more detailed damage evaluation. The proposed scheme is verified by COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5. The relationship between the damage degree of structural silicone sealant, bolt failure and the modal frequency of the glass panel was also obtained. And also, AE has been proved to be able to realize real-time monitoring and early warning of objects. Therefore, the feasibility of the proposed design has been fully explained. It provides an option for glass curtain wall inspection.

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Lu Zhang, Hanlei Lu, and Hongyu Li "Multi-scale damage detection of glass curtain wall by acoustic emission and vibrational modal analysis", Proc. SPIE 12486, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2023, 124860O (18 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657622

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