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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Mechanical Behavior and Damage Mode Identification of Wind Turbine Blade GFRP Shear Webs Based on Acoustic Emission Detection Technology.

Luopeng Xu, Jiajun Zheng, Wenkai Wang, Zhixin Li, Huawei Zou

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Luopeng XuSchool of Science, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Guanghan 618307, China.ORCID 0009-0005-8839-3957
Jiajun ZhengAviation Engineering Institute, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Guanghan 618307, China.ORCID 0009-0005-4216-9896
Wenkai WangAviation Engineering Institute, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Guanghan 618307, China.ORCID 0009-0000-0573-2663
Zhixin LiSchool of Science, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Guanghan 618307, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0210-4172
Huawei ZouState Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymer Materials, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2411-5895

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 62406207Sichuan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of General Aircraft Maintenance GAMRC2021YB08the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 25CAFUC03057, 25CAFUC09019, ZJ2022-003
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Abstract

This study investigates the acoustic emission (AE) response and damage mode characteristics of ±45° glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites used in wind turbine blade shear webs under quasi-static tensile loading. It aims to establish the relationship between AE features and three typical damage mechanisms-matrix cracking, interfacial debonding, and fiber fracture-to support damage assessment and structural health monitoring. Quasi-static uniaxial tensile tests with synchronous AE monitoring are conducted on specimens with three orientations (0°, 45°, and 90°). AE features are selected using correlation analysis and principal component analysis, and the HAC-initialized K-means clustering method is employed for damage mode identification. The optimal number of clusters is determined to be three, according to the Davies-Bouldin index (DBI) and the Silhouette index (SI). The resulting low-, mid-, and high-frequency clusters are associated with matrix cracking, interfacial debonding, and fiber fracture, respectively. These interpretations are further supported by wavelet-based time-frequency analysis and microscopic fracture surface observations.

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acoustic emission (AE)damage mode identificationglass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP)hierarchical agglomerative clustering (HAC)K-means clusteringwind turbine blade shear web

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