AQUADA GUI: A graphical user interface for automated quantification of damages in composite structures under fatigue loading using computer vision and thermography

Max Spencer; Shohreh Sheiati; Xiao Chen

doi:10.1016/j.softx.2023.101392

AQUADA GUI: A graphical user interface for automated quantification of damages in composite structures under fatigue loading using computer vision and thermography

Max Spencer, Shohreh Sheiati, Xiao Chen^*

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AQUADA GUI is a software tool for analyzing thermal image videos of large-scale composite structures – such as wind turbine blades – under cyclic loading. Identifying potential damages in turbine blades can be done efficiently with passive thermal imaging, since damaged regions under fatigue loading generate excessive heat. The damages appear on thermography videos as ‘hot spots’ which can be identified, tracked, and monitored using image processing. AQUADA GUI takes an algorithm for evaluating damages and incorporates it into a user-friendly interface for efficient and non-contact damage inspection. The growth of the damaged area can then be estimated by counting the number of pixels in the damaged area in each fatigue cycle.

Original language	English
Article number	101392
Journal	SoftwareX
Volume	22
Number of pages	7
ISSN	2352-7110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2023.101392
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Graphical user interface
Fibre composite materials
Thermal imaging
Damage inspection
Composite structures
Nondestructive testing
Image processing

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