Journal article
Life-cycle performance of aluminium cladding panels in resisting hailstorms
Shuangmin Shi, Nelson Lam, Yiwen Cui, Guoxing Lu, Emad Gad, Lihai Zhang
Structural Safety | Elsevier | Published : 2024
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Abstract
This paper delves into cumulative damage on aluminium cladding panels attributed to hailstorms throughout the lifespan of the installations. 40 gas gun tests subjecting the cladding panel to repeated impact were undertaken for the purpose of studying cumulative damage behaviour. Insights from these tests were integrated into a hail size distribution model to characterise the probabilistic distribution of permanent indentation resulted from multiple hailstorm events. A life-cycle analysis framework was subsequently introduced, incorporating the natural variability of hailstone sizes and dynamic response of claddings to repeated ice impact. Intervention criterion can be established based on kn..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work is financially supported by the Australian Research Council Linkage Project (ARC LP190100208) . Cash and in-kind support by Mr Ian Bennie (General Manager of Ian Bennie and Associates) and Mr Suresh Sutrave (Managing Director of Atlite Skylights) as Partner I vestigators of the linkage project are gratefully acknowledged. The au- thors are also grateful to Mr Kubendra Rao, Mr Jasman Anwar and Mrs Josie Stokoe for their kind help in the preparation of the test apparatus. The authors wish to thank Dr Shanqing Xu, Mrs Cong Wang and Ms Jia Ming Goh for their generous support during the experiment.