Structural detection and reinforcement methods for existing buildings

Abstract

With the popularity of building construction worldwide, building design, construction technology and quality are faced with inherent deficiencies and may be hit by disasters. Therefore, the diagnosis and reinforcement of building structure has become a major problem to be solved urgently in the current building construction. This paper introduces simple detection methods of different building structures and reinforcement techniques under different conditions. In the part of detection methods, various basic detection methods of normal building structure are studied. Then, a special damage appearance is discussed. Besides the traditional electronic imaging method to detect cracks, a special method is proposed to solve the crack problem, namely Min-Max Gray Level Discrimination (M2GLD). This method can improve the detection accuracy and reduce the influence of human factors. At the same time, several different reinforcement techniques are proposed, including traditional reinforcement techniques and advanced reinforcement techniques. This paper introduces the traditional technology of ancient timber structures and the technology of spraying and external bonding FRP to enhance flexural, shear and compressive strength. This paper can be used as reference for structural inspection and reinforcement of existing buildings.