Inspection and Repair of Ceramic Tiling within a Building Management System
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 22, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper is based on an expert system for inspecting adhesive ceramic wall or floor tiling (ACT), which includes all the anomalies that may occur in ACT as well as their most probable causes. To support diagnosis, a classification of in situ inspection and testing methods is presented as well as the files that characterize them. Diagnosis tools are complemented with a correlation matrix anomaly/test method. The repair of anomalies and the elimination of their causes are supported by a classification of the repair techniques, for each one of which a characterization file is presented and by a correlation matrix anomaly/repair technique. The ACT inspection system was validated through a series of standard inspections of 155 ACT cases, also described here. Data concerning inspection, diagnosis, and repair of each anomaly type were condensed into individual anomaly files. The expert system proposed is an essential tool for the implementation of management systems for buildings, paving the way for more objective periodical inspections and for a standardization of their procedures.
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Acknowledgments
The writers wish to express their gratitude to Fátima Leitão and Marta Porta Nova for their contribution to the inspections to validate the system proposed. The writers also gratefully acknowledge the support of the ICIST Research Institute, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, and of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 22 • Issue 1 • January 2010
Pages: 39 - 48
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Received: Apr 10, 2007
Accepted: Mar 11, 2009
Published online: Dec 15, 2009
Published in print: Jan 2010
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