Inspection and Defect Diagnosis System for Natural Stone Cladding
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 23, Issue 10
Abstract
An inspection and diagnosis support system is proposed for natural stone cladding (NSC) on walls and pavements in order to systemize inspections and make them more objective. The inclusion of this system in a maintenance plan aims at preventing degradation of this type of cladding and its substrate. The system is based initially on the identification and classification of defects and probable causes associated with NSC. These data are used to compile correlation matrices of defects/probable causes and defects/defects and create defect forms with relevant data on each defect. The appropriate diagnosis and repair methods are then identified and classified, and correlation matrices of defects and diagnosis methods and defects and repair methods are assembled. An individual form with relevant data is created for each diagnosis and repair method. The system proposed was validated through 128 inspections of NSC, which were afterwards subjected to statistical posttreatment and analysis.
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Acknowledgments
The writers gratefully acknowledge the support of the ICIST Research Institute, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, and of the Foundation for Science and Technology.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 23 • Issue 10 • October 2011
Pages: 1433 - 1443
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Received: Oct 5, 2010
Accepted: Mar 24, 2011
Published online: Mar 26, 2011
Published in print: Oct 1, 2011
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