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MATEC Web of Conferences 149, 01015 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814901015 CMSS-2017 Non-Destructive Testing for Building Diagnostics and Monitoring: Experience Achieved with Case Studies Ayşe Tavukçuoğlu Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Ankara, Turkey Astract Building inspection on site, in other ords in-situ eaminations of uildings is a troulesome ork that necessitates the use of nondestructive investigation DT techniues ne of the main concerns of nondestructive testing studies is to improve in-situ use of DT techniues for diagnostic and monitoring studies The uantitative infrared thermography T and ultrasonic pulse velocity U measurements have distinct importance in that regard The oint use of T and ultrasonic testing allos in-situ evaluation and monitoring of historical structures and contemporary ones in relation to moisture, thermal, materials and structural failures hile the uildings themselves remain intact For instances, those methods are useful for detection of visile and invisile cracks, thermal ridges and damp ones in uilding materials, components and functional systems as ell as for soundness assessment of materials and thermal performance assessment of uilding components n addition, those methods are promising for moisture content analyses in materials and monitoring the success of conservation treatments or interventions in structures The insitu DT studies for diagnostic purposes should start ith the mapping of decay forms and scanning of uilding surfaces ith infrared images uantitative analyses are shaped for data acuisition on site and at laoratory from representative sound and prolem areas in structures or laoratory samples aoratory analyses are needed to support insitu eaminations and to estalish the reference data for etter interpretation of in situ data Advances in laoratory tests using T and ultrasonic testing are guiding for insitu materials investigations ased on measurale parameters The knoledge and eperience on T and ultrasonic testing are promising for the innovative studies on today’s materials technologies, uilding science and conservationmaintenance practices uch studies demand a multidisciplinary approach that leads to ring together knoledge on materials science and uilding science ntroduction nfrared therograph and ultrasonic Building inspection on site, in other ords in-situ testing in the context of uilding eaminations of uildings is a troulesome ork that diagnostics and onitoring necessitates the use of nondestructive investigation nsitu DT studies for diagnostic purposes start ith DT techniues The uantitative infrared field oservations composed of mapping of decay forms thermography T and ultrasonic pulse velocity ith visual analyses and scanning uantitative U measurements have distinct importance in that analyses are shaped for data acuisition on site and at regard ne of the main concerns of those non laoratory taken from representative sound and prolem destructive testing methods is to improve their areas in structures or laoratory samples aoratory uantitative use on site for diagnostic and monitoring analyses are needed to support insitu eaminations and purposes The knoledge achieved on T and to estalish the standardreference data for etter ultrasonic testing is presented here, mostly ith a focus interpretation of the insitu data on case studies conducted on historical materials and n order to enhance the accuracy of nondestructive structures Those case studies are, in fact, research studies investigations, particularly the insitu ones, there is shaped to develop insitu use of T and ultrasonic necessity of using more than one DT testing method testing methods for specific topics related to uilding and supporting the insitu investigation ith laoratory inspection and monitoring as ell as to discover their tests Advances in laoratory tests using T and potentials and limitations in this regard ultrasonic testing are promising to give the hints of using those methods on site for uantitative analyses, in other © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). MATEC Web of Conferences 149, 01015 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814901015 CMSS-2017 CMSS-2017 words, allow making in-situ examinations based on waves passing along a solid material through a certain measurable parameters. distance between the transmitter and receiver. he Infrared (IR) thermography is commonly used for measurable parameter of ultrasonic testing is the velocity detection of building defects, such as thermal bridges, air of ultrasound waves propagating through the building leakages or moist spots, particularly in the context of material. he ultrasonic pulse velocity () of a energy conservation. It measures thermal radiation material is related with its physical and mechanical emitted by the material and depicts the examined area as properties as well as the state of deterioration, an image in colours corresponding to a predefined moisture water content and presence of discontinuity. temperature scale. he application of a hot or cold source ny discontinuity within a material or increase in to a specific area results in the warming up or cooling porosity is expected to increase the travel time and, down of the surface area under examination at varying conseuently, decrease the pulse velocity. he rates. inal surface temperatures differ depending on the measurements can be made by positioning two thermal properties, specifically thermal resistance and transducers (one transmitter and one receiver) on thermal inertia characteristics, of the surface and sub- opposite faces (direct transmission mode) or on the same surface layers. or instance, entrapped moisture in a surface (indirect transmission mode) of the material porous material increases its thermal conductivity, sample. therefore decreases its thermal resistance and creates a he measurements taken in direct transmission kind of thermal bridge. uch a defect is visible in infrared mode ( ) are used for assessing the state of IR images as cooler areas. In addition, exposure of wet deterioration of a material and non-visible surfaces to mild wind or sun increases the evaporation failure discontinuity at deeper layers, such as invisible rate, therefore accelerates evaporative cooling. It means cracks. he measurements in indirect transmission that heating the surfaces or wind effect may also enhance mode ( ) provides precise data on estimating IIR the visibility of moist areas in infrared images. the depth of a visible crack while investigating surfaces he IR scanning is useful and time-saving for the in- in layers only accessible from one side. ifficulty in situ check-up of the overall structure, especially with a access to mutually-perpendicular faces of a building focus on visible and invisible materials defects, moisture component limits the applicability of direct and thermal failures, and various materials use. owever, measurements on site. In such a case, there is necessity to during the in-situ examinations the uantitative analyses establish the reference data obtained from control of the representative areas are obligatory for the correct samples and correlate the data taken in direct and interpretation of the problem areas detected in single IR indirect transmission modes. hat correlation makes it images. hermal monitoring of the problem area by possible to interpret the in-situ data correctly in means of seuential thermal imaging is a favourable reference to the control data. techniue for uantitative analysis of the problem area. he combined use of infrared thermography and his techniue allows taking infrared images in ultrasonic testing enhances the accuracy of the non- seuences from the target area during the periods when destructive in-situ examination, especially the studies on the target area is exposed to heating and then cooling soundness assessment. good correlation is determined conditions as well as producing differential thermal between the state of deterioration of stone and its thermal images which show surface temperature differences inertia characteristics. he deteriorated stone samples between the initial and the last IR images for heating or present lower values and faster warming up and cooling period. ue to the changes in physical and cooling down rates than the sound ones. thermal properties of the defect area, the impact of any ome research fields where IR and ultrasonic failure can easily be followed in differential images. In testing can be useful are summaried as follows– addition, the temperature evolution in time under heating – detection of visible and invisible defects failures in and or cooling exposure conditions can be examined by materials and structures, such as deep and surface the graphs showing changes in surface temperature as a cracks, detachments , function of suare root of time. he slope of the linear – detection of different materials use hidden behind the regression presents the rate of warming up (R ) or the surfaces or buried within the section of building rate of cooling down (R ) for each target area. hose components rates are the measurable parameters related with the – assessment of the state-of-deterioration of building thermal inertia characteristics of materials. hermal materials and their distribution in the structure , inertia characteristics of the problem area can also be interpreted relatively by comparing the warming – failures in functional systems of historic structures, up cooling rates of problem area in reference to the rates such as water supply and drainage systems - of sound material (reference area). – assessment of thermal performance of structures as In short, that investigation techniue is sensitive to well as thermal and moisture failures in structures , thermal characteristics of materials. ince thermal , characteristics are very related with the physical, – in-situ monitoring of the existing conditions before physicomechanical and or mechanical properties of and after treatments, success of conservation materials, changes in those properties can be monitored treatments in historic structures , , . precisely by uantitative IR thermography. he advances in laboratory tests using IR are also ltrasonic testing of building materials is based on promising to determine the thermal properties of measuring the travel time (transit time) of ultrasonic materials and building walls while give the hints for in- 2 MATEC Web of Conferences 149, 01015 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814901015 CMSS-2017 CMSS-2017 situ QIRT investigations to assess moisture content in 4000 y t i ) materials [3, 11, 14, 15]. oc s 3000 el / V m ( c 2000 oniues as al1000 r V t l 3 Some case studies: prominent U 0 findings and advancements 56% 75% 90% RH (%) Here, some case studies are summarized under respective Parallel-To-Fiber Perpendicular-To-Fiber Direction sueadings it a ocus on te prominent results o Fig. 1. anges in ultrasonic velocit values o timer samples tose studies and guiding remars related it non due to te canges in moisture content [1]. destructive uilding inspection. Te measurements eiit te anisotropic eaviour o timer in relation to ier direction [11]. 3.1 Soundness assessment of structural timber Te IRT values parallel to ier direction are elements on quantitative basis consideral iger tan up to 3 to 3.5 times iger te ones perpendicular to ier direction. Te IIRT compreensive stud is needed or te insitu values are muc loer tan te values it a IRT soundness assessment o structural timer elements tat ratio o .3 in average or te measurements taen in involves parallel to ier direction. ased on tese relationsips, – preliminary laboratory tests on control samples te values measured on site rom timer IIRT deteriorated and nondeteriorated timer samples to suraces in parallel to ier direction can e used to produce te reerence data on and termal predict te IRT values, tereore, te soundness o caracteristics, timer. – field measurements taen rom representative prolem In literature, te values or sound timer IRT areas, and are given in te range o 1 to ms [1, ]. Te – evaluation of in-situ data in reference to the control ultrasonic data or te sound timer control samples data. measured in perpendiculartoier direction correspond uc a stud as conducted on to tpes o structures it te data in literature it te IRT value o [11] 14 ms in average at 5 RH igure 1 [1,1]. Te – Te 1t centur traditional timer dellings in same control samples ave te value o nara elonging to ttoman eriod, namel aş IIRT 143 ms in average, measured in parallel to ier House in te ton o aş and Istilal House in direction [1]. Istilal district Te timer post and eams orming en te timer deteriorates, its densit decreases te timer rame all o traditional dellings ere and its arming upcooling rates increases. Te sound eamined insitu measurements taen in pine samples control samples ave te loest arming direct and indirect transmission modes and upcooling rates and te igest densit, indicating teir seuential IR imaging during cooling conditions. iger termal inertia. epending on severeness o – slanane amii, 13t centur mosue, elonging to deterioration, te visualldeteriorated pine samples elus eriod Te timer pillars supporting te roo arm up or cool don aster tan te sound one control and timer ceiling o te structure ere eamined sample in te range o 1. and 1.. easuring te insitu measurements taen in direct canges in arming up or cooling don rates o timer transmission mode and IR scanning. samples allos assessing teir state o deterioration in Reerence data estalised te laorator analses comparison to sound reerence samples. on control timer samples ere used or te precise interpretation o insitu data. 3.1.2 Evaluation of in-situ data with respect to reference data 3.1.1 The reference data achieved at laboratory ome timer eams and posts in timer ramed ouses Te old and ne pine samples, visualldeteriorated and ad IIRT values in te range o 133 to 11 ms sound ones, collected rom te structures ere eamined taen in parallel to ier direction [1]. valuation o in in terms o densit, euilirium moisture content at situ data it respect to te reerence data as various RH conditions, taen in direct and indirect son tat tose timer elements are still sound. Tat transmission modes and arming up and cooling rates. result as also conirmed it insitu IRT Te values o timer samples decrease at ig measurements taen in perpendicular to ier direction moisture conditions [1]. Tis means tat erever cross arrangements or te transducers could e psicomecanical properties o timer elements eaen made. Tose measurements in te range o IRT en te get et igure 1. Te relationsip eteen 141 ms are in agreement it values given or te te values and relative umidit conditions so sound timer material in literature [1, ]. artial tat microclimatic data is an important input or correct deteriorations on some parts o timer posts and eams interpretation o te data, particularl or te insitu could e detected it values elo te IIRT ultrasonic investigations. acceptale range. In sort, insitu and IIRT IRT measurements ave assured te soundness o 3 MATEC Web of Conferences 149, 01015 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814901015 CMSS-2017 CMSS-2017 structural timber elements in some parts and extensive – The deeper cracs at masonry wall, on the other hand, deterioration in other parts of the structures under presented noticeably slower warming up and cooling examination. down rates than the sound stone surfaces. The sound timber elements present even surface – The deepest cracs allowing air leaage through the temperature distribution in differential IR images while wall section had the coldest initial surface temperature the deteriorated ones show heterogeneous temperature and slightly cooled down during the heating period distribution (figure 2). In addition, the cooling rates of due to the accelerated evaporative cooling in the crac deteriorated and severely deteriorated timber postbeam cavity. were found to be . and 2. times faster than the cooling rate of the sound postbeam, respectively . 1000 Depth of discontinuity at jointing = 86mm This meant that thermal inertia of deteriorated timber s 800 µ y = 8.9674x - 928.75 , e 600 decreases due to decrease in density and increase in m y = 1.2338x y = 3.4017x - 106.47 t ti si 400 n porosity. a y = 0.975x y = 3.6011x - 155.78 r T 200 0.0dC 0 0 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 -1 -2 Distance, mm -3 Discontinuity through the jointing at the depth of 86mm Proper adhesion through the jointing -4 -5 Fig. 3. The slope of regression lines for the tuff stone followed -6 by proper ointing without any discontinuity (lines in green) and -7 -7.0dC the change in the regression slope corresponding to the depth of Fig. 2. artial view from the timber frame wall of İstilal ouse discontinuity at ointing (lines in orange) . (at the left) the differential IR image showing the temperature difference between the initial and the last IR images during the 1.5 1.321.44 1.13 cooling period of seconds . 1.2 1.06 0.9 0.6 0.41 The values taen in perpendicular to fiber 0.40 0.29 0.31 IRT 0.3 0.10 direction from the timber pillars in slanhane amii were 0.0 -0.22 measured in the range of to ms , . Those -0.3 Superficial Plaster Fracture at Crack on red Deepest crack detachment jointing - tuff - crack with air data falling into the reference values obtained neighbouring d=88mm d=147mm flow IRT plaster for sound timber show that the timber pillars of the detachment ratio of warming up rates - defect to sound mosue are still sound. ratio of cooling down rates - defect to sound Fig. 4. The ratios of the R (or R ) of cracdefect to the R (or R ) of soundreference stone surface . 3.2 Crack depth assessment in stone masonry n insitu examination on structural cracs with a focus 3.3 Identification of emergency areas that on depth assessment was conducted on a th century needed conservation treatments and their ttoman mosue in nara, enabi hmet aşa amii monitoring . This stone masonry structure with a bric upper structure suffers from serious cracs observed at its walls comprehensive research involved IRT and ultrasonic and dome due to the differential settlement of the clayey testing supported by the maps of visual decay forms and ground following the extremely dry seasons of recent laboratory tests was conducted on emrut ağ years 2, 22. onument, which is an archaeological site located in y the study, a nondestructive investigation method eastern Turey in the province of ahta dıyaman and was developed for the estimation of crac depth in a positioned at the top of emrut ağ at 2 m altitude. structure by the combined use of IRT and ultrasonic The site is in the list of orld ultural eritage since testing . The depths of cracs in accessible areas were . The study was focused on the insitu examination predicted by uantitative analyses of IIRT data of the limestone and sandstone statues in emrut ağ taen parallel to the stone surfaces (figure ). The thermal onument to assess their state of deterioration and to inertia characteristics of those cracs with nown depths determine the target areas that needed urgent were defined by uantitative analyses of surface conservation treatments 2, . temperature data. The cracs which are not accessible for The reference data on and thermal inertia ultrasonic testing were then able to be monitored by characteristics of sound and deteriorated limestone and thermographic analyses to identify whether they are deep sandstone samples were produced (figure ). The or superficial cracs. relationship between the state of deterioration of stone The superficial and deep cracs have different thermal surfaces and their thermal inertia characteristics was then responses to exposed conditions which made them easily used for the assessment of problem areas on statues distinguishable by IRT analyses (figure ). or surfaces. The deteriorated stone samples present lower instances values and faster warming up (R) and cooling – The superficial cracs associating withneighbouring down (R) rates than the sound ones. In other words, the plaster detachments had thermal response similar to weaening in physicomechanical properties causes the detached surfaces, having faster warming up and thermal inertia of the deteriorated stone samples to cooling down rates than the sound stone surfaces. decrease. 4
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