Anomalies detection in adhesive wall tiling systems by infrared thermography

• Author(s): Lourenço, Tomás ; Matias, Luís ; Faria, Paulina
• Date: 2017
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/28596
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Subject(s): Wall tiling system; Anomaly detection; Detachment; NDT; Infrared thermography
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): DEC - Departamento de Engenharia Civil; RUN

Description

Adherent tiling systems are widely used all over the world as wall cladding because of their aesthetic and technical characteristics. However, anomalous behaviours often occur; compromising the overall behaviour of facades, and possibly raising safety risks. The need to create expeditious, non-destructive and accurate methods of inspection that can encourage these systems’ inspection and maintenance fomented a research study on infrared thermography’s capacity of early detect anomalous zones in adhesive tiling systems, such as detachments or presence of humidity, in controlled in situ conditions, proving it as a valuable diagnostic tool.