Infrared Thermography and Additional Non-Destructive Testing for Building, Structure and Material Inspections
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 41533
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building heritage; building pathology; infrared thermography; hygrothermal behaviour of buildings; energy efficiency; thermal comfort; numerical modelling; heat transfer; optical metrology; composite materials; NDT
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Interests: building technology; sustainable materials; building pathology; infrared thermography; in situ and laboratory testing; hygrothermal behavior of buildings; energy efficiency; thermal comfort; natural ventilation and airtightness
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Interests: infrared thermography; laser scanning; ground-penetrating radar; 3D modeling; civil and environmental engineering; geographic information systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Non-destructive testing (NDT) describes techniques that measure properties in the body without disturbing their state. Infrared thermography is a special type of NDT that evaluates the body’s thermal state and determines the presence of thermal pathologies. It can be applied autonomously or combined with other NDT techniques that provide additional information to complete the study of a particular element, for example, to provide information about the interior of an element (higher depth). Thus, different infrared thermography (IRT) methods, alone or together with other NDT techniques, represent good alternatives for the evaluation of the state of structures and building materials that cannot be disturbed due to their “in operation” state.
This Special Issue of Sensors “Infrared Thermography and Additional Non-Destructive Testing for Building, Structure and Material Inspections” invites the submission of both review and original research articles related to the application of infrared thermography and other non-destructive techniques to the inspection of buildings, infrastructures and materials for the detection, identification and characterization (geometric and thermal) of pathologies that affect the integrity of the element under study. Articles on advanced modelling realized via computer programs supporting experimental data are also welcome.
Dr. Stefano Sfarra
Dr. Eva Barreira
Dr. Susana Laguela
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Infrared thermography
- Non-Destructive Testing
- Infrastructure
- Materials
- Pathologies
- Thermal behavior
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