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The Application of Electromagnetics in Cultural Heritage Conservation. Part 1

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2019) | Viewed by 2626

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Institute of Heritage Science, Italian National Research Council (CNR), via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino - FI, Italy
Interests: heritage science; building and urban rehabilitation; preventive conservation; wireless sensors
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Dear Colleagues,

It is my great pleasure to invite you to submit your most recent research for this stimulating Special Issue related to the application of electromagnetics techniques in conservation of cultural heritage, ranging from radio frequency (RF) to infrared red (IR), through the microwave. A next Special Issue will be focused on the range form IR to gamma-rays. The demand for “The Application of Electromagnetics in Cultural Heritage Conservation. Part 1” Special Issue raised from researchers’ community, as more and more papers dealing with these topics were submitted in the last years, making it necessary an update review.

This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability of Culture and Heritage" Sustainability Journal and it provides a concise compilation of approved key information on methods of research, general principles, and functional relationships in selected fields of science and technology. The aim of this issue is to focus on non-invasive, or micro-destructive, techniques as well as innovative approaches to study cultural heritage assets (monuments, historical buildings, wall paintings, wood and wooden materials, etc.). The goal is to give a review of different electromagnetics techniques (RF, microwave and IR techniques) and methods encouraging multidisciplinary approaches in order to assists conservator managers and restorers to better deal their activity for monitoring and scheduled maintenance. The Special Issue will be divided in three different sections: diagnostics; monitoring and restoration. The estimated publication date is the end of March 2019.

I will be very glad if you can participate with one or more chapters. If you are interested, please reply to this email, submitting:

  • tentative title of your contribution(s);
  • tentative list of author(s) and email address (at least of the corresponding author);
  • bullets point or very short description of your contribution(s).

These are just some of the topics that this Special Issue will try to address, but clearly we aware that the theme for this Special Issue opens multi scale and open ended questions. I look forward to hearing from you and I really hope you can take part in this interesting project. Please feel free to contact me for any further clarification you may need and extend this invitation to any potentially interested colleagues.

Dr. Cristiano Riminesi
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Diagnostics (non-invasive and micro-destructive)
  • Monitoring techniques, sensors, devices, and systems
  • Conservation and restoration techniques and methods

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Accurate Modeling of the Microwave Treatment of Works of Art
by Roberto Pierdicca, Marina Paolanti, Roberto Bacchiani, Roberto de Leo, Bruno Bisceglia and Emanuele Frontoni
Sustainability 2019, 11(6), 1606; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061606 - 16 Mar 2019
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Abstract
The microwave heating treatment is a useful methodology and the disinfestation of works of art can also benefit from this approach. However, even if the microwave treatment is able to eliminate the pests that could damage the works of arts, it may nevertheless [...] Read more.
The microwave heating treatment is a useful methodology and the disinfestation of works of art can also benefit from this approach. However, even if the microwave treatment is able to eliminate the pests that could damage the works of arts, it may nevertheless present some unexpected effects such as the presence of highly heated areas (hot spots) or areas with poor radiation due to particular shapes. To overcome this issue, we developed a mathematical model allowing predicting and monitoring tasks about the heating process. The prediction model has been developed into a software solution able to predict the distribution of heating power in objects to be treated, even of complex shapes, in order to define the exposure conditions, the time necessary to the processing, the power to be transmitted in the chamber and any repair or protection to cover the most sensitive areas. It can also predict the behaviour of irradiation in the presence of other entities such as nails or pests. The data to be provided for performing a simulation are: the geometry of the object, the shape of the infesting agent and their dielectric characteristics. As a result, we obtain the distribution of heating power and a software tool able to model and predict activities for cultural heritage treatments. Full article
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