Cultural Heritage Conservation and Environmental Impact Assessment by Non-Destructive Testing and Micro-Analysis

2004 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Cultural Heritage Conservation ◽  
Micro Analysis ◽  
Non Destructive

scholarly journals Conservation of cultural heritage buildings: Methodology and application to case studies

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. Lourenço
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Remedial Measures ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Seismic Engineering ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Theological School ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Non Destructive

ABSTRACTModern societies understand built cultural heritage as a landmark of culture and diversity. Only during the last decades the idea that ancient buildings could be conserved and reused became appealing. Still, a large part of this heritage is affected by structural problems which menace the safety of buildings and people. The developments in the areas of inspection, non-destructive testing, monitoring and structural analysis of historical constructions, together with recent guidelines for reuse and conservation, allow for safer, economical and more adequate remedial measures. The paper addresses the issues of the methodology to adopt, of different cases studies and of present challenges. In particular, recent interventions in Portuguese cases studies (the Cathedral of Porto and a theological school in Braga) are analyzed in detail.Keywords: Cultural heritage buildings; Conservation and rehabilitation; Earthquakes and seismic engineering; Case studies.RESUMENLas sociedades modernas entienden su patrimonio cultural como un hito de cultura y diversidad. Sólo durante las últimas décadas la idea de que edificios antiguos podrían ser conservados y reutilizados se ha convertido en atractiva. Sin embargo, una gran parte de este patrimonio es afectado por problemas estructurales lo cual amenaza la seguridad de los edificios y personas. Los desarrollos en el área de inspección, ensayos no destructivos, seguimiento y análisis estructural de construcciones históricas, bien como recientes normas para reutilización y conservación, permiten medidas correctivas más seguras, económicas y adecuadas. El artículo aborda las metodologías adoptadas, en diferentes casos de estudio así como presentes desafíos. En particular, intervenciones recientes en casos de estudio en Portugal (Catedral de Porto y Seminario de Braga) son analizadas con detalle.Palabras Clave: Edificios de patrimonio cultural; Conservación y rehabilitación; Terremotos e ingeniería sísmica; Casos de estudio.

scholarly journals Thermal Imaging as a Non Destructive Testing Implemented in Heritage Conservation

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Velázquez Castillo ◽  
Miguel A. Pérez-Lara ◽  
Eric Rivera-Muñoz ◽  
José L. Arjona ◽  
Mario E. Rodríguez-García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Non Destructive

scholarly journals Design and Development of Aircraft Propeller Maintenance Facility for General Aviation

Khazanah ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amman Mujahid ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Visual Inspection ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
Maintenance Techniques ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Environment Sustainability ◽  
Non Destructive

Since the first flight and introduction of propellers from marine to the sky, various maintenance techniques have been employed to maintain aircraft propellers. With the advancement in the operation and safety of flight, propellers have been manufactured in various materials, shapes and measurements. The design developed is based on the concept of a “single stop shop facility”. The propeller maintenance facility majorly focuses the general aviation in order to provide them a set up that primarily focuses on the maintenance of propellers in order to avoid malfunctions resulting in accidents and failures. The maintenance procedures for workbench include static balancing, blade tracking, cleaning, visual inspection, corrosion removal and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). The developed facility has an accelerated scalability with the provision of facilitating Non-Destructive Testing that is performed on the workbench. The non-destructive testing results in assuring reliability and safety of the propellers as per the modern maintenance practices. The workbench developed focuses over the environment sustainability as it functions on the concept of sustainable maintenance that involves reduced unnecessary maintenance. Moreover, the currently developed facility integrates a proactive approach involving reduced use of energy in order to produce less waste and environmental impact. At present, the workbench has been manufactured and is being tested for propeller maintenance procedures.

scholarly journals The monitoring of technical condition of cultural heritage objects

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 05020
Author(s):  
Vera A. Akristiniy
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Complex Monitoring ◽  
Cultural Heritage Objects ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Restoration Measures

The article deals with the conservation of cultural heritage objects due to their potential widespread deterioration. The suggestion to solve this problem is to create an integrated system for complex monitoring of cultural heritage objects technical condition. The stages of creating a realtime monitoring system with the choice of non-destructive testing methods, the necessary instruments, and tools, the result of which is the formation of a decision-making mechanism for a particular object, are proposed. Conducting monitoring by means of modeling allows predicting the behavior of structures and the building as a whole, taking into account the implementation of restoration measures.

scholarly journals Characterization of Ancient Marquetry Using Different Non-Destructive Testing Techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 7979
Author(s):  
Henrique Fernandes ◽  
Jannik Summa ◽  
Julie Daudre ◽  
Ute Rabe ◽  
Jonas Fell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Infrared Thermography ◽  
The Other ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Testing Techniques ◽  
Micro Tomography ◽  
Non Destructive

Non-destructive testing of objects and structures is a valuable tool, especially in cultural heritage where the preservation of the inspected sample is of vital importance. In this paper, a decorative marquetry sample is inspected with three non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques: air-coupled ultrasound, X-ray micro-tomography, and infrared thermography. Results from the three techniques were compared and discussed. X-ray micro-tomography presented the most detailed results. On the other hand, infrared thermography provided interesting results with the advantage of being cheap and easy in the deployment of the NDT method.

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