TY - JOUR A1 - Bosiljkov, V. A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Köpp, Christian A1 - Wöstmann, Jens T1 - Assessment of structure through non-destructive tests (NDT) and minor destructive tests (MDT) investigation: case study of the church at carthusian monastery at Zice (Slovenia) JF - International journal of architectural heritage : conservation, analysis, and restoration KW - On-site investigation KW - Destructive and non-destructive tests KW - Radar KW - Thermography KW - Historic masonry KW - Structural and material characterization PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/15583050902731031 SN - 1558-3058 SN - 1558-3066 VL - 4 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Philadelphia, Pa., USA AN - OPUS4-20465 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Válek, J. A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Wöstmann, Jens A1 - Kind, Thomas A1 - Valach, J. A1 - Köpp, Christian A1 - Lesák, J. T1 - Nondestructive investigation of wet building material: multimethodical approach JF - Journal of performance of constructed facilities N2 - Building stones are porous media and they can deteriorate through moisture ingress and secondary damage such as crystallization of soluble salts. Not only is this due to the increasing number of flood events in the past years but also structural damages of houses from activity such as leakage or rising moisture (groundwater) are the main causes. The potential benefit of several nondestructive testing methods to assess water damage in building stone has been studied in a field-scale experiment. Three testing walls made of fired clay brick, sandstone, and spongilite were flooded and their drying behavior monitored using infrared thermography, complex resistivity, ground penetrating radar, and ultrasonics. The results were compared to the average moisture content determined by gravimetric weighing of the specimens. Qualitatively, the results of the different nondestructive testing methods matched well. But in terms of quantitative data, some scatter was observed and the results should be viewed with care. Collecting time-consuming calibration data would help to overcome this problem, but especially when dealing with historic building structures, this is not always possible in practice. KW - Diagnostics KW - Moisture KW - Masonry KW - Nondestructive tests KW - Electrical PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000056 SN - 0887-3828 VL - 24 IS - 5 SP - 462 EP - 472 PB - Soc. CY - Reston, Va. AN - OPUS4-22355 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -