Inspection and repair of ceramic tiling within a building management system

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Silvestre, J Dinis ^a   de Brito, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Building anomalies; Ceramics tiles; Cladding; Diagnosis; Expert systems; Repair

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; CERAMIC TILING; CERAMICS TILES; CLADDING; CORRELATION MATRIX; DIAGNOSIS TOOLS; IN-SITU; INSPECTION AND REPAIR; INSPECTION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PERIODICAL INSPECTION; REPAIR TECHNIQUES; TESTING METHOD;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPAIR;

INSPECTION;

ANOMALY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CERAMICS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CORRELATION; MATRIX; REPAIR;

EID: 77950976778     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2010)22:1(39)     Document Type: Article

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