Reliability of crack detection methods for baseline condition assessments

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-137

  Laefer, Debra F ^a   Gannon, Jane ^b   Deely, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bricks; Cracking; Defects; Digital techniques; Field investigations; Imaging techniques; Masonry; Nondestructive tests; Site evaluation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TECHNIQUES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; MASONRY; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST; SITE EVALUATION;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER CRIME; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DEFECTS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FOUNDATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEEL BRIDGES;

CRACK DETECTION;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BUILDING; CRACK; LIDAR; MASONRY; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PHOTOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953990519     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2010)16:2(129)     Document Type: Article

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