Radar investigation as a complementary tool for the diagnosis of historic masonry buildings

International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-25

  Binda, Luigia ^a   Lualdi, Maurizio ^a   Saisi, Antonella ^a   Zanzi, Luigi ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

GPR; Ground penetrating radar; Masonry features

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MASONRY MATERIALS;

COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; GEORADARS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; HISTORIC MASONRY; MASONRY FEATURES; ONSTRUCTIONS;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

EID: 79952650292     PISSN: 17450055     EISSN: 17450063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMSI.2011.039043     Document Type: Article

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