Inspection and diagnosis system of ETICS on walls

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 1257-1267

  Amaro, Bárbara ^a   Saraiva, Diogo ^a   De Brito, Jorge ^b   Flores Colen, Inês ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Causes; Diagnosis; EIFS; ETICS; Inspection; Repair

Indexed keywords

ANOMALIES; CAUSES; CORRELATION MATRIX; DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION; EIFS; ETICS; EXTERNAL THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS; INSPECTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

REPAIR;

EID: 84880079908     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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