Enhancement of thermographic images as tool for structural analysis in earthquake engineering

NDT and E International

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-72

  Cluni, F ^a   Costarelli, D ^b   Minotti, A M ^a   Vinti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; Homogenization; Kantorovich operators; Sampling; Structural analysis; Thermographic images

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; MASONRY MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODAL ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEXTURES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES; MASONRY STRUCTURES; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; THERMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84921054675     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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