An experimental study was conducted on lab-scale masonry systems constituted by traditional hand-made bricks coupled with external layers of de-humidifying mortar, damaged by means of salt crystallization. The evolution of damage was followed by means of a non destructive technique denoted as Scaling Subtraction Method (SSM), which is based on the detection and post-processing of the nonlinear response of the system to prescribed ultrasonic excitations. The experimental results obtained, further than providing a better understanding of the mechanical degradation process under consideration, highlight the effectiveness and potentialities of the non destructive technique used.

Diagnostic application of nonlinear ultrasonics to characterize degradation by expansive salts in masonry systems / Antonaci, Paola; Formia, Alessandra; Gliozzi, Antonio; Scalerandi, Marco; Tulliani, Jean Marc Christian. - In: NDT & E INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 0963-8695. - (2013), pp. 57-63. [10.1016/j.ndteint.2013.01.013]

Diagnostic application of nonlinear ultrasonics to characterize degradation by expansive salts in masonry systems

ANTONACI, PAOLA;FORMIA, ALESSANDRA;GLIOZZI, ANTONIO;SCALERANDI, MARCO;TULLIANI, Jean Marc Christian
2013

Abstract

An experimental study was conducted on lab-scale masonry systems constituted by traditional hand-made bricks coupled with external layers of de-humidifying mortar, damaged by means of salt crystallization. The evolution of damage was followed by means of a non destructive technique denoted as Scaling Subtraction Method (SSM), which is based on the detection and post-processing of the nonlinear response of the system to prescribed ultrasonic excitations. The experimental results obtained, further than providing a better understanding of the mechanical degradation process under consideration, highlight the effectiveness and potentialities of the non destructive technique used.
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