Building condition ratings using infrared thermography: a preliminary study
Deterioration and defects in building components are key aspects to consider when assessing buildings’ conditions, as they may influence the building’s functionality. The typical defects include cracking, moisture, dampness, and architectural defects. This paper aims to evaluate the defects in a bui...
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| description | Deterioration and defects in building components are key aspects to consider when assessing buildings’ conditions, as they may influence the building’s functionality. The typical defects include cracking, moisture, dampness, and architectural defects. This paper aims to evaluate the defects in a building using a non-destructive testing (NDT), which is the Infrared Thermography (IRT) method. A visual inspection method is then conducted to verify the results of the IRT method. The combination of IRT and visual inspection methods can identify the type of defect and level of severity more accurately. In both methods, ratings or scores are given to the collected defect data to determine the consistency between them. Two (2) buildings were selected as case studies; AA1 and BB2 are multistorey buildings. From those, 51 and 67 spots were taken from the IRT method and further verification process, respectively. Among the defects that were found were moisture, dampness, cracking, staining, chipping, and flaking paint. From all the findings, IRT was found to be comparable with the visual inspection results for serious defects such as cracking and flaking paint. However, IRT was believed to underestimate the architectural defects of staining and chipping. Even so, serious defects such as dampness were also underestimated in IRT due to the fact that the temperature difference between different ratings will not differ much. In conclusion, the IRT method has the potential to be used as a tool for building condition rating. However, it should be assisted with a visual inspection, and more research needs to be conducted for its practicality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7652de576f345cdbf6906449466e1652023-01-12T18:06:08ZengPolish Academy of SciencesArchives of Civil Engineering1230-29452022-12-01vol. 68No 4403418https://doi.org/10.24425/ace.2022.143046Building condition ratings using infrared thermography: a preliminary studyMuhd Zubair Tajol Anuar0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-4783Noor Nabilah Sarbini1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1705-6479Izni Syahrizal Ibrahim2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-3970Siti Hajar Othman3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0205-4948Mohd Nadzri Reba4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3896-6797Department of Structure & Materials, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MalaysiaDepartment of Structure & Materials, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MalaysiaDepartment of Structure & Materials, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MalaysiaSchool of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MalaysiaGeoscience & Digital Earth Centre (Insteg), Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MalaysiaDeterioration and defects in building components are key aspects to consider when assessing buildings’ conditions, as they may influence the building’s functionality. The typical defects include cracking, moisture, dampness, and architectural defects. This paper aims to evaluate the defects in a building using a non-destructive testing (NDT), which is the Infrared Thermography (IRT) method. A visual inspection method is then conducted to verify the results of the IRT method. The combination of IRT and visual inspection methods can identify the type of defect and level of severity more accurately. In both methods, ratings or scores are given to the collected defect data to determine the consistency between them. Two (2) buildings were selected as case studies; AA1 and BB2 are multistorey buildings. From those, 51 and 67 spots were taken from the IRT method and further verification process, respectively. Among the defects that were found were moisture, dampness, cracking, staining, chipping, and flaking paint. From all the findings, IRT was found to be comparable with the visual inspection results for serious defects such as cracking and flaking paint. However, IRT was believed to underestimate the architectural defects of staining and chipping. Even so, serious defects such as dampness were also underestimated in IRT due to the fact that the temperature difference between different ratings will not differ much. In conclusion, the IRT method has the potential to be used as a tool for building condition rating. However, it should be assisted with a visual inspection, and more research needs to be conducted for its practicality.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/125686/PDF/art24_int.pdfnon-destructive testing (ndt)infrared thermography (irt)visual inspection methodratingsdefetcs |
| spellingShingle | Muhd Zubair Tajol Anuar Noor Nabilah Sarbini Izni Syahrizal Ibrahim Siti Hajar Othman Mohd Nadzri Reba Building condition ratings using infrared thermography: a preliminary study Archives of Civil Engineering non-destructive testing (ndt) infrared thermography (irt) visual inspection method ratings defetcs |
| title | Building condition ratings using infrared thermography: a preliminary study |
| title_full | Building condition ratings using infrared thermography: a preliminary study |
| title_fullStr | Building condition ratings using infrared thermography: a preliminary study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building condition ratings using infrared thermography: a preliminary study |
| title_short | Building condition ratings using infrared thermography: a preliminary study |
| title_sort | building condition ratings using infrared thermography a preliminary study |
| topic | non-destructive testing (ndt) infrared thermography (irt) visual inspection method ratings defetcs |
| url | https://journals.pan.pl/Content/125686/PDF/art24_int.pdf |
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