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Arch moisture in church no. 1 By visual inspection, discoloration, plaster detachments and cracks were spotted on church dome (Figure 10, church no. 3). IRT confirmed suspicious areas as temperature anomalies which indicate moisture area was present (Bx1 -Bx6). Roof leakage is the origin of temperature anomalies.
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Even though moisture content or relative humidity are one of the basic physical properties of building materials, excessive moisture content in building materials often leads to structural damage and aesthetic changes in the material. This paper presents the results of a study investigating the use of infrared thermography (IRT) to identify and ass...
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... visual inspection, discoloration is spotted at the upper part of the column. Figure 9 (church no. 1) shows temperature anomaly which indicates wet area (Bx1) due to roof leakage. Figure 11, on Figure 12 there are no suspicious areas that could indicate moisture with naked eye such as visible discoloration, cracks or plaster detachments which might indicate moist areas and they could be detected with surface moisture meter as they were out of reach. ...
