Ultrasonic NDT of building materials based on wave features analysis
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Abstract An ultrasonic technique has been experimented for non destructive testing of building structures. The Through Transmission Technique has been applied, processing the wave incident on a grid of detecting probes after it has been transmitted through a trachite stone masonry with an inside cavity. Several parameters associated with acoustic waves propagating through the structure have been analyzed and a distribution map of each feature has been built using the data acquired in the grid’s nodes. Moreover, a novel approach based on the clustering of an high dimensional features space has been tested for data interpretation. Preliminary results confirmed the suitability of the proposed approach to non destructive testing of building materials.
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