Advanced Study on Diagnostics for Surfaces of Historical Buildings

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue (SI) aims to gather together studies on the current progress in diagnostic techniques in built heritage.

The focus of this Special Issue will be advancements in non-destructive and micro-destructive techniques for the evaluation of building-material decay and conservation treatments.

Within the field of NDTs (non-destructive evaluation techniques), our focus will mainly be on NDTs for the investigation and monitoring of moisture and microclimates in built heritage.

The aim of the present call is to promote contributions that shed new light on phenomena related to damage to porous building materials and NDT protocols designed to evaluate conservation treatments.

Non-destructive evaluation techniques have proven successful in heritage diagnosis and monitoring since the early 1960s, as reported in the scientific literature. When coupled with minimal-destructive quantitative tests, NDTs allow us to obtain the data necessary to ascertain damage and address the most effective interventions for conservation.

The expert use of NDT and its repetition over time allow scientists and building managers to keep the rise and spread of damage under control, as well as detecting its causes.

Advances in the industry and market, automation, and techniques and standards for data gathering, processing, correlating, and modelling allow new perspectives to be applied to the research into diagnostics for historical surface, as well as their conservation and management.

Scientists and academics are invited to present their most relevant research projects completed in recent years, with the aim of sharing acquired knowledge and discussing applications in order to inspire further steps in progress and collaboration, unlocking the potential of this research field.

Dr. Elisabetta Rosina
Dr. Antonio Sansonetti
Guest Editors

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• NDTs
• historical buildings
• historical surfaces
• data management and processing
• modelling
• microclimate
• probes
• measurements
• moisture