It is estimated that EU cultural heritage (CH) buildings represent 30% of the total existing
stock. Nevertheless, all actions in terms of refurbishment need a deep knowledge based on …

The intensity of the infrared radiation emitted by objects is mainly a function of their
temperature. In infrared thermography, this feature is used for multiple purposes: as a health …

Infrared thermography is an economical nondestructive testing technique for structural
health monitoring of composite materials. However, the nonlinear nature of the …

Corrosion is considered a destructive phenomenon that affects almost all metals. There is a
variety of corrosion monitoring and measurement techniques being deployed across …

The large majority of the building heat losses occur through the building envelope. Hence,
the accurate evaluation of energy leakages, quantified by the thermal transmittance (U …

Machine learning methods play an important role in the nondestructive testing field for
quality assessment of polymer composites. As a popular deep learning branch, a generative …

Using aerial platforms for Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) of large and complex structures
is a growing field of interest in various industries. Infrastructures such as: buildings, bridges …

Infrared thermography is a non-destructive technique that uses infrared radiation to visualize
surface temperature variations. It is a versatile tool that can be used to detect a variety of …

Infrared thermography is a cost-effective non-destructive evaluation technique that plays a
critical role in extracting information about defects in cultural heritage such as works of art …

While a number of domains readily employ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with infrared
cameras (IR-UAVs), the IR and UAV research directions still need to be bridged in the …