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Heterogeneity detection of Portuguese–Brazilian masonries through ultrasonic velocities measurements

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In this work, ultrasonic tests were carried out on the external walls of the Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos Church, an ancient masonry structure from XVIII century, placed at Aracati, Brazil. The main aim of this research is to characterize the ultrasonic velocities of the external walls of the church and identify the heterogeneity of the masonries; to assist furthers maintenance measures, as well to collect quantitative data about the state of conservation of the church. Ultrasonic results are, in general, difficult to analyze, especially due to the variability of the measures way. This way, a methodology to collecting the measures of indirect ultrasonic measurements was developed and it is presented in this paper. This methodology consists in a frame-by-frame comparative analysis of contour maps, obtained from systematic measures of ultrasonic pulse. The method allows the application of indirect ultrasonic measures to characterize clay bricks panels, as well allows the repeatability of further measures in the same points. The results show that ultrasonic tests can be applied for characterize walls homogeneity, offering useful information to control the maintenance or retrofitting measures.

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This work was financially supported by: Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007457—CONSTRUCT—Institute of R&D In Structures and Construction funded by FEDER funds through COMPETE2020—Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI)—and by national funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. All authors acknowledge the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional—IPHAN—by technical support, and in special to Ramiro Teles and Murilo Cunha, both from IPHAN-CE team, for all technical contributions, and also the GEM—Research Group in Structures and Materials—from Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú for the support during the experimental campaigns. Esequiel Mesquita acknowledge CAPES through the fellowship number 10023/13-5, CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, and Paulo Antunes acknowledge Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) for the Postdoctoral fellowship SFRH/BPD/76735/2011.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, LAREB, Federal University of Ceará, Campus Russas, Russas, 62900-000, Brazil

    Esequiel Mesquita & Tallis Rubens

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, CONSTRUCT-LESE, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    Rachel Martini & Humberto Varum

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, State University Vale do Acaraú, Campus of CIDAO, Sobral, 62040-370, Brazil

    André Alves & Larissa Mota

  4. I3 N, Department of Physic, University of Aveiro, Campus of Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Paulo Antunes

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Mesquita, E., Martini, R., Alves, A. et al. Heterogeneity detection of Portuguese–Brazilian masonries through ultrasonic velocities measurements. J Civil Struct Health Monit 8, 847–856 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13349-018-0312-5

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