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The assessment of resilience on buildings that are recognized as members of cultural heritage is strongly based on laboratory testing methods. Root-Cause Analysis for incidents that occur, leading to the failure of the performed testing process, is required by the widely recognized International Standard ISO 17025:2017. This study presents the application of the Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) risk assessment technique for analyzing the root-causes of two indicative ways of failure that occur specifically when testing the resilience of stone masonry buildings: (a) the risk of sampling plan representativeness failure when performing mortar sampling and (b) the risk of false result (positive or negative) when investigating homogeneity on structural walls by implicating NDT methods (i.e. ultrasonic and GPR) in the process to detect the existence of voids, fissures and discontinuities. It is evident by the results of this study that the application of the FTA technique provides the basis of a precautionary measures selection and planning according to the actually leading parameters that eventually cause the failure of the testing procedure.
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Passa, D., Gavela, S., Papadakos, G., Karydis, G. (2022). Root-Cause Analysis on the Risk of Process Failure When Testing the Resilience of a Stone Masonry Building. In: Osman, A., Moropoulou, A. (eds) Advanced Nondestructive and Structural Techniques for Diagnosis, Redesign and Health Monitoring for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Springer Proceedings in Materials, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03795-5_13
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