Quantitative Infrared Thermography and Ultrasonic Testing for InSitu Assessment of Nemrut Dag Stone Statues

2014-08-01
The study was focused on the in-situ non-destructive examination of limestone and sandstone statues in Nemrut DaÐ Monument to determine their state of deterioration and the target areas for the application of conservation treatments. The examinations were done by the combined use of quantitative IR thermography (QIRT) and ultrasonic testing supported by the laboratory measurements to obtain standard data from the reference samples. The in-situ QIRT analyses were promising particularly for the detection of detached areas in the forms of scales, stone fragments getting ready to be lost, as well as for the assessment of cracks. The ultrasonic testing allowed soundness assessment of those detached parts and stone surfaces within a crack network. The combined use of those methods was useful to point out the emergency areas that needed conservation treatments and their monitoring.
Atti della Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi

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Citation Formats
A. Tavukçuoğlu and E. N. Saltık, “Quantitative Infrared Thermography and Ultrasonic Testing for InSitu Assessment of Nemrut Dag Stone Statues,” Atti della Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi, pp. 459–472, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/74806.