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Ground penetration radar was used at the historic building of the “Colegio del Arte Mayor de la Seda de Valencia”, to assess the structural state of the building, by focusing on identifying and locating major internal cracks or interfaces that could pose structural problems to the building, and on providing general information about the construction technology of the masonry. Through the analysis of the various scans at characteristic areas of the historic building, GPR identified and allowed correlation of crack clusters and revealed hidden features, such as potential hidden arches, within the masonry that were not observed macroscopically. It was revealed that the deformation thrust of the eastern façade of the building was responsible for a cluster of cracks along its longitudinal axis at the interior of the building. A similar behaviour was correlated with a major crack behind the main maiolica tile mosaic, along the transverse axis of the building.
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The authors would like to thank NTUA Professor Sofia Avgerinou-Kolonias, MEDNETA project coordinator for the overall project administrative and technical support. Also, Assistant Professor Asterios Bakolas and EDIP Dr. Ekaterini Delegou are acknowledged for their participation in the NDT campaign at the CAMS building.
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Lampropoulos, K.C., Moropoulou, A. (2019). Assessment of the State of Colegio del Arte Mayor de la Seda de Valencia Using Ground Penetrating Radar. In: Osman, A., Moropoulou, A. (eds) Nondestructive Evaluation and Monitoring Technologies, Documentation, Diagnosis and Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Springer Proceedings in Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25763-7_14
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