Modelling and experimental implementation of infrared thermography on concrete masonry structures

Industrialized countries have and are based on a network infrastructure is becoming increasingly complex and difficult to manage these systems, mainly due to a lack of financial resources. Asset management is a paradigm that is adopted to properly manage the infrastructure, ensuring that the available resources are properly utilized to ensure the necessary level of service to users of the infrastructure. It includes managing the entire life cycle, including design, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance, modification, replacement or cancellation of physical infrastructure assets. In this context, there is a big contribution by use of technology, and then using the methods that this thesis will aim to provide a quantitative assessment of structural systems and provide sufficient assistance to any strategy of asset management. Non-destructive tests are types of test required by biggest companies around the world. These types of investigations are also mentioned in technical specifications of products, by norms and administrative orders. Adaptability of non-destructive techniques related to the ability to detect defects, without harming sample, puts these techniques high in context of component reliability check. About the subject of structural diagnostics, plays an important role the use of technology, which if properly exploited can provide a quantitative assessment of infrastructure systems. For example the feedback non-destructive as infrared (IR) and ultrasound (UT ) and others, are becoming more and more accessible and have the ability to assess damage to structures and materials at an early stage