Structural analysis of historic buildings with IR cameras

Summary

Regular inspections and repairs are essential for historic wooden buildings.However, blueprints often no longer exist, so a preliminary survey of the building structure is needed.Since these buildings are invaluable, it is important to conduct structural surveys in a non-destructive, fast and low cost manner.

 

 

Method

In this study, we applied infrared thermography of forced heating for structural investigations inside a wooden house.

 

Experiment location : Tsuchida’s house

 

Installation of experimental equipment

 

IR image of nails when forced heating