San Nicola in Carcere, one of the minor basilicas historical center Rome, was location a wide investigation campaign water-related deterioration causes, present lower sector apse and adjacent pillars, affected by water infiltrations, mould salt efflorescence. The results obtained identify presence content related effects mainly on sides apsidal wall. This work focuses use five Non-Destructive T...

Structural characteristics influence assessment of fatigue cracking behavior. In the asphalt pavements, structure and practical conditions must be considered. This study analyzes changes in elastic modulus pavement different mixtures amid aging moisture damage through tests. A model to predict tensile strain at bottom layer is developed a structural analysis based on material properties. The re...

Different heat-moisture levels were applied to native starches from different cultivars of sweet potatoes available in Sri Lanka (Wariyapola red, Wariyapola white, Pallepola variety, Malaysian variety and CARI 273) to study the digestibility level. Samples were treated with 20, 25, and 30% moisture at 85°C and 120°C for 6 h and in vitro starch digestibility was tested with porcine pancreatin en...

Resolving building physics damages is of great importance in terms the healthy functioning and its sustainability. The first thing to be done this direction, correct determination damages, most important step order solve problems. It directly adds smooth progress repair work cost repair. Trying detect problems with naked eye involves subjective judgments, destructive methods damage structure. I...

Little is known about the changes in moisture that occur at the body-seat interface during sitting. However, as increased moisture can add to the risk of skin damage, we have developed an array of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) humidity sensors to measure at this interface. Sensors were first evaluated against traceable standards, followed by use in a cross-over field test (n = 11; 20 m...

The presence of moisture in building materials causes damage second only to structural one. NDT are successfully applied to map moisture distribution, to localise the source of water and to determine microclimatic conditions. IR Thermography has the advantage of non-destructive testing while it allows to investigate large surfaces. The measures can be repeated in time to monitor the phenomenon ...

The relationship between broiler breast meat color and pH, moisture content, water-holding capacity (WHC), and emulsification capacity (EC) was investigated. In each of three replicate trials, fillets were collected from three different commercial processing plants according to breast meat lightness (L*) values as follows: lighter than normal (light, L* > 53), normal (48 < L* < 53), and darker ...