Infrared thermal imaging detection and numerical simulation of the huashan rock painting stalactite diseases

Abstract

In this paper, giving an example for HuaShan rock painting in GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a new method for nondestructive detection of stalactite disease has been tried out by means of infrared thermal imaging technology. Based on heat conduction theory, the finite element numerical simulation of the stalactite diseases are done by finite element software ANSIS11.0. The simulation results validate the feasibility of infrared thermal imaging technology for nondestructive detection of the rock painting stalactite diseases. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.