The Determination of Deteriorations on The Mısırlıoğlu Bridge (Konya, Turkey) by Non-Destructive Techniques (NDT)

Abstract

Transportation has been one of the basic requirements of humanitysince the earliest periods of civilization. One of the architecturalstructures designed to meet this requirement is historic stone bridges.One of the most important stages in these conservation works is theassessment of materials that constitute the structures. Non-destructivetesting techniques (NDT) are widely used to obtain qualitative data andalso make comparisons. In this study, it was aimed to determinedeteriorations on the Mısırlıoğlu Bridge located in Sille settlement ofKonya by NDT technique and to form the map from obtained values toperform conservation works. As a result of the analyses performed,considerable deteriorations in the building stones used in the abutmentsand arches of the structure were determined. Besides, it is detected thatuniaxial compressive strength (UCS) value of the fresh samples is high(UCS: 61 MPa) while UCS values of the building stones used at the bridgedecrease in the range of low and high (8-51 MPa) due to the atmosphericeffects.