Inspection and Diagnosis System for Wood Flooring

Abstract

This paper presents an expert system to support the inspection and diagnosis of wood applied as a floor covering [wood flooring (WF)]. The defects that may affect WF along with their probable causes are classified in this system. The inspection system also embraces the correlation matrices between defects and between defects and probable causes, the classification of the diagnosis methods, and the repair techniques suitable for each WF defect. This paper also includes an example of an individual defect file containing a complete characterization and the most suitable diagnosis methods and repair techniques. This inspection system was validated through standard inspections of 90 WFs applied indoors and eight applied in exterior areas, in a total of 35 buildings.