{"id":20625,"date":"2025-09-29T11:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/?p=20625"},"modified":"2025-09-30T08:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:48:02","slug":"on-the-possibility-of-using-recycled-mixed-aggregates-and-gicc-thermal-plant-wastes-in-non-structural-concrete-elements-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/on-the-possibility-of-using-recycled-mixed-aggregates-and-gicc-thermal-plant-wastes-in-non-structural-concrete-elements-2\/","title":{"rendered":"QSI Methods for Determining the Quality of the Surface Finish of Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5966de45067666b4b6fcb9f460333831 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Authors<\/strong><br>Francisco Javier Benito Saor\u00edn; Isabel Mi\u00f1ano Belmonte; Carlos Parra Costa; Carlos Rodr\u00edguez L\u00f3pez; Manuel Valcuende Pay\u00e1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The paper compares three ways to assess architectural concrete surface quality: (i) the manual <strong>Quality Surface Index (QSI)<\/strong> grouping pores by diameter, (ii) the visual <strong>CIB W29<\/strong> template method, and (iii) <strong>digital image processing<\/strong> (ImageJ). Applied to three walls (M-1, M-2, M-3) at 3 m viewing distance, the three approaches delivered consistent rankings; e.g., ImageJ quantified pore-affected area as ~1.31% (M-1), 1.72% (M-2), and 2.75% (M-3). Results validate QSI and digital analysis as practical, more objective complements to CIB W29, enabling quick on-site verification and potential app-based workflows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Type of publication<\/strong><br>Journal paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publisher<\/strong><br><em>Sustainability<\/em> (MDPI), 10(4):931; published 23 March 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DOI<\/strong><br>10.3390\/su10040931. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46db3b94cac969fd2a75c4608d5321b9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2071-1050\/10\/4\/931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACCESS HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract<br \/>\nThe paper compares three ways to assess architectural concrete surface quality: (i) the manual Quality Surface Index (QSI) grouping pores by diameter, (ii) the visual CIB W29 template method, and (iii) digital image processing (ImageJ). Applied to three walls (M-1, M-2, M-3) at 3 m viewing distance, the three approaches delivered consistent rankings; e.g., ImageJ quantified pore-affected area as ~1.31% (M-1), 1.72% (M-2), and 2.75% (M-3). Results validate QSI and digital analysis as practical, more objective complements to CIB W29, enabling quick on-site verification and potential app-based workflows<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-20625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publicaciones-cientificas","tag-publicaciones-cientificas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20681,"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20625\/revisions\/20681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}