Effect of fire damage on natural stonework in buildings

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 539-544

  Chakrabarti, Birbhushan ^a   Yates, Tim ^a   Lewry, Andrew ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Fire; Natural stone

Indexed keywords

EFFLORESCENCE; FIRES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WATER ABSORPTION;

NATURAL STONE; THERMAL SHOCK;

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030261753     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-0618(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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