Factors affecting ceramic tile adhesion for external cladding

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 293-296

  Chew, M Y L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND (MASONRY); BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CERAMIC MATERIALS; CREEP; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LATEXES; MOISTURE; SHRINKAGE; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MOVEMENT JOINTS;

TILE;

EID: 0033157019     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(99)00023-9     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Chew MYL, Wong CW, Kang LH. Building facades - a guide to common defects in tropical climates. World Scientific, 1998.
2. Chew MYL. Durability of building facades under tropical conditions. Final report. National University of Singapore, 1996.
3. Chew M.Y.L. The use of infra-red thermography for assessing tile delamination. J Real Estate Construct. 8(1):1998;35-42.
4. BS6431. Ceramic floor and wall tiles. British Standard Institution, 1984.
5. Singapore Standard CP68. Code of practice for ceramic wall and floor tiling. Singapore Productivity and Standards Borad, 1997.
6. Ohama Y, Demura K, Nagao H. Adhesion of polymer modified mortars to ordinary cement mortar by different test methods. Adhesion between polymer and concrete. Symposium organised by Rilem Technical Committee 52, 1986.