Laboratory evaluation of various types of mortars for the conservation of Qasr al-Bint monument, Petra-Jordan

Engineering Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 926-933

  Al Saad, Ziad ^a   Abdel Halim, Mohamed A H ^b  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Absorption; Bonding; Compressive strength; Diffusion resistance; Flexural strength; Mortars; Permeability; Repairs; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EARTHQUAKES; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MASONRY MATERIALS;

DAMAGES;

MORTAR;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; MONUMENT; MORTAR; REPAIR; SALT;

JORDAN;

EID: 0035427330     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(00)00115-2     Document Type: Article

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