A study of the volume variations in reinforced masonry structures exposed to different degrees of humidity

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 763-769

  Ortega, Néstor F ^a   González Limón, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio Central de Estructuras y Materiales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Masonry; Relative humidity; Strains

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MORTAR; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN; STRESSES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

FISSURES; MORTAR BED; REINFORCED MASONRY STRUCTURES; STEEL REINFORCEMENT;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MASONRY MATERIALS; MORTAR; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN; STRESSES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HUMIDITY; MASONRY;

EID: 31344436625     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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