Weathering effects on external wall tiling systems

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 594-600

  Yiu, C Y ^a   Ho, D C W ^b   Lo, S M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Delamination; External wall tiling system; Weathering cycles

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MOISTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TILE; WEATHERING;

EXTERNAL WALL TILING SYSTEMS; POLLUTANTS-ATTACK; WEATHERING CYCLES; WEATHERING EFFECTS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 33845340161     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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