Expected render performance assessment based on impact resistance in situ determination

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2997-3004

  Flores Colen, Inês ^a   Brito, Jorge de ^a   Freitas, Vasco de ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

In situ tests; Performance; Renders; Surface impact resistance

Indexed keywords

BRICK MASONRY; CUTTING EDGES; DEGRADATION AGENTS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; IN SITU TESTS; IN-BUILDING; IN-SITU; IN-SITU ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENDERS; SERVICE CONDITIONS; SERVICE PERFORMANCE; SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATIONS; SITE INVESTIGATIONS;

DEGRADATION; IMPACT RESISTANCE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TESTING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SURFACE RESISTANCE;

EID: 67349279833     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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