Physical and mechanical characterisation of historic mortars. Application to the evaluation of the state of conservation;Caracterización física y mecánica de los morteros antiguos. Aplicación a la evaluación del estado de conservación

Materiales de Construccion

Volumn 59, Issue 295, 2009, Pages 61-77

  Magalhaes A ^a   Veiga, R ^a  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de E   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Compressive strength; Historic mortar; State of conservation; Test

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN STANDARDS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; HISTORIC MORTAR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATE OF CONSERVATIONS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

CAPILLARITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; REPAIR; TESTING;

MORTAR;

EID: 71749094142     PISSN: 04652746     EISSN: 19883226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/mc.2009.41907     Document Type: Article

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