Evaluation of lime mortars for the repair of historic buildings

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 109, Issue , 2009, Pages 209-220

  Abdel Mooty, M ^a   Khedr, S ^a   Mahfouz, T ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Historic buildings; Lime mortar; Natural stone wall; Restoration

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPRESSIVE LOADS; DESIGN ENGINEERS; DURABILITY TEST; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; HISTORIC STRUCTURES; LIME MORTARS; LOAD CAPACITY; NATURAL STONE WALL; NATURAL STONES; RESTORATION MORTARS; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; TECHNICAL GUIDELINES; WEIGHT LOSS; WETTING AND DRYING CYCLES; WHITE CEMENT;

BUILDINGS; DEWATERING; FLOW OF WATER; GYPSUM; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; LIGNIN; LIME; MAINTENANCE; PLASTER; RESEARCH; RESTORATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICA; SILICA FUME; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WETTING;

MORTAR;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DURABILITY; HISTORIC BUILDING; LIGNIN; LIME; LOADING TEST; MORTAR; PERCEPTION; REPAIR; SILICA; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

BUILDINGS; CALCIUM SULFATE; DRAINAGE; LIME STONE; MAINTENANCE; MORTAR; PLASTER; RESTORATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; WETTING;

EID: 72049105322     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/STR090191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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