Environmental cycling and laboratory testing to evaluate the significance of moisture control for lime mortars

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1392-1397

  El Turki, Adel ^a   Ball, Richard J ^a   Holmes, Stafford ^b   Allen, William J ^c   Allen, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rodney Melville and Partners   (United Kingdom)

^c Ellis and Moore Consulting Engineers   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental cycling; Lime mortar; Mechanical properties; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CYCLING; LABORATORY TESTING; LIME MORTAR; LIME MORTARS; SITE PRACTICE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MORTAR; PLASTER; WORLD WIDE WEB;

LIME;

EID: 77951297673     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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