In-service parameters from façade rendering mortars: Bulk density and open porosity determined from samples collected in situ

Structural Survey

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Flores Colen, Inês ^a   Silva, Luís ^b   de Brito, Jorge ^a   de Freitas, Vasco Peixoto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Saint Gobain Weber Cimenfix   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Construction materials; Measurement; Mortars; Physical properties of materials; Porosity; Samples; Testing and instruments

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IN-SITU TECHNIQUES; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

BUILDING MATERIALS; INSTRUMENT TESTING; LABORATORIES; MEASUREMENTS; MORTAR; POROSITY; SAMPLING;

MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 77952226210     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630801011040833     Document Type: Article

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