Exploitation of inherited weakness in fire-damaged building sandstone: The 'fatiguing' of 'shocked' stone

Engineering Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 217-225

  McCabe, S ^a   Smith, B J ^a   Warke, P A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fire; Salt weathering; Sandstone; Shock

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FATIGUE; FIRE DAMAGES; FIRE EVENT; FRACTURE NETWORK; FREEZE-THAW; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; POST-FIRE; PRE-TREATMENTS; REAL FIRE; SALT CRYSTALS; SALT WEATHERING; SHOCK; SHORT TERM; STONE DECAY; SURFACE DAMAGES; SURFACE PERMEABILITY; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FRACTURE; SANDSTONE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOOT;

WEATHERING;

BUILDING STONE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FIRE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FRACTURE NETWORK; SANDSTONE;

EID: 77956451530     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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