Effect of freeze-thaw and thermal shock weathering on the physical and mechanical properties of an andesite stone

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Yavuz, Huseyin ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Andesite; Freeze thaw; Physical weathering; Thermal shock

Indexed keywords

ABRASION LOSS; ANDESITE; DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FREEZE-THAW; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NATURAL STONES; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; SCHMIDT HARDNESS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HARDNESS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL MECHANICS; THAWING; THERMAL SHOCK; WATER ABSORPTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WEATHERING;

ANDESITE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; P-WAVE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WEATHERING;

EID: 79955463615     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-010-0302-2     Document Type: Article

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