Mechanical properties of adobe bricks in ancient constructions

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Silveira, Dora ^a   Varum, Humberto ^a   Costa, Aníbal ^a   Martins, Tiago ^a   Pereira, Henrique ^a   Almeida, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adobe brick; Aveiro; Earth architecture and construction; Experimental testing; Mechanical properties; Rehabilitation; Traditional construction

Indexed keywords

ADOBE BRICKS; AVEIRO; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; PORTUGAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SPLITTING TESTS; STRENGTH CAPACITY;

BRICK; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80053370244     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.08.046     Document Type: Article

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