Modelling the compressive mechanical behaviour of granite and sandstone historical building stones

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 372-381

  Ludovico Marques, Marco ^a   Chastre, Carlos ^b   Vasconcelos, Graa ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Analytical; Compression; Experimental; Non destructive; Porosity; Properties; Stone

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL; EXPERIMENTAL; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PROPERTIES; STONE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COMPACTION; GRANITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 80054720538     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.08.083     Document Type: Article

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