Effect of salt crystallization ageing on the compressive behavior of sandstone blocks in historical buildings

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-257

  Ludovico Marques, Marco ^a   Chastre, Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behavior; Compression; Salt crystallization; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGEING; AGEING CYCLES; AGEING TESTS; ANCIENT BUILDINGS; BEHAVIOR; BUILDING ELEMENT; COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPRESSIVE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; CYCLIC COMPRESSION; DEGRADATION PATTERNS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; SALT CRYSTALLIZATION; SANDSTONE BUILDINGS; STRESS-STRAIN; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE TESTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; RURAL AREAS; SANDSTONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TESTING;

WEATHERING;

EID: 84868326231     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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