Analysis and characterization of hydraulic mortars from ancient cisterns and baths in Greece

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 571-580

  Stefanidou, Maria ^a   Pachta, Vasiliki ^a   Konopissi, Stavroula ^a   Karkadelidou, Fotini ^a   Papayianni, Ioanna ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Baths; Cisterns; Hydraulic mortars; Porosity; Strength; Structure

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRATED LIME; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; POROSITY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; BATHS; CISTERNS; DENSE STRUCTURES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; POZZOLANIC PROPERTIES; STRENGTH;

MORTAR;

EID: 84895922923     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-013-0080-y     Document Type: Article

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