Characterisation of mechanical properties of historic mortars - Testing of irregular samples

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 83, Issue , 2005, Pages 365-374

  Valek J ^a   Veiga, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compressive and flexural strength; Historic lime mortar; Irregular mortar sample; Non standard testing

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REPAIR;

BEDDING MORTARS; COMPRESSIVE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; IRREGULAR SAMPLE; LABORATORY TEST; LIME MORTARS; MINIMUM INTERVENTIONS; STANDARD SPECIMENS; TYPICAL SAMPLES;

MORTAR;

EID: 84903381338     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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