Mechanical resilience and cementitious processes in Imperial Roman architectural mortar

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 52, 2014, Pages 18484-18489

  Jackson, Marie D ^a   Landis, Eric N ^b   Brune, Philip F ^c   Vitti, Massimo ^d   Chen, Heng ^a,e   Li, Qinfei ^a,f   Kunz, Martin ^g   Wenk, Hans Rudolf ^a   Monteiro, Paulo J M ^a   Ingraffea, Anthony R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Maine   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d Sovrintendenza Capitolina Beni Culturali di Roma Capitale Ufficio Fori Imperiali   (Italy)

^e SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Interfacial zone; Roman concrete; Str tlingite; Volcanic ash mortar

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CHABAZITE; CONCRETE; HALLOYSITE; MINERAL; PHILLIPSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CLAY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

EID: 84924301454     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1417456111     Document Type: Article

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