.Fiber gratings, long-period fiber gratings, sensors, simulations

Recent earthquakes around the world, particularly those that have recently occurred in the southern regions of Europe, have provoked extensive damages in many traditional [...]

This paper presents some preliminary results achieved within the scope of a research programme with the main objective of studying the effect of rice husk ash (RHA) parti [...]

In this paper, compressive strength, porosity and two “in situ” techniques (ultrasonic velocity and rebound hardness test) are used for the characterisation of mortar [...]

Consolidation is a conservation treatment with good potential to be applied to ancient renders, provided that the alterations in the properties of the original mortars re [...]

In the domain of heritage buildings conservation, interventions must be designed, whenever possible, to maintain existing materials instead of their replacement by new on [...]

The application of the drilling test on the characterisation of homogeneous stones is widely used, mainly on carbonate stones that are softer. The drilling revolution and [...]