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The aim of this work was to try to answer the basic question: are the different looking renders surface aspects related to differences in the behaviour of the render laye [...]
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After cleaning, four 19th century cast busts of illustrious men decorating a Parisian façade revealed severe deterioration. A network of large cracks 0.5 cm wide gave th [...]
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The Portuguese architectonic heritage is mostly composed of old buildings needing intervention, especially on exterior renders, plasters and finishes. Preventive and cons [...]
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Lime renders can help improve the energy balance of the building itself given their position in the external layer. Indeed, historical masonries have high rates of therma [...]
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Veiga, R.
In an intervention on historic renders and plasters, the first step is to decide upon the strategy: repair or substitution, based on an evaluation of the cultural value o [...]
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Earth is the oldest building material which is still used widely nowadays. Earthen architectural heritage has important values in aspect of history, art, technology and e [...]
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The present work focuses on gypsum mortar manufactured in traditional kilns and used historically as exterior rendering. A documentation survey has been carried out follo [...]
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In this paper, compressive strength, porosity and two “in situ” techniques (ultrasonic velocity and rebound hardness test) are used for the characterisation of mortar [...]
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Efficient nano materials for consolidation, cleaning and hydrophobization of porous historic materials have been developed in several European and national research proje [...]
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The present study deals with the use of calcareous diatomites, a naturally occurring amorphous silica- and calcite-rich raw material, for the production of C2S-rich clink [...]
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This summary deals with repair or replacement of renders and plasters. Introducing design issues such as functional, technical, and performance requirements, and authenti [...]
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This contribution is part of a research project aimed at developing a methodology for the emergency stabilization of historic buildings damaged by the 2009 Abruzzo earthq [...]
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Pavlík, V.
Expansive forces arising in concrete due to alkali-silica reaction (ASR) can damage concrete structures. ASR in concrete can occur when aggregate contains reactive silica [...]
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Thorn, Andrew
Lithium silicate grouts have been developed as a more cohesive and stronger grout than those achievable with ethyl silicate. A comparison of the two was reported in Pragu [...]
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Grouting of historical masonries has been a widely used technique for regaining their integrity or strengthening them. Since cement-based grouts proved very strong and in [...]
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The consolidation and conservation of historic mortars requires materials which are compatible with the components originally used. The application of nano-lime offers su [...]
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This work deals with the effect of the nanosilica addition on the performance of aerial lime mortars. Several lime mortars were prepared and modified upon the addition of [...]
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Lime water treatment on a specific lime mortar was tested and evaluated for effectiveness, showing that after a sufficiently high number of applications (160 cycles, 54-8 [...]
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Thorn, A.
The reattachment of spalling stone has been achieved by various means but traditional methods involving lime, Portland cement and synthetic adhesives all have defects tha [...]
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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 [...]
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Loss of adhesion is one of the main forms of degradation of old renders; it can cause the separation of different render layers or the separation of the render and substr [...]
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In the domain of heritage buildings conservation, interventions must be designed, whenever possible, to maintain existing materials instead of their replacement by new on [...]
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The consolidation process of old renders with loss of cohesion is nowadays performed usually with inorganic compatible products, such as calcium or barium hydroxide or et [...]
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An important operation for the conservation of historical renders is the cohesion restitution of the binderaggregate system, based on the use of materials with consolidat [...]
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