The properties of concrete with high amount of the mineral admixtures with a few carbon footprint other than cement were showed. The experiment examines the influence tha [...]

This study rises from the perplexity about the adoption of standardized methods for the evaluation of mortar behaviour towards water. Standards are often not very specifi [...]

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 [...]

The highly durable pozzolanic mortars of wall concretes from the Theater of Marcellus and Great Hall of Trajan’s Markets preserve traces of micromorphological textures [...]

In building conservation practice, there is some difficulty in formulating compatible mortars for use in renders and joints, due to requisites of low elastic modulus, suf [...]

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 [...]

Eleven hydraulic concretes from ancient Roman harbours around the Mediterranean seacoast were drilled by the Romacons team in 2002–2009. In 2008–2009 the same team ex [...]

The Portuguese architectonic heritage is mostly composed of old buildings needing intervention, especially on exterior renders, plasters and finishes. Preventive and cons [...]

Oscarshall was built between 1847 and 1853. It was the first Norwegian building to utilise Portland cement as a rendering material. The building had problems from its inc [...]

High quality recycling aggregate nearly same with virgin aggregate has been passionately developing in the recent years due to the establishment of the low emission socie [...]

This study investigates the engineering properties of composite geopolymer mortar manufactured by replacing the slag with metakaolin of 0, 30 and 70% by weight, together [...]

Fluid, lime-based grouts for the conservation of historic buildings have been mentioned infrequently in the literature, and with relatively few details of the experimenta [...]

The Herculaneum Conservation Project is a public-private initiative to conserve and enhance the Roman city of Herculaneum, Italy. Emphasis is placed on simplifying and re [...]

This contribution faces the problem of choosing, preparing and applying render mortars to be used in restoration and repair of historic buildings. The results obtained in [...]

Roman cement was patented in 1796 and used extensively throughout European architecture of the 19th and early 20th centuries before the domination of Portland cement and [...]

A new fast-setting cement, called Roman cement, appeared recently in the market. To identify the possibilities of using it in the field of cultural heritage, it is import [...]

Properties of concrete using newly developed high slag cement which includes over 60% ground granulated blast-furnace slag was studied. It is known that conventional high [...]

Cracking behavior of lime mortar renders subjected to shrinkage is numerically investigated by the finite element method (FEM). The render materials selected for the stud [...]

In the centre and south of Portugal construction of buildings with earth was frequent until the mid-20th Century. Rammed earth was the most common type of construction in [...]

In this paper, effect of cement type and expansive additive content on resistance to both drying shrinkage cracking and thermal cracking of concrete using fly ash and gro [...]

Use of ultra high strength concrete (UHSC) is effective in improving durability of concrete structures which should lead to establishment of sustainable society. However, [...]

Lime–based mortars of adequate workability are used for repairing coating mortars on old masonry in historical buildings. The analysis of a great number of old plasters [...]

Roman cement was extensively used to decorate facades during the nineteenth and beginning of twentieth Century. The interest of this material has been revisited recently [...]

In the past decade, the economy of China has been increasing at a remarkable speed, which causes the rapid increase of automobile industry. Researches in past years demon [...]

Salt crystallization is a common cause of decay for mortars used in historical buildings. This paper describes the influence of mortars composition on their salt crystall [...]

Roman cements were key materials for the economic and easy manufacture of render (stucco) for the exterior of buildings during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. [...]