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Lime coatings were originally used in historical buildings all across Europe and the rest of the globe, on lime plasters or directly on stone elements. Today, these coati [...]
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The determination of adequate parameters for heat and moisture transport simulations of building materials is often regarded as difficult and time-consuming. Considering [...]
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When we approach the subject of construction and rehabilitation of buildings we necessarily must think about external wall coatings as they are the elements more exposed [...]
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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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In this study, advanced greyscale imaging analysis was conducted using the Adobe Photoshop 6 on the surfaces of masonry stones, taken from listed historic buildings, to a [...]
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This paper presents the XRD, XRF and porosimetry analyses and SEMEDX observations of nine mortars: three Egyptian plasters (New Kingdom, 15th 11th century BC) and six Mer [...]
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This paper focuses on the design and reproduction of crushed brick/lime mortars for the repair of historic masonry. The research presented involves an analytical study of [...]
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Since 2001 the authors have been involved with the archaeologists of the Fondazioni Lerici, Politecnico di Milano, in the preservation of some Hindu temples in Mỹ Sơn, [...]
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In Japan, coal-fired power is one of the main electric powers along with atomic power and natural gas -fired power. The annual amount of coal used for coal-fired power ge [...]
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Constructed in 330-320 B.C., the stadium at Nemea, consists of the race track, the seating area, the vaulted entrance tunnel and the “Apodyterion”. The tunnel was dis [...]
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Constructed in 330-320 B.C., the stadium at Nemea, consists of the race track, the seating area, the vaulted entrance tunnel and the “Apodyterion”. The tunnel was dis [...]
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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 [...]
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Franzoni, E.
The use of cement-based mortars for the repair of ancient masonry joints was quite common in the past and can account for a significant role in masonry decay, especially [...]
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This article deals with the parameters and governing mechanisms of the early water transport between mortar and brick. Two bricks with different transport parameters were [...]
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Glazed ceramic tiled façades are a cultural, architectural and social heritage that has to be protected in order to continue to have these history marks of our ancestors [...]
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This paper contains results of quantitative analysis of the influence of water interception changes due to forest management practicies. Thinning and clearing of the fore [...]
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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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This paper aims at improving the quality of lime mortar masonry by understanding the mechanics of mortars and masonry and their interactions. It investigates how the mort [...]
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Chow, W. K.
In opening heritage buildings for public access, fire safety is an important issue. Most of the old buildings would not have adequate fire safety provisions expected by t [...]
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This paper investigates the deterioration of cementitious renders, with reference to the buildings on a World War II Airfield, now the Museum of Flight, in East Lothian, [...]
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This study examined the production techniques of bricks using nondestructive analysis and compared the results of mineralogical and geochemical analyses to recognize the [...]
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The use of earth mortar and living plants has proved a successful approach to conserving ruined earthmortared masonry in damp and unpredictable climates. On the case stud [...]
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This paper builds on previous work investigating the flexural bond strength, initial shear strength and compressive strength of fired clay brickwork built using hydraulic [...]
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The first author of the project is the engineering director of a Temple reconstruction project in Turkey. In attempt to produce mortar similar in composition to that foun [...]
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This study presents the production, the composition and the resulting properties of a gypsum mortar for restoration work. It is manufactured in the tradition of the medie [...]
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FE numerical analysis of floor structure made from clay units HURDIS has proved that the stress state in support region, where failure occurs, is mainly influenced by six [...]
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The quality of repointing work in historic masonry is to an important degree determined by the composition of the repair mortar. Apart from this good workmanship is a bas [...]
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In this paper a comparison is made between two views to solve rain penetration problems in solid historic fired clay brick masonry. The first one aims at protecting the m [...]
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