Enhanced affordable methods for assessing material characteristics and consolidation effects on stone and mortar

0399226 - ÚTAM 2014 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Drdácký, Miloš - Slížková, Zuzana
Enhanced affordable methods for assessing material characteristics and consolidation effects on stone and mortar.
Journal of Geophysics and Engineering. Roč. 10, č. 6 (2013), s. 064005. ISSN 1742-2132. E-ISSN 1742-2140
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP105/12/G059
Institutional support: RVO:68378297
Keywords : testing in situ * near surface cohesion * water uptake * peeling test
Subject RIV: JN - Civil Engineering
Impact factor: 0.895, year: 2013
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-2132/10/6/064005

It is rather difficult to set up non-destructive or considerate in situ tests for assessing material characteristics and consolidation effects on historic stone and mortar. However, some simple methods have proved to be helpful when applied appropriately and this paper provides brief information about two such methods: peeling tests, also known as the 'Scotch tape' method, and surface water uptake measurements using a digitized microtube. Both methods have some history of development and use Mora and Torraca (1965 Bollettino /stituto Centrale del Restauro (Rome) pp 109-32), Giorgi et al (2000 Stud. Conserv. 45 154-61), Tiano et al (2006 J. Cult. Heritage 7 49-55), Lehmann (2004 Thesis, Hochschule fiir Bildende Ki.inste, Dresden pp 33-34), Drdacky et al (2011 Proc. European Workshop on Cultural Heritage Preservation pp 126-30) and Zima (2011 Proc. 49th Int. Scientific Conf on Experimental Stress Analysis pp 441-8) without any standardized support.
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