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Cláudia Ferreira, Ana Silva and Jorge de Brito
The buildings? surroundings? environmental exposure conditions (e.g., orientation, location, altitude, distance from the sea, temperature, precipitation, presence of damp, exposure to prevailing winds, among others) have a considerable influence on the p...
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Edyta Pijet-Migon and Piotr Migon
Relationships between geoheritage and cultural heritage are being increasingly explored and have become one of the mainstreams within studies of geoheritage and geodiversity. In this review paper, we identify the main and secondary themes at the geoherit...
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Jeanette Orlowsky, Franziska Braun and Melanie Groh
The durability of eleven different water repellents applied on one sandstone type was studied after a long-term weathering at seven different locations in Germany. By measuring colour changes, it could be shown that the formation of black crusts, the dep...
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Cláudia Ferreira, Ana Silva, Jorge de Brito, Ilídio S. Dias and Inês Flores-Colen
In condition-based maintenance plans, the schedule of inspections is an important step. Condition-based actions are performed according to prescribed condition criteria (i.e., condition, cost, availability, among other factors), and the main purpose of i...
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Rafael Navarro, Dolores Pereira, Ana Gimeno and Santiago Del Barrio
Serpentinites are used in both exterior and interior locations, but not all serpentinites are equal: they vary in physical-mechanical behavior and are not all suitable for similar uses. The serpentinites most commonly used worldwide come from India, Paki...
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Figen Balo, Ayse Topal, Alptekin Ulutas
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Carlos Alves, Carlos A. M. Figueiredo, Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez and Ana C. Hernández
The present work reviews studies with information on the effects of water by itself on stones of the built environment both to assess the impact of this substance and to discuss possible implications for conservation. The analysis concerns empirical resu...
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Eui-Seok Han, Junho Gong, Hoseong Jeong and Dooyong Cho
Bonded natural stone pavement has been typically used in historical neighborhoods to satisfy functional and architectural aesthetic standards. Despite its advantages, it has been barely applied to places for heavy traffic volume or high travelling speed ...
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Mariateresa Lettieri, Maurizio Masieri, Mariachiara Pipoli, Alessandra Morelli and Mariaenrica Frigione
In recent years, graffiti writings are increasingly regarded as a form of art. However, their presence on historic building remains a vandalism and different strategies have been developed to clean or, preferably, protect the surfaces. In this study, an ...
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Leandro S. Silva, Mayara Amario, Carina M. Stolz, Karoline V. Figueiredo and Assed N. Haddad
The escalating demand for natural resources within the construction industry is progressing upward. At the same time, however, there is a great concern regarding the depletion of these resources. This review paper emphasizes the significance of utilizing...
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Zhuoqi Duan, Zaixin Xie, Bao Zhou, Xiaobo Yang, Heng-Yong Nie and Yongmao Hu
Heritage buildings and monuments are mostly made from natural stone, which undergoes irreversible decay under outdoor conditions. The main reason for the contamination, degradation, and cracking of natural stones is water and oil permeation. Hence, modif...
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Maurizio Masieri and Mariateresa Lettieri
Graffiti on facades often has a heavy impact in social and economic terms, particularly when historical and artistic artefacts are affected. To limit the damages to the surfaces, preventive plans are implemented and anti-graffiti coatings are used as a p...
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Maria Stefanidou, Katia Matziaris and Georgios Karagiannis
Modern sustainable architecture indicates the use of local natural stones for building. Greek sandstones from Epirus (Demati, Greece, EN 12440) used as building facades meet aesthetic and have high mechanical properties, but the inevitable interaction be...
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Muriel Gasc-Barbier and Véronique Merrien-Soukatchoff
Freezing thawing cycles are known to play an important role in fracture propagation on rock mass and thus in rock slope instabilities. In laboratories, this phenomenon can be studied through the measurement of the velocities of elastic waves. Seven types...
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Marialuigia Sangirardi, Vittorio Altomare, Stefano De Santis and Gianmarco de Felice
Detecting the onset of structural damage and its progressive evolution is crucial for the assessment and maintenance of the built environment. This paper describes the application of a computer-vision-based methodology for structural health monitoring to...
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José Aparecido Canova, Generoso De Angelis Neto, Rosângela Bergamasco
Pág. 25 - 31
Stone-quarry fines have been evaluated in mortar and concrete, but have presented drying shrinkage and consequently higher incidence of cracks than those with natural sand. This study compared the dry ripened mortar in two types of aggregates added of 8%...
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Jorge Manuel Caliço Lopes de Brito, Ana Paula Gonçalves, José Roberto dos Santos
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Recycled aggregates, such as the ones used in making the sub-base and base layers of roads and the ones used as replacement of natural aggregates inconcrete production, may give an important contribution towards decreasing the negative consequences that ...
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Ilan Stavi, Tamir Rozenberg, Ashraf Al-Ashhab, Eli Argaman and Elli Groner
Ancient agricultural stone terraces, dated to the Roman and Byzantine ages, are prevalent across the Negev drylands of Southern Israel. The goal of these structures was to reduce hydrological connectivity by harvesting water runoff and controlling soil e...
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Iwona Szot and Grzegorz P. Lysiak
Fruit of Cornelian cherry can be used fresh or processed, and cultivation practices are developing in this direction. Due to the rarity of its cultivation, Cornelian cherry is harvested from natural sites of occurrence. However, the fruit from natural si...
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