Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones

Applications in the Restoration of Ancient Monuments

Stavros K. Kourkoulis

608 pages, parution le 20/11/2006

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Résumé

The restoration and conservation of stone monuments is a complicated multi-disciplinary task and the decisions finally reached must be based on a firm and detailed knowledge of the mechanical behaviour of both the authentic materials and the substitute stones.

In this volume scientists from different disciplines (Structural Engineers, Archaeologists, Architects, Chemical Engineers, Geologists) present their experience and their scientific work in progress concerning the properties of a series of stones that have been used for the erection of some of the most important stone monuments of the international cultural heritage and are used today for substitution of missing parts or completion of damaged ones.

Thus it is seen that the volume will be a very useful tool in the hands of a broad variety of scientists working in the field of the building materials of ancient monuments: It deals with the subject globally and it contains unpublished research results concerning the materials that are used or could be used for the conservation of the international cultural heritage.

Written for: Researchers in the fields of Fracture Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Damage, Building Materials, Archaelogy

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Mechanical and Structural Aspects
- Fracture
- Mechanical behaviour and properties
- Masonry
- Conservation Approaches, Applications, Case Studies
Physico-chemical and Environmental Aspects
- Weathering
- Freez-thaw
- Thermal stresses
- Petrography, fabric and properties
- Surface Treatment

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Stavros K. Kourkoulis
Parution	20/11/2006
Nb. de pages	608
Format	17 x 25
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1205g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781402050763
ISBN13	978-1-4020-5076-3