Historic Mortars Characterisation, Assessment and Repair

This volume focuses on research and practical issues connected with mortars on historic structures. The book is divided into four sections: Characterisation of Historic Mortars, Repair Mortars and Design Issues, Experimental Research into Properties of Re

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Jan Válek • John J. Hughes Caspar J.W.P. Groot Editors

Historic Mortars Characterisation, Assessment and Repair

Editors Jan Válek ARCHISS Department of Diagnostics of Historic Structures Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, AV ČR, v.v.i. ARCHISS, Prague Czech Republic

John J. Hughes Faculty of Engineering and Science University of the West of Scotland Paisley, Scotland, UK

Caspar J.W.P. Groot Delft University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands

ISSN 2211-0844 ISSN 2211-0852 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-4634-3 ISBN 978-94-007-4635-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4635-0 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012940739 © RILEM 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publi