Durability of Building Materials and Components

Durability of Building Materials and Components provides a collection of recent research works to contribute to the systematization and dissemination of knowledge related to the long-term performance and durability of construction and, simultaneously, to show the most recent advances in this domain....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Freitas, Vasco Peixoto de. (Editor), Delgado, J.M.P.Q. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 3
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37475-3
Table of Contents:
  • A probabilistic approach to performance-based durability engineering
  • Behavior to salt crystallization of repointing by ready-mix mortars: experimental data and application of a probabilistic model
  • Influence of type of air lime and curing conditions on lime and lime-metakaolin mortars
  • Performance and durability of external post-insulation: A case study
  • Effects of ageing and moisture on thermal performances of ETICS cladding
  • Environmental factors affecting corrosion of steel inserts in ancient masonry
  • Planned preventive maintenance activities: analysis of guidance documents
  • Corrosion of reinforcement in existing concrete facades
  • Durability of concrete blended with micronized sands
  • Chloride aging factor of concrete measured by means of resistivity, by Carmen Andrade
  • The effect of concrete composition on the possibilities of accelerated testing: Carbonation.