Handmade clay bricks: chemical, physical and mechanical properties

The clay brick masonry that is much used in historical structures often is in a rather poor state of conservation. In order to intervene correctly in these buildings, it is convenient to characterize the old material. For this purpose, a large sample of clay brick specimens from the 12th to 19th cen...

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Main Author: Lourenço, Paulo B. (author)
Other Authors: Fernandes, Francisco Manuel Carvalho Pinto (author), Castro, F. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/17235
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/17235