Modelling the compressive mechanical behaviour of granite and sandstone historical building stones

Building stones, particularly sandstone and granite, are very important in the building elements of Portugal’s historical and cultural heritage. Experimental research, based on uniaxial compressive tests, was carried out on selected representative samples of lithotypes of rocks used in historic buil...

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Main Author: Marques, M. Ludovico (author)
Other Authors: Chastre, C. (author), Vasconcelos, Graça (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/21844
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/21844