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T1 Physical and mechanical characterization of a commercial rendering mortar using destructive and non-destructive techniques
A1 Aragón Torre, Guillermo
A1 Aragón Torre, Ángel
A1 Santamaría, Amaia
A1 Esteban, Alberto
A1 Fiol Olivan, Francisco
K1 Rendering mortar
K1 Microstructure and porosity
K1 Shrinkage
K1 Stiffness
K1 Strength
K1 Damping
K1 Durability
K1 Materiales de construcción
K1 Building materials
K1 Ingeniería civil
K1 Civil engineering
AB A commercial masonry rendering mortar is tested in this study of the classical correlation between structure and mechanical properties. Porosity, capillary absorption of water and mortar shrinkage are all analyzed. Special emphasis is placed on the development of mortar strength, stiffness, and damping characteristics including sound muffling. All these properties are related to the microstructure of the mortar in the hardened state and to its moisture content. The numerical results showed different values for the Young’s moduli of the rendering mortar under both tension and compression, and an outstanding capacity to dissipate vibrational energy. Freeze-thaw and wetting-drying durability tests were also performed on the mortar with good results.
PB Elsevier
SN 0950-0618
YR 2019
FD 2019-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11196
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11196
LA eng
NO The authors wish to express their gratitude to: the Junta de Castilla y León (Regional Government) for funding UIC-231 through project BU119P17 also assisted with FEDER Funds; the Spanish Ministry through contract RTI2018-097079-B-C31 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE), and finally, our thanks to the Basque Government research group (IT1314-19).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 19-abr-2026