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T1 Experimental study of the mechanical behaviour of bricks from 19th and 20th century buildings in the province of Zamora (Spain)
A1 Ramos Gavilán, Ana Belén
A1 Rodríguez Esteban, María Ascensión
A1 Antón Iglesias, María Natividad
A1 Sáez Pérez, María Paz
A1 Camino Olea, María Soledad
A1 Caballero Valdizán, Julen
K1 Compressive strength
K1 Historic bricks
K1 Restoration and rehabilitation
K1 6201 Arquitectura
K1 6201.01 Diseño Arquitectónico
K1 3305 Tecnología de la Construcción
AB Interventions in historic brick buildings require an exhaustive analysis of the current characteristics of bricks in order to establish the role performed by these elements in the buildings. This study presents the results of an experimental analysis of the compressive strength of brick specimens extracted from different buildings built in the 19th and 20th centuries in the province of Zamora (Spain). The study analyses specimens with very different characteristics to compare results from different masonry units and manufacturing processes. Specimens are classified into four groups according to their macroscopic and microscopic analyses. Compressive strength results are correlated to the above classification and to the results of density, absorption and open porosity of the samples. The compressive strength results present high variation between clay bricks (9.2–64.4 N/mm2) and between samples extracted from the same brick due to the heterogeneity of the material. Correlations between compressive strength and open porosity, absorption and dry density values are observed, with less dispersion in the case of high sintering level, up to 1000 °C. Finally, the compliance with the current Spanish Technical Building Code with respect to their compressive strength is checked.
PB MDPI
SN 2412-3811
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/55937
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/55937
LA eng
NO Infrastructures, 2018, vol. 3, n. 3, p. 38
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 22-dic-2024