Thermo-Mechanical Compatibility of Viscoelastic Mortars for Stone Repair

The magnitude of the thermal stresses that originate in an acrylic-based repair material used for the reprofiling of natural sandstone is analyzed. This kind of artificial stone was developed in the late 1970s for its peculiar property of reversibility in an organic solvent. However, it displays a h...

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Main Authors: Thibault Demoulin, George W. Scherer, Fred Girardet, Robert J. Flatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/1/56