Salt Damage and Rising Damp Treatment in Building Structures

Salt damage can affect the service life of numerous building structures, both historical and contemporary, in a significant way. In this review, various damage mechanisms to porous building materials induced by salt action are analyzed. The importance of pretreatment investigations is discussed as w...

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Main Authors: J. M. P. Q. Delgado, A. S. Guimarães, V. P. de Freitas, Iñigo Antepara, Václav Kočí, Robert Černý
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1280894