TY - CHAP
T1 - Testing Durability on Construction Materials
AU - Chastre, Carlos
AU - Faria, Paulina
AU - Neves, José
AU - Ludovico-Marques, Marco
AU - Biscaia, Hugo
AU - Nunes, Lina
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04625%2F2020/PT#
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge the support of FCT for the partial funding of this work under the strategic project UIDB/EMS/00667/2020 from the research unit UNIDEMI.
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The durability of construction materials is a key concern and can be related to different actions such as weathering conditions outdoors enhanced by climatic change, chemical and biological attack, abrasion, and other conditions of service over time. Frequently, several actions develop simultaneously, making it difficult to reproduce in situ conditions in laboratory. Furthermore, testing to assess durability depends largely on the nature of the material itself or on the way it has been assembled with other materials. The ageing techniques to assess long-term durability performance of construction materials are based on accelerated durability tests, which include, for example, thermal stress, freeze–thaw cycles, air pressure, salt crystallization, chemical weathering, and ultraviolet radiation. These tests allow the assessment of the materials’ structural integrity, as well as their aesthetics. In this chapter, the main trends on durability tests on construction materials, such as clay-based, cementitious and polymeric composites, natural stone, metals, wood, and bituminous binders and mixtures, will be presented and discussed.
AB - The durability of construction materials is a key concern and can be related to different actions such as weathering conditions outdoors enhanced by climatic change, chemical and biological attack, abrasion, and other conditions of service over time. Frequently, several actions develop simultaneously, making it difficult to reproduce in situ conditions in laboratory. Furthermore, testing to assess durability depends largely on the nature of the material itself or on the way it has been assembled with other materials. The ageing techniques to assess long-term durability performance of construction materials are based on accelerated durability tests, which include, for example, thermal stress, freeze–thaw cycles, air pressure, salt crystallization, chemical weathering, and ultraviolet radiation. These tests allow the assessment of the materials’ structural integrity, as well as their aesthetics. In this chapter, the main trends on durability tests on construction materials, such as clay-based, cementitious and polymeric composites, natural stone, metals, wood, and bituminous binders and mixtures, will be presented and discussed.
KW - Biological agents
KW - Bituminous binders and mixtures
KW - Brick
KW - Cementitious composites
KW - Clayish materials
KW - Frost
KW - Natural stone
KW - Polymeric composites
KW - Salts
KW - UV radiation
KW - Weathering
KW - Wood
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85151919627&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-23888-8_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-23888-8_2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85151919627
SN - 978-3-031-23887-1
T3 - Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering
SP - 29
EP - 51
BT - Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering
A2 - Chastre, Carlos
A2 - Neves, José
A2 - Ribeiro, Diogo
A2 - Neves, Maria Graça
A2 - Faria, Paulina
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -