DURABLE ANCIENT MORTARS AND CONCRETES

Data of previous investigations compiled with new tests and recent literature on engineering structures known of their unusual durability were presented in four chapters. Examples presented are from the Mediterranean mainly. The first chapter is related to surface protection by means of polishing plain and multiple layered mortar. The second chapter deals with structural lime mortar used in brick structures. The third is related to concrete in structures of high durability and the fourth to special engineering solutions of the antiquity. The composition and properties of the materials were studied in situ, in laboratory and in tests of simulation. The results obtained were compared with data of the ancient literature (Vitruvius). The empirical knowledge of the ancient engineering, the understanding of the function of the used material and of the applied procedures, of the durability in different environmental conditions were discussed. The actual values of the ancient solutions and the importance of further studies were pointed out. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The members of the Nordic Concrete Federation are the Concrete Associations of: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway & Sweden.
• Corporate Authors:

  Nordic Concrete Federation

  Kronprinsensgt. 17
  N-Oslo 2,   Norway 
• Authors:
  • Malinowski, R
• Publication Date: 1982-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 22 p.
• Serial:
  • Nordic Concrete Research
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Nordic Concrete Federation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Archaeology; Calcium oxide; Cement; Concrete; Durability; Engineering; Masonry construction; Mortar; Polished aggregates
• Old TRIS Terms: Masonry cements
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379954
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM