Luminescence Dating of Monumental Stone Architecture at Chavín De Huántar,Perú

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) is applied to quartz extracted from mud mortar collected from Chavín de Huántar, an early Andean monumental center. The samples appear to have been only partially exposed to sunlight during construction, so a minimum age model is applied to equivalent dose distributions. Complications, including complex radioactivity, low sensitivity of the quartz, and limited sample, prevent high precision, but the 14 dates obtained cluster around 1000 BC largely in agreement with radiocarbon assays on charcoal also collected from the mortar. Results suggest a relatively rapid construction for the monument. This work develops OSL as a method for directly dating architectural mortar.     

中国传统血料灰浆的应用历史和科学性

血料灰浆是中国古代建筑灰浆的重要代表作之一,体现出浓郁的中国传统工艺特色,反映了当时建筑技术的科技水平.本研究从血料灰浆的科技史入手,综述了传统血料灰浆的应用历史和制备方法,包括在油饰彩画地仗层、油漆地仗层、漆器和桥梁建筑等方面;结合各种现代科技文献评述了古代建筑灰浆中动物血蛋白的检测方法,包括各种物理化学方法和免疫法;阐述了灰浆中动物血的功能,如加气作用、减水作用、防水作用、平整和抗龟裂作用等,探讨了血料灰浆的作用机理.此外,还简述了血料、蛋清、糯米、红糖、桐油等有机添加剂的复配问题.本研究的总体目标是希望以此为基础,进一步加深对血料灰浆科学性和局限性的认识,并通过对血料灰浆的研究和传统工艺的科学化改进,更好地为当今古建筑修缮保护服务.     

水硬性石灰改性土修复加固材料性能研究

针对土遗址土体坍塌、残缺等病害,为选择更好的土遗址修复加固材料,通过遗址土中添加水硬性石灰进行改性,分析检测水硬性石灰改性土修复材料的性能,并与石灰改性土材料性能进行对比分析。研究结果表明,与石灰改性土性能相比,水硬性石灰改性土修复材料夯土收缩率小、水稳定性好、抗压强度大和强度增加快、耐冻融性好;其性能优于石灰改性土材料的性能,适合土遗址土体坍塌、残损病害的修补加固,其研究成果为土遗址的保护修复加固提供科学依据。     

Combined In-Situ and Laboratory Minor Destructive Testing of Historical Mortars

ABSTRACT

Mortar is of all masonry components the most difficult to be experimentally characterized in heritage buildings. This article investigates the possibility of combining different in-situ and laboratory minor destructive testing (MDT) techniques to assess the strength of mortar in historical brickwork. Lime mortar and clay brick walls were built in the laboratory and then tested in order to derive empirical correlation rules among three different MDT techniques: double punch test (DPT), helix pull-out test (HPT), and pin penetration test (PPT). The outcomes of this activity were used eventually to assess the mortar properties of an important historical heritage structure, Casa Puig i Cadafalch, located near Barcelona. The research is intended to promote the use of MDT in studies and conservation works on built cultural heritage by providing criteria for the evaluation of the strength of existing mortar with respectful sampling and testing techniques.     

海上丝绸之路窑址裂隙充填灌浆材料比选室内试验研究

对裂隙进行充填灌浆,可以有效防止裂隙的进一步发展和雨水的渗漏,使遗址得以更好地保存。为比选出适宜于潮湿环境下窑址裂隙充填灌浆材料,采用烧料礓石、烧阿嘎土、砺灰三种传统石灰材料分别对浙江和福建四处"海上丝绸之路"遗址点的遗址土进行改性研究。测试改性后浆体材料不同龄期的抗压、抗折强度、收缩率,以及温湿度循环、冻融循环、水稳定性、安定性、耐碱性试验后试样的力学性能变化。试验结果表明,三种石灰类材料均具有良好的耐候性,但砺灰试样的耐冻融特性稍差、龄期强度低、收缩变形较大。烧料礓石改性试样具有较高的龄期强度、较低的收缩率、良好的耐候性。因此,建议将烧料礓石作为主剂应用于四处窑址的灌浆材料中。相关研究成果对窑址裂隙灌浆材料的选取具有实际指导意义。     

SEISMIC RESPONSE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES INFILLED WITH WEAKLY REINFORCED MASONRY PANELS

The research work presented in this paper is related to the seismic response of RC frames infilled with weak masonry panels, as it is traditional in many seismic prone countries in southern Europe. More specifically, the benefits derived from the insertion of a light reinforcement, in the mortar layers or in the external plaster, are studied in some detail.

Tests have been performed on different types of single bay, single storey, infilled frames to investigate the in-plane response at different earthquake intensity levels and the out-of-plane strength as a function of the in-plane damage. A series of parametric simulations have then been performed, calibrating the models used in the test results, to evaluate the effects of the different panels characteristics on the response of whole buildings, with different infill patterns. Both in-plane and the out-of-plane response have been considered. The results are described in terms of peak ground acceleration required to induce given limit states of serviceability or damage relatively far from the collapse of the structure, which is governed by the RC frame design more than by the infill panels properties.     

Material Characterization and Micro-Modeling of a Historic Brick Masonry Pillar

A masonry pillar composed of solid clay bricks, cement mortar and infill is extracted from a historical structure and tested in concentric compression. It is subjected to cyclic and monotonic loads up to compressive failure.

In parallel, samples are extracted from the pillar and are subjected to destructive tests. Non-destructive tests are performed on the pillar, as well. The properties of the constituent materials are critically examined and their role in the maximum load reached and the failure mode obtained are discussed.

Finally, a finite element micro-model of the pillar is used for the simulation of the pillar test. The influence of the existing damage on the pillar is investigated using the model, resulting in a fair approximation of the global Young’s modulus, maximum load and the failure mode.

Highlights

●?A brick masonry pillar extracted from a historical building is tested in compression.

●?Material samples extracted from the pillar are characterized by mechanical tests.

●?A finite element micro-model of the pillar is used for the simulation of the compressive test.

●?The effect of damage on the compressive strength of the pillar is numerically investigated.     

Analytical Investigations of Traditional Masonry Mortars from Ancient City Walls Built during Ming and Qing Dynasties in China

With the development of China’s economy, the protection and conservation of ancient buildings were put on the agenda. However, the current understandings on Chinese traditional mortars are limited and rarely reported in the literature. In this article, the authors investigate seven ancient city wall sites built during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1841 AD) in situ, and subsequently the laboratory analysis were carried out on the collected mortar samples. The characterizations of mortar samples were performed using digital microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), simultaneous thermal analysis (TG-DSC), as well as wet chemical analysis. The analytical results show that pure lime mortar was widely used in construction during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it was also a common practice adding sticky rice soup into slaked lime to form sticky-rice lime mortar during preparations. This organic-inorganic composite material could effectively improve mechanical strength of the lime mortar. Moreover, it was first found that the sticky-rice lime mortar sample from Kaifeng ancient city wall contained very fine quartz aggregates, with an approximate binder/aggregate ratio of 1:1. The appearance of this type of mortar probably indicates a great development of Chinese traditional mortars during the mid-19th century.     

Characterization of Hydraulic Lime Mortar Containing Opuntia ficus-indica as a Bio-Admixture for Restoration Applications

Many successful and long lasting structures that contain lime mortars are hydraulic in nature. Organic admixtures are added to lime mortar mix to modify their fresh and hardened state properties. The present work proposes plant extract as bio-admixture for repair mortar towards the protection of heritage structures. The effect of cactus extract on the properties of hydraulic lime mortar is studied. Mortar´s composition is selected with respect to the composition of historic mortars and modern restoration practice. Cactus extract was added to the lime sand mixture with varying concentrations (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) and with different fermentation periods of 0, 1, and 2 days The consistency and workability of modified mortar, mechanical behavior, water absorption, porosity, and water/salt absorption through capillary rise, salt crystallization have been studied. Micro structural properties of the resulting mortar have been evaluated by XRD and FT-IR to identify their mineralogical composition and morphology by SEM-EDX. It is observed that addition of 75% cactus extract with 1-day fermentation produces maximum positive effect on the strength and durability properties of lime mortar. It improves the mechanical characteristics, limits water and salt absorption by capillarity into mortar and also show resistance to salt crystallization cycles.     

Technology of Medieval Mortars: An Investigation into the Use of Organic Additives

This work proposes a multi‐analytical approach to determine the additives in historical mortars, the use of which is widely described in bibliographical sources, but has rarely been reported in the literature. A protocol to thoroughly analyse mortars was created (optical microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, thermal analyses and gas chromatography – mass spectrometry). These techniques, which had already been carried out on samples from various sites from the Roman to the modern era, determined that additives had only been used in the mortars from the internal masonry at our sampling site: the medieval military shipyard of Amalfi (Italy). The investigations yielded information on the production technology, and FT–IR and GC–MS revealed a saccharide material‐based additive in the mortars, of plant origin. The FT–IR spectra suggested the presence of a natural gum, which has been used since ancient times to strengthen the cohesion properties of mortars and their resistance to tensile stress.