Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4913002 Construction and Building Materials 2017 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
An advanced mechanical characterization of two natural hydraulic lime (NHL) mortars, with water/lime ratios of 0.8 and 1.1, is reported, including direct measurement of the compressive strength on two types of specimens, prisms and cylinders, the flexural strength, the tensile strength, the Young's modulus and the fracture energy. The results are significantly lower for the higher water/lime ratio. Besides, the compressive strength depends very much on the type of specimen used. A cohesive simulation is performed to prove that such variations in the compressive strength are due to the effect of the shape and size of the specimen.
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