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Monitoring and evaluation of glued laminated timber structures in service is essential to warrant its integrity, where non-destructive techniques play an important role. This paper describes the results obtained on glued laminated timber beams of maritime pine, with and without preservative treatment, and of spruce, exposed to natural outdoor environment as well as to artificial weathering. The assessment of glue lines’ shear strength was investigated through the extraction and testing of cor...

O ensaio acelerado de barra de argamassa ASTM C1260 permite, em cerca de duas semanas, avaliar a potencial reatividade dum agregado em relação à reação álcalis-sílica (RAS). Trata-se dum ensaio de grande uso a nível mundial, tendo por isso sido adaptado/modificado em alguns países. É consensualmente um ensaio severo, que pode dar falsos positivos. Embora o ensaio se realize a temperatura constante, a tolerância de  2 °C dada na norma pode levar a diferenças de resultados significativas com e...

Atribuído pela primeira vez em 1902, o Prémio Valmor é um dos mais prestigiados prémios de arquitetura em Portugal, sendo a sua atribuição da responsabilidade da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. Da necessidade de garantir a proteção e conservação das construções que remontam ao início do séc. XX, propõe-se, numa primeira fase, a caracterização dos revestimentos constituintes de edifícios galardoados com este prémio. De facto estes revestimentos tiveram grandes modiicações em termos de soluções ado...

The alkali-silica reaction (ASR) consists of the reactive process in which aggregates containing reactive silica constituents react with alkalis and hydroxyl ions present in cement pore solution. It is suspected that some superplasticizers admixtures can contribute to the increase in concrete alkalinity. Literature presents some contradictory results about its influence on ASR. In this work the influence of superplasticizers admixtures in mortars prepared with pozzolanic admixtures was evalua...

Work is going on in several countries to try to develop a reliable performance testing concept for ASR. This topic was also focused on in the Norwegian R&D project "COIN" (2007-2014). The work was closely linked to the work within RILEM TC 219-ACS (2006-2014). This paper gives a summary of the main findings in the COIN program. The main aim of part I (PhD study) was to document the effect of various curing – and storage conditions on the concrete internal moisture state, the extent of alkali ...

The mechanisms involved in alkali-aggregate reaction and the characteristics of reactivity of some aggregates are not completely understood, although tens of thousands of mortar and concrete prisms have been tested in the laboratory and field exposure sites have been installed in a number of countries. Aggregates are the least well understood component in the alkali-aggregate reactions and, surely, the most difficult to assess. This happens not just because the materials used as aggregates ar...

The Fundação Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva (FRESS) has the mission of defend, train, study, develop and implement Portuguese Fine Arts in Portugal. This paper reflects the process of Conservation-Restoration training, where students apply the most recent analytical techniques to the characterization of artwork towards enabling and supporting conservation intervention. In this study, the materials used to produce a 19th century sedan chair were characterised by optical microscopy, spectroscopic...

Neste trabalho apresentam-se os resultados da síntese e da caracterização de nano-materiais de hidróxido de cálcio e de hidróxido de magnésio visando a sua aplicação como consolidantes de suportes com pintura mural. Este estudo preliminar constitui a etapa inicial de um projeto em curso e que tem como principal objetivo o desenvolvimento de novas estratégias de síntese de nano-materiais inovadores para conservação e restauro de revestimentos antigos.

Alkaline minerals, like feldspars and micas, present in aggregates can release alkalis with time for concrete pore solution, being a contributor factor for the delaying ASR occurrence in some concrete structures (e.g. dams). Since there is presently no consensus on how to test for releasable alkalis in aggregates, a research program has been conducted to evaluate the factors that can affect the alkalis release in laboratory test conditions. This paper presents the results after 455 days evalu...

Nowadays, with the increase of sustainable construction criteria, the incorporation of recycled coarse aggregate concrete (RCA) in concrete has become a reality. Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) is one of the most concerning degradation causes of concrete with natural aggregates. The incorporation of RCA in concrete raises the ASR issue. The main goal of this article is to present the first results of a research program on ASR in concretes with RCA, using different replacement levels of natural c...

Although considerable efforts have been made worldwide regarding alkali-silica reaction (ASR) prevention and mitigation, including the approval of new national and international regulations, several concrete structures are still being diagnosed with ASR. In Portugal, the new cases of ASR pertain to concrete produced mainly with igneous aggregates, whose potential reactivity is difficult to assess, notably on granitic and basaltic rocks. The most effective way to prevent ASR is an adequate kno...

Volcanic rocks are the main source of concrete aggregates in Azores archipelago. In order to understand the reactivity of these rocks in this Portuguese territory, a study was implemented in the past three years to evaluate the potential alkali-reactivity of thirteen aggregates collected in these islands. For this study, a petrographic characterization and a chemical analysis were made on the rock samples and expansion tests were performed on the aggregates. The petrographic and the chemical ...

In this paper the characterization of a gypsum plaster sample from the end of the 19th century simulating imperial red porphyry using a multi-analytical approach is presented and discussed. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TGA-DTA), physical and mechanical properties are summarized. In order to have further insight into the microstructure, polarized light microscopy (PLM), scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X...

The IAHR Working Group on Compound Channels started its activities in 2007, under the auspices of the Fluvial Hydraulic Committee. Its main purpose is to foster collaboration and information sharing amongst researchers involved in compound channel modeling. As part of its activities, this group recently conducted a first benchmarking exercise, devoted to uniform flow in a prismatic compound channel. The paper gives the benchmark and summarizes the results obtained with various models.

This paper intends to analyze the microstructure of concrete with recycled aggregates (RA) from construction and demolition waste from various Portuguese recycling plants. To that effect, several scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analyses were performed. Various concrete mixes were evaluated in order to analyze the influence of the RA’s collection point and consequently of their composition on the mixes’ characteristics. Afterward all the mixes ...

Granite is one of the most commonly employed materials in the production of aggregates for concrete, and represents 40% of the total volume of aggregates produced in Portugal. This type of rock is traditionally considered as slowly/late reactive or even non-reactive to alkalis. However, a number of cases of damaged concrete structures in Portugal, due to alkali–silica reaction, have been related to granitic aggregates. A research program has been developed in order to define the best test ...

The potentialities of nanomaterials for application in the field of conservation have been widely investigated in the last two decades. Among nanomaterials, nanolimes, i.e., dispersions of lime nanoparticles in alcohols are promising consolidating products for calcareous materials. Nanolimes are effective in recovering the very superficial loss of cohesion of decayed materials, but they do not always provide sufficient mass consolidation. This limitation is mainly related to the deposition of...

Water scarcity episodes are being experienced in many parts of the Mediterranean Basin as a result of changes in rainfall intensity and duration, causing more intense extreme events, like droughts and river floods. Adaptive and innovative water management strategies, such as the storage of reclaimed water or excess water from different sources in Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) schemes, can greatly increase the groundwater availability and therefore help addressing water scarcity challenges. B...