Title
Salt crystallization damage: How realistic are existing ageing tests?
Author
Lubelli, B.A.
van Hees, R.P.J.
Nijland, T.G.
Publication year
2014
Abstract
Salt crystallization is a major cause of damage in porous building materials. Notwithstanding the extensive research in this field, the complexity of the problem has hindered the use of mathematical models for forecasting ageing and damage due to salt crystallization. Nowadays, the durability of materials with respect to salt crystallization is mostly determined by accelerated ageing tests, carried out in laboratory following different test procedures. An effective ageing test should simulate in laboratory, in a reliable way and within a relatively short period of time, the behaviour in practice. The question is whether existing test procedures are able to do so. This paper reports a critical overview of existing procedures and suggests directions for further research.
Subject
Building Engineering & Civil Engineering
SR - Structural Reliability
TS - Technical Sciences
Buildings and Infrastructure
Architecture Materials
Built Environment
Salt crystallization
Ageing test
Porous building materials
Damage
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TNO identifier
503124
Source
AMS '14 Proceedings of the International Conference on Ageing of Materials and Structures, Delft 26-28 May 2014, The Netherlands, 103-111
Document type
conference paper