Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | Deterioration of the Granitic Stone at Misericórdia Chapel in Murça (Northern Portugal) |
Publication Type | Communications in International Conferences |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Alves C., Vasconcelos G., Fernandes F. M., and Silva S. M. |
Abstract | In this work are considered the main deterioration processes of the granitic stone at the Misericórdia chapel of Murça (Vila Real). In the main façade and indoors there are erosive features (that can endanger decorative elements) and salt efflorescences with distributions that suggested the influence of capillary rising solutions, hypothesis supported by studies with ground penetrating radar and thermography. The extension of the weakening effect was as-sessed by measurements with a Drilling Resistance Measurement System. In the main façade, there are also erosive features at the upper portions, as well as black crust, salt efflorescences, biological colonization and other coatings. |
Conference Name | REHAB 2014 - International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures |
Volume | 2 |
Pagination | 899 - 908 |
Date Published | 2014-03-19 |
Publisher | Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development |
Conference Location | Tomar, Portugal |
ISBN | 978-989-8734-01-3 |
DOI | 1014575/gl/rehab2014/090 |
Keywords | Deterioration, granitic stone, Thermography |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt