Proceedings of the Conference on the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Buildings CRRB 2012 PDF

Proceedings of the 14th Conference on the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Buildings, featuring international participation, within which new trends and procedures in the field of building rehabilitation were discussed at an international level. The papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Timber Protection; Chapter 2: Surface Treatments; Chapter 3: Rehabilitation of Masonry; Chapter 4: Maintenance of Concrete Structures; Chapter 5: Physicochemical Bases of Building Materials; Chapter 6: Statics and Dynamics of Buildings.

Review from Book News Inc.: Thirty-two papers from the November 2012 conference report recent developments in the rehabilitation of masonry in old buildings, timber protection, surface treatments, the maintenance of concrete structures, the physicochemical bases of building materials, and strengthening old buildings. Multiple contributions from the Brno University of Technology test the performance of new cement-bonded particle boards, polymer-modified cement composites, hemp binders, limestone cement concretes, and a threshold coupling made from secondary raw materials. Other topics include remediation of wooden structures in Bothmer Castle, modeling the roof truss of Zeliv monastery, color inconsistency in the facades of Vrchotovy Janovice Castle, and killing mold with microwave radiation.