Environmental deterioration of materials
The increasing level of pollution in the environment not only harms the natural world, but also accelerates the deterioration and corrosion of materials used in technical work, as well as objects with historical or artistic value. It is impossible to eliminate the numerous sourc…
NATURAL WEATHERING DESCRIBES THE PROCESS of exposing materials to the effects of the outdoor environment. Deterioration caused by the atmosphere occurs to all materials placed in an outdoor environment. Natural weathering tests are an extremely important part of the process of d…
Professionals concerned with the built environment are all too often confronted with cases where building materials have failed prematurely. This title pulls together in one place information required for the understanding of the causes of such failures, or for the appropriate r…
"This book will be an invaluable resource for civil engineers, manufacturers of building materials and students studying the built environment."--Jacket
"Environmental stress caused by water, expose structures to microbial colonization. This is evident when both minor dampness and mass flooding occur. The book describes how biological corrosion of buildings and structures resulting from these hazards are responsible for the adve…
"Environmental stress caused by water, expose structures to microbial colonization. This is evident when both minor dampness and mass flooding occur. The book describes how biological corrosion of buildings and structures resulting from these hazards are responsible for the adve…
"Environmental stress caused by water, expose structures to microbial colonization. This is evident when both minor dampness and mass flooding occur. The book describes how biological corrosion of buildings and structures resulting from these hazards are responsible for the adve…