Group 6 | Stone as a building material by Ylenia Praticò https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6 Answer these questions before the lab en-us 2021-10-01 08:56:59 UTC 2023-04-26 15:24:19 UTC hello@padlet.com You are asked to select a material that absorbs water as slowly as possible ylenia_pratico https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715834 Which of the following do you expect to hve a faster rate of capillary rise: a sandstone or a cement paste? Why?]]> 2021-10-01 08:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715834 You have to choose a stone that will be mounted on a building façade. ylenia_pratico https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715836 Which one do you expect to have a better durability, and why?]]> 2021-10-01 08:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715836 What type of material strength is the most important when assessing the vulnerability to salt damage? ylenia_pratico https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715837 Do you expect compressive strength or tensile strength to be more importan? Why?]]> 2021-10-01 08:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715837 A stone mounted on a building façde is going to be exposed to temperature fluctuations as well as rain events ylenia_pratico https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715839 Do you expect thermal expansion or swelling mechanisms to be the most damaging? Consider that the thermal expansion of a typical swiss molasse is ~12.9x10^-6 K^-1]]> 2021-10-01 08:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715839 You will carry out a warping experiment on a Swiss molasse ylenia_pratico https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715840 Which physical quantities do you need to measure before observing and recording the warping phenomenon? ]]> 2021-10-01 08:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715840 What are the limitations of the method used in this video to measure porosity? ylenia_pratico https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715841 What are the approximations made? What kind of porosity can be measured?]]> 2021-10-01 08:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/1783715841 Communication ylenia_pratico https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/2568955945 We have to address it]]> 2023-04-26 15:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ylenia_pratico/6/wish/2568955945