ASTM STP 1394 Dimension Stone Cladding: Design, Construction, Evaluation, and Repair
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Hoigard KR
This publication contains papers presented at the symposium Dimension Stone Cladding: Design, Construction, Evaluation, and Repair held in October of 1999. The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee C-18 on Dimension Stone.
The purpose of the symposium was to promote an exchange of information on the state of the art in stone cladding applications. This collection contains 13 of the 16 presentations from the symposium covering case histories, original research, and new concepts.
The papers are grouped into the following sections:
- Stone Cladding Preconstruction Evaluation
- Stone Weathering and Durability
- Design of Stone Cladding Systems
- Investigation and Restoration of Existing Stone Cladding Installations
Specific topics addressed by these papers include:
- granite
- pavers
- design
- plazas
- cladding
- dimension stone
- anchorage
- pullout
- kerf
- bowing
- marble
- limestone
- stone veneer panels
- in-place load testing
- material characterization
- complex moduli
- microstructure
- diffuse wave fields
- attenuation
- viscoelastic properties
- petrography
- porosity
- salt crystallization
- thermal hysteresis
- weathering behavior of granite
- durability testing
The papers assembled in this book demonstrate a continuing advancement in the understanding of stone cladding. Investigations of distressed stone installations, combined with preconstruction evaluations of new stone cladding materials, continue to improve the knowledge base from which designers of new buildings can draw. The economic needs of building owners, combined with the creative abilities of rehabilitation specialists, continue to provide advances in the methods available for maintaining and prolonging the useful life of existing facades.