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Design and Application of a Data System for the Comparative Study of Historic Mortars

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Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection (EuroMed 2016)

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Mortars are among the first building materials used in constructions and have played a significant role in building technology’s evolution. A large number of mortar samples were systematically analyzed, leading to the need of a flexible data system in order to evaluate and comparatively study all results. This system allowed recording and classifying the data input (physico-mechanical, chemical characteristics), according to the mortar type (structural, renders-plasters, mosaic-mural substrates). With a specific toolbox all information could be easily sorted and comparatively - statistically evaluated, while the data input could be updated for future needs. The basic goal of the data system was to manage the information regarding historic mortars, but throughout its use it seems that a lot of other parameters could be also envisaged. It could therefore become a necessary tool for any scientist engaged to the field of restoration materials and techniques.

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The authors would like to thank the Hellenic Cement Industry Association for supporting the project entitled “Study of the technological evolution of mortars and concretes” (2006-2009).

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  1. Laboratory of Building Materials, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Vasiliki Pachta & Ioanna Papayianni

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    Marinos Ioannides

  2. Arlington, VA, USA

    Eleanor Fink

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Antonia Moropoulou

  4. Institut für Museumsforschung, Berlin, Germany

    Monika Hagedorn-Saupe

  5. Promoter s.r.l., Peccioli, Italy

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  6. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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  7. Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Vlatka Rajcic

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    Pierre Grussenmeyer

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Pachta, V., Papayianni, I. (2016). Design and Application of a Data System for the Comparative Study of Historic Mortars. In: Ioannides, M., et al. Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10058. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48496-9_56

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