Shaochun Ma^1,2,*, Lin Wang¹, Peng Bao^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.7, pp. 1961-1978, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018755

Abstract There are a large number of historic buildings which were mainly made of blue-brick masonry in today’s world. However, for the natural and man-made reasons, these historic buildings have been damaged in different degrees. In order to protect historic buildings more scientifically and learn about the preservation state of existing historic buildings, it is necessary to ascertain the material properties of blue brick in historic buildings. The article takes the blue bricks of historical buildings in Kaifeng area of the Central Plains as an example to study. Through the analysis of physical properties, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scanning… More > Graphic Abstract

Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi^1,*, Aleksandra Bogdanovic², Zoran Rakicevic², Angela Poposka², Marta Stojmanovska²

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 283-301, 2020, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2020.010564

Abstract In this study, the methodology and results of ambient vibration-based investigations of the historical Tash Mosque in Kosovo and a 3-story historical building in Bulgaria are presented. The investigations include full-scale in situ testing of both structures due to ambient vibrations induced by micro-seismic, wind, traffic, and other human activities. To this aim, Ranger seismometers and Kinemetric products were used. Measurements were performed in both horizontal directions in several points along the structures’ height utilizing a high-speed data acquisition device. All recorded data have been analyzed and processed by the software developed at IZIIS, and then the processed data were… More >