Frost damage of bricks composing a railway tunnel monument in Central Japan: field monitoring and laboratory simulation
Bricks of tunnels and bridges of Usui Pass railway (Japan) exposed to north are subject to frost damage. Average depth of erosion due to detachment of angular blocks is around 1-1.5 cm. In order to assess this weathering and to understand its mechanism, an experimental study was carried out in the f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/5/465/2005/nhess-5-465-2005.pdf |