Effects of water on natural stone in the built environment—A Review

C Alves, CAM Figueiredo, J Sanjurjo-Sánchez… - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present work reviews studies with information on the effects of water by itself on stones
of the built environment both to assess the impact of this substance and to discuss possible …

Pore structure change and physico-mechanical properties deterioration of sandstone suffering freeze-thaw actions

S Huang, S Yu, Y Ye, Z Ye, A Cheng - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the strength loss of natural stone materials was widely investigated in the previous
decades, the change law of pore structure characteristic and their correction with the …

Experimental and numerical studies on failure behaviours of sandstones subject to freeze-thaw cycles

J Yahaghi, H Liu, A Chan, D Fukuda - Transportation geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
The freeze-thaw induced damage of rock affects the durability and serviceability of geo-
structures, especially those constructed in the regions frequently impacted by climatic …

Investigating mechanical behaviors of rocks under freeze–thaw cycles using discrete element method

C Huang, C Zhu, Y Ma, S Aluthgun Hewage - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, we adopt the Discrete Element Method (DEM) to evaluate the influence of
Freeze–Thaw Cycles (FTCs) action on the mechanical properties of rock. To overcome the …

Damage characteristics and energy-dissipation mechanism of frozen–thawed sandstone subjected to loading

F Gao, S Cao, K Zhou, Y Lin, L Zhu - Cold Regions Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
To reveal the energy-dissipation mechanism of the rock deformation and destruction
process under the influence of freeze–thaw cycles and investigate the essence of rock …

Rock features and alteration of stone materials used for the built environment: a review of recent publications on ageing tests

C Alves, C Figueiredo, J Sanjurjo-Sánchez - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
This work presents a review of recent publications, with publication date between 2017 and
2019, with information on the relation between rock characteristics and the effects of diverse …

Investigation of the mechanical behavior and continuum damage model of sandstone after freezing–thawing cycle action under different immersion conditions

Y Zhao, S Lian, J Bi, C Wang, K Zheng - Bulletin of Engineering Geology …, 2022 - Springer
This study systematically investigated the influence of freezing–thawing (FT) cycles on the
physical and mechanical properties by using scanning electron microscope (SEM), acoustic …

Quantification of pore structure evolution and its correlation with the macroscopic properties of sandstones under freeze–thaw action

S Yu, S Huang, F Liu, H Cai, Y Ye - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and …, 2024 - Springer
Although freeze–thaw damage to rocks has been extensively studied in recent decades, the
quantitative correlation between the microscopic pores and macroscopic physico …

Fractal study on the dynamic fracture of red sandstone after FT cycles

S Liu, J Xu, S Liu, P Wang - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Rock is an easily weathered material. Especially in alpine regions, freeze–thaw (FT) cycles
have a significant effect on the mechanical behavior of rock. A dynamic disturbance load …

Experimental, theoretical and numerical modelling of the deterioration and failure process of sandstones subject to freeze–thaw cycles

J Yahaghi, H Liu, A Chan, D Fukuda - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Comprehensive laboratory experiments were first conducted to investigate the deterioration
and failure process of Tasmanian sandstones subjected to various numbers of freeze–thaw …