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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Dimension stone"”.
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The enabling environment for artisanal dimension stone in Nairobi, Kenya
… considered the enabling environment of artisanal dimension stone (i.e. blocks cut and shaped from natural rock using hand tools) for building in Nairobi, Kenya. It relied on the sociotechnical system theory to capture the forces (variables) that influence the business/enabling environment of the …
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Integrazione di tecnologie non distruttive per la caratterizzazione di rocce ornamentali
ABSTRACT: The dimension stone qualification through the use of non-destructive tests (NDT) is a relevant research topic for the industrial characterisation of finite products, because the competition of low-costs products can be sustained by an offer of highqualification and a top-guarantee …
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Exhibition Center on the Stone Quarry
… in Blacksburg, Virginia, an open-pit mine where dimension stone, sand, gravel and slate were excavated, provided me with an opportunity to explore this idea. The building I designed would help to display the original state of this old quarry, now half-filled with water. I started researching the …
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Engineering geological characterization of volcanic rocks of ethiopian and sardinian highlands to be used as construction materials
… for their suitability to be used as building stone and coarse aggregates/construction materials with regard to the various time honoured standards and specifications like American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM), British Standards(BS), American Association of State Highway and …
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Damage evaluation in dimension limestone using nonlinear ultrasonics
Dolomitic limestone test samples with increasing levels of damage were obtained by exposing limestone samples to temperature levels of 100 oC, 200 oC, 300 oC, 500 oC, 600 oC, and 700 oC for a period of 90 minutes. The samples were then nondestructively tested using nonlinear ultrasonics in the form …