Literature review on the assessment of masonry properties by tests on core samples

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Literature review on the assessment of masonry properties by tests on core samples

Jafari, Samira; Esposito, Rita; Rots, Jan

Publication date 2017

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Proceedings of the 4th WTA International PhD Symposium

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Jafari, S., Esposito, R., & Rots, J. (2017). Literature review on the assessment of masonry properties by tests on core samples. In W. J. Quist, S. J. C. Granneman, & R. P. J. van Hees (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th WTA International PhD Symposium (pp. 173-180). WTA Nederland - Vlaanderen.

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