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Structures of historical buildings usually have the form of masonry elements. The weakest component of such elements is mortar, especially in stone foundations, which were often used in the with a focus on the modeling of mortar as a joint connecting stones in a characteristic medieval foundation. Different types of mortar: cement, cement-lime, lime and gypsum mortars, were examined. A numerical analysis was carried out on the example of an existing structure located in Poland, where the foundation needed reinforcement due to its poor condition and planned load increase. The obtained results may provide some evidence for the usefulness and advantages of this approach to dealing with foundations of historical buildings, as well as some other elements of old masonry structures.

Authors

• prof. dr hab. inż. Jarosław Przewłócki link open in new tab ,
• dr inż. Karol Grębowski link open in new tab ,
• dr inż. Monika Zielińska link open in new tab