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- Title
A COMPARISON OF THE CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT ROMAN HYDRAULIC CONCRETE WITH A MODERN REPRODUCTION OF VITRUVIAN HYDRAULIC CONCRETE.
- Authors
GOTTI, E.; OLESON, J. P.; BOTTALICO, L.; BRANDON, C.; CUCITORE, R.; HOHLFELDER, R. L.
- Abstract
The authors have completed structural and compositional analysis of Roman hydraulic concrete using large cores taken from a variety of maritime structures. In 2005 an 8 m3 block of hydraulic, pozzolanic concrete was built in the sea at Brindisi (Italy), applying the materials and procedures specified by the Roman architect Vitruvius. Cores were taken at 6 months and 12 months after construction and subjected to the same analyses as the first-century bc cores from pilae associated with the Villa of the Domitii Ahenobarbi at Santa Liberata. Results show that a slight variation on the Vitruvian formula yields results closest to the Roman material, and that substantial curing requires 12 months.
- Subjects
HYDRAULIC engineering; CONCRETE; MARITIME anthropology; BLOCKING (Meteorology); POZZUOLANAS
- Publication
Archaeometry, 2008, Vol 50, Issue 4, p576
- ISSN
0003-813X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00371.x