An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks

This work aims at investigating the mechanisms activated during the ex­trac­tion of titanium bars from a marble volume (pull-out phenomenon), used for re­joining fragmented marble structural members at the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens. The restoration protocol includes the insertion of threa...

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Main Authors: Ioanna Dakanali, Aikaterini Marinelli
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Language:English
Published: Gruppo Italiano Frattura 2019-09-01
Series:Fracture and Structural Integrity
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Online Access:https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/2606
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description This work aims at investigating the mechanisms activated during the ex­trac­tion of titanium bars from a marble volume (pull-out phenomenon), used for re­joining fragmented marble structural members at the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens. The restoration protocol includes the insertion of threaded titanium bars into pre-drilled holes in the body of the structural members. The ad­hesion between marble and bars is achieved by an initially liquid cementitious material. There are two main aspects on which this project focuses. Firstly, the weak link of the marble-cement-titanium complex, the marble-cement interface, is inaccess­ible for traditional sensing techniques. In this context, the Acoustic Emission tech­nique is employed in order to detect failure and damages at the interior of the complex. Secondly, the specimens and the experimental procedure should simulate the same stress conditions in which all three phases within the marble-cement-titanium complex are under, while the struc­tural member is in service. For this purpose, two modified tests are proposed aiming at efficiently simulating the bars’ behavior as they are sliding through a marble epistyle. These tests provide promising results with regards to keeping the examined surface between bars and marble free from para­sitic stresses caused by the experimental set-up.
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spelling doaj-art-e60e062cbcbb44ceaa66ba1478f809462025-08-20T02:42:56ZengGruppo Italiano FratturaFracture and Structural Integrity1971-89932019-09-011350An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocksIoanna Dakanali0Aikaterini Marinelli1National Technical University of AthensEdinburgh Napier UniversityThis work aims at investigating the mechanisms activated during the ex­trac­tion of titanium bars from a marble volume (pull-out phenomenon), used for re­joining fragmented marble structural members at the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens. The restoration protocol includes the insertion of threaded titanium bars into pre-drilled holes in the body of the structural members. The ad­hesion between marble and bars is achieved by an initially liquid cementitious material. There are two main aspects on which this project focuses. Firstly, the weak link of the marble-cement-titanium complex, the marble-cement interface, is inaccess­ible for traditional sensing techniques. In this context, the Acoustic Emission tech­nique is employed in order to detect failure and damages at the interior of the complex. Secondly, the specimens and the experimental procedure should simulate the same stress conditions in which all three phases within the marble-cement-titanium complex are under, while the struc­tural member is in service. For this purpose, two modified tests are proposed aiming at efficiently simulating the bars’ behavior as they are sliding through a marble epistyle. These tests provide promising results with regards to keeping the examined surface between bars and marble free from para­sitic stresses caused by the experimental set-up.https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/2606MarbleStone monumentsPull-outRestorationContact interfacesAcoustic Emission
spellingShingle Ioanna Dakanali
Aikaterini Marinelli
An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks
Fracture and Structural Integrity
Marble
Stone monuments
Pull-out
Restoration
Contact interfaces
Acoustic Emission
title An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks
title_full An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks
title_fullStr An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks
title_full_unstemmed An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks
title_short An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks
title_sort experimental study on restoration technique for the acropolis of athens developing the experimental set up for pull out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks
topic Marble
Stone monuments
Pull-out
Restoration
Contact interfaces
Acoustic Emission
url https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/2606
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