Influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in Pianguan Bastion

The earthen heritage site wall of Pianguan presented salt crystallization and pulverization in China. In this study, rammed earth samples were collected from the heritage wall, and the salt solution erosion test of samples were carried out. The influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heri...

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Main Authors: Weicheng Han, Ruimin Gong, Yu Liu, Yubo Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Case Studies in Construction Materials
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214509522005204
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author Weicheng Han
Ruimin Gong
Yu Liu
Yubo Gao
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Ruimin Gong
Yu Liu
Yubo Gao
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description The earthen heritage site wall of Pianguan presented salt crystallization and pulverization in China. In this study, rammed earth samples were collected from the heritage wall, and the salt solution erosion test of samples were carried out. The influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall was conducted on the rammed earth samples using portable digital microscope, scanning electron microscope, portable chromatic aberration instrument, strip-shaped adhesive tapes, hardness tester, electronic universal testing machine, X-ray diffractometer (XRD) analysis. The macro and micro observations showed the salt erosion damage of rammed earth goes through three stages roughly. The warping and hollowing were appeared on the surface and salt precipitation in the inner sample at the early stage; The soluble salt precipitation thin salt shell appeared on the surface and the pulverization in the inner sample at the middle stage; Salt particles covered the whole surface, the inner sample was wet and the pulverization was reduced at the later stage. The chromatic aberration analysis showed the chromatic aberration of the surface sample increased with the increase of salt supply time, but the variation decreased when the salt shell covered the surface of the sample. The adhesion analysis showed the number of particles fall off the sample surface increases first and then decreases, and the cohesion of the sample surface is overall decreased. The hardness and compressive strength analysis showed they decreased linearly with the increase of salt supply time. The component analysis of precipitated soluble salts showed sodium chloride in soluble salt mainly migrated and precipitated on the surface during the sample drying process, and the main factor leading to the pulverization of the sample.
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spelling doaj.art-4515dc1648db4f138616f805f4b002602022-12-22T03:59:05ZengElsevierCase Studies in Construction Materials2214-50952022-12-0117e01388Influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in Pianguan BastionWeicheng Han0Ruimin Gong1Yu Liu2Yubo Gao3Corresponding author.; College of Architecture, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Architecture, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Architecture, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Architecture, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaThe earthen heritage site wall of Pianguan presented salt crystallization and pulverization in China. In this study, rammed earth samples were collected from the heritage wall, and the salt solution erosion test of samples were carried out. The influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall was conducted on the rammed earth samples using portable digital microscope, scanning electron microscope, portable chromatic aberration instrument, strip-shaped adhesive tapes, hardness tester, electronic universal testing machine, X-ray diffractometer (XRD) analysis. The macro and micro observations showed the salt erosion damage of rammed earth goes through three stages roughly. The warping and hollowing were appeared on the surface and salt precipitation in the inner sample at the early stage; The soluble salt precipitation thin salt shell appeared on the surface and the pulverization in the inner sample at the middle stage; Salt particles covered the whole surface, the inner sample was wet and the pulverization was reduced at the later stage. The chromatic aberration analysis showed the chromatic aberration of the surface sample increased with the increase of salt supply time, but the variation decreased when the salt shell covered the surface of the sample. The adhesion analysis showed the number of particles fall off the sample surface increases first and then decreases, and the cohesion of the sample surface is overall decreased. The hardness and compressive strength analysis showed they decreased linearly with the increase of salt supply time. The component analysis of precipitated soluble salts showed sodium chloride in soluble salt mainly migrated and precipitated on the surface during the sample drying process, and the main factor leading to the pulverization of the sample.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214509522005204Earthen heritage site wallSalt erosionRammed earthInfluenceMechanism
spellingShingle Weicheng Han
Ruimin Gong
Yu Liu
Yubo Gao
Influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in Pianguan Bastion
Case Studies in Construction Materials
Earthen heritage site wall
Salt erosion
Rammed earth
Influence
Mechanism
title Influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in Pianguan Bastion
title_full Influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in Pianguan Bastion
title_fullStr Influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in Pianguan Bastion
title_full_unstemmed Influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in Pianguan Bastion
title_short Influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in Pianguan Bastion
title_sort influence mechanism of salt erosion on the earthen heritage site wall in pianguan bastion
topic Earthen heritage site wall
Salt erosion
Rammed earth
Influence
Mechanism
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214509522005204
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