Along the Portuguese coastline, several military fortifications were built with the intention to protect the territory from the constant military threat from the sea. These constructions have been subjected, during centuries, ...

Recommendations on the intervention plans, materials, and techniques for the conservation and restoration of built heritage should be based on sound knowledge of both heritage and its constituent materials conservation ...

Electrochemistry can provide valuable information on metallic artifacts patinas stability and conservation treatments performance. Therefore, the use of electrochemical techniques in multi-analytical studies on the ...

No presente relatório apresentam-se os dados meteorológicos do ano de 2019 recolhidos na estação meteorológica existente no Núcleo de Materiais Orgânicos do Departamento de Materiais do LNEC, em Lisboa

No presente relatório apresentam-se os dados meteorológicos do ano de 2017 recolhidos na estação meteorológica existente no Núcleo de Materiais Orgânicos do Departamento de Materiais do LNEC, em Lisboa.

Anodizing is commonly used for corrosion protection of aluminum and its alloys in the construction industry. The anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) coating has a high ability to prevent the development of extensive pitting corrosion ...

The present report regards activity 4 of project FusionPole dealing with the selection of suitable fire protection solutions to be applied to wooden poles for overhead lines decreasing their contribution for the propagation ...

In the last decades, a significant number of large concrete structures with deterioration problems related to alkali-silica reaction (ASR) have been detected in Portugal and worldwide. In the case of concrete dams, it is ...

The manufacture of majolica azulejos in Portugal started, as far as we know presently, around 1560s by the workshop of Hans Goos, a Flemish potter established in Lisbon as João de Góis. His younger brother, of whom we only ...

This essay provides an overview of the architecture of the Bacalhôa palace and estate, and of some of its ceramic panels and linings. The estate comprises a varied range of tiles but the research project encompassing the ...