英文摘要 |
Since the time of Dutch Formosa, mortar had been used for binding, load bearing and partitioning in brick structures. The traditional mortar used in brick structures is lime as the cementing material, mixed with several materials in different proportions for different purposes in different areas. Although the strength of traditional mortar is lower than that of Portland cement mortar, the traditional mortar has higher absorption and reversibility. Hence, the traditional mortar mitigates the brick weathering in the brick structure and in future any damaged mortar can be readily replaced by a new one. However, the new mortar must also demonstrate reversibility. Therefore, the research reported in this paper utilized the mortar at Fort Zeelandia as the standard of the traditional mortar from which to develop an improved mortar. Meanwhile, this study designed a series of mortar reversibility tests to examine the reversibility of mortars. Finally, this paper develops a reversible restoration method using a water jet and the improved reversibility mortar. This reversible restoration method could be the standards when ancient brick structures need to be restored. |