References

Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia publications:

Durability of Masonry Mortar, CCAA Technical Note 67, March 2007

Constructing Durable Masonry, CCAA Data Sheet, April 2008

Durable Masonry Specification Checklist, CCAA Data Sheet, April 2008

Think Brick Australia publications:

Industry Reference Guide, Part 2: Mortar, November 2009

Brick Mortar Estimator, April 2008

The literature references below provide details of the background research to the Mortar Durability Scratch Test used in AS 3700–2011.

  1. Lawrence, S. J. and W. Samarasinghe (1998). A new method for assessing the service life of masonry mortars. Rehabilitation of Structures: Proceedings of the 2nd International RILEM/CSIRO/ACRA Conference, RILEM: pp.481-488.
  2. Lawrence, S. and W. Samarasinghe (2000). Assessing the durability of masonry mortars. Proceedings of the 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference: pp.1053-1062.
  3. Samarasinghe, W. and S. Lawrence (2002). Standardisation of durability assessment of mortar. Proceedings of the 7th International Seminar on Structural Masonry for Developing Countries. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: pp.439-444.
  4. Samarasinghe, W. and S. J. Lawrence (2002). Compliance requirements for durability of masonry mortar. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components: Paper 102.
  5. Lawrence, S. and T. Waights (2004). Mortar durability testing - some case studies. Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Masonry Conference. Newcastle, The University of Newcastle: pp.204-213.
  6. Lawrence, S. J., W. Samarasinghe, & Guirguis, S. (2004). Mortar durability – development and standardization of test methods. Proceedings of the 13th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference. Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology.
  7. Lawrence, S. J., T. Testone, Sugo, H.O. & Page, A.W. (2008). An investigation of factors affecting durability of masonry mortar. Proceedings of the 14th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference. Sydney.