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A General Model Relating Externally Applied Forces to Environmentally Induced Stresses in Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Marion F. Mecklenburg ,
Charles S. Tumosa  and
Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart
Marion F. Mecklenburg
Affiliation:
Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
Charles S. Tumosa
Affiliation:
Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart
Affiliation:
Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
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Abstract

The structural degradation effects of temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) are important considerations in the setting and maintaining of museum environments. An approach to determining the acceptable values for this environment would be useful if a general model could be developed from simple physical (mechanical) measurements. In this paper, a general model is developed in which the mechanical behavior of materials composing museum objects can be described using the easily determined parameters, stress development (force), environmental conditions and dimensional change.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 352: Symposium – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV , 1995 , 285
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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1. Mecklenburg, M.F. and Tumosa, C.S., In Art in Transit, Studies in the Transport of Paintings, Edited by. Mecklenburg, M. F., (NGA, Washington, DC, 1991) pp 173–216.Google Scholar