SHORT BIO OF THE SPEAKER
Dr. Swathy Manohar is an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India. With a PhD from IIT Madras and brief work experience as early career researcher at IIT Gandhinagar and visiting faculty member at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), her research focuses on conservation of heritage structures, characterisation and durability of construction materials, and sustainable engineering practices.
SHORT ABSTRACT
After a short introduction about historic binders used in heritage structures, the talk will cover the modifications required for air lime mortars and the associated challenges. It will introduce organic set regulators and address their function and how they alter the behavior of air lime mortars.