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(11) | EP 0 132 325 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Adhered surface coverings |
| (57) A process for applying an adherent surface covering to a subsurface so that the covering
will accommodate dimensional change in the subsurface without buckling although in
principle its critical buckle strain is less than the expected dimensional change,
in which various properties, for example the relaxed compressive stiffness and the
bending stiffness, of the covering are measured, calculations to enable an adhesive
of appropriate properties to be selected are made, and the covering is applied using
an appropriate adhesive. The reinforcement in a reinforced surface covering may alternatively
be modified so that the relaxed compressive stiffness of the covering is low enough
to accommodate dimensional change in a subsurface. |