A Rational Method of Surface Treatment Selections for Concrete Decks
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2018-07-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:01677316
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Edition:Final Report
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Abstract:Thin polymer overlays (TPOs) enhance the safety of bridge decks by increasing skid resistance, but they also act as barriers to chloride ingress. TPOs are often applied to concrete bridge decks before they are opened to traffic and have a 10-to 15-year service life. It was hypothesized that delaying the application of the TPO and allowing some chlorides to penetrate the deck would not compromise the service life of the bridge deck and offset the application and repair costs. A program modeling chloride ingress was developed to predict the optimum time for TPO application to prevent chloride concentration from reaching threshold concentration and maximize the service life of the first TPO.
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