Repairing Cracks in Portland Cement Concrete Using Polymers

Details

• Creators:
  Mangum, Wayne D. ; Bermudez-Goldman, Alejandro J. ; Whitney, David P. ; Fowler, David W. ; Meyer, Alvin H.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Portland cement concrete
  • Cracking
  • Repairing
  • Polymers
  • Epoxides
  • Field tests
  • Freeze thaw durability
  • Sand
  • Deterioration
  • Performance
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-87/48+385-2F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Description:
  Cracking in portland cement concrete pavements and bridge decks causes many problems including reduced stiffness which leads to greater deflections and additional cracking. Water and chlorides are able to penetrate cracks resulting in freeze-thaw deterioration and corrosion of reinforcement. Several methods of repairing cracks were investigated in the study. One method consisted of using polymer concrete in enlarged cracks in pavements. The cracks were enlarged with a crack cutter. Sand was placed in the crack and saturated with monomer to form a strong polymer concrete which bonded well to the portland cement concrete. Evaluations of many miles of repaired cracks on I-610 indicate very good performance.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  3-18-84-385
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86362/dot_86362_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.35 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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