DEVELOPMENT AND PERFOMANCE EVALUATION OF

REPAIR SYSTEMS FOR THE MECHANICAL REPAIR OF THE

REINFORCED CONCRETE
Rushanth Y.

longer the curing period will help to develop the longer

1 . INTRODUCTION polymer layer thus the porosity will decrease.
Most of the concrete structures lose their service life When using polyester, the maximum compressive strength
through several factors in aggressive exposure was obtained at resin content 15%. Further, at room
environment. For the rectification of these concrete temperature one day curing period compressive strength
structures the urgent need to innovate the appropriate was increased around 50% compared with two days curing
repair mortar.(Qian et al., 2014) period.( (C.Vipulananthan, 1988)).
Generally, the conventional repair mortar easily affected
According to the bonding strength of the mortar Styrene
by the aggressive environment. In addition the cost of the
Butadiene Rubber (SBR) based mortar has greater bonding
repairing system is significantly high. Therefore, achieving
strength compared to the Acrylic based mortar. And the
the durable, reliable and economical repair mortar system
shrinkage value has been reduced about 15% by presence
is the one of the biggest challenge in civil
of polymers. In addition the reduction in shrinkage leads
engineering.(Morgan, 1996).
increase in bonding strength.(Sadrmomtazi and
Polymer modified mortar is the one of the engineering Khoshkbijari, 2017). Therefore the PMM has a better
innovation to minimize the problems that arising from the performances in workability, durability and strength than
concrete structures service life. The polymers improve the conventional mortar.
properties of the conventional mortar and to ensure the
durability of the structures. 3 . METHODOLOGY
2 . LITERATURE REVIEW 3.1 Sample preparation
Below Table 2gives the list of sample to be prepared
Generally, the properties such as strength, workability and
during the research study. All the mortar samples going to
durability of Polymer Modified Mortar (PMM) are higher
be prepared by Portland cement(Type 1), and river sand
than the conventional mortar. But, based on some
and polymers.
researches, the compressive strength of the PMM is
decrease with water- cement ratio and polymer- cement Table 1: Details of materials
ratio. In addition the curing period and curing types also Specific Bulk
affect the performance of the PMM. Durability and gravity density(Kg/m3)
impermeability are increase with polymer- cement ratio, at
the same time it reduce the strength of the PMM. Cement 3.15 1440
The workability of the Latex-PMM is higher than the SBR 1.45 1080
conventional mortar by the ball bearing action of the
polymer particles but, the strength will decrease (Ohma, Acrylic 1.05 1180
1995) . The mortar modified with Polyvinyl Acetate had
good improvement in compressive strength as 3 times
higher than conventional mortar.(Arooj, Haydar and Table 2:Details of samples
Ahmad, 2011). Sample
Components of concrete mixture
No.
Epoxy based mortars show the good resistance against
chloride ion penetration and carbon dioxide penetration 1 Conventional mortar
than acrylic based mortars. 45% in reduction in 2 SBR latex (5, 8, 10 % by cement weight )
carbonation in epoxy based mortar while 28% in acrylic
based mortar at 10% of polymer- cement ratio. At 20% Acrylic polymers (5, 8, 10 % by cement
3
polymer- cement ratio, carbon dioxide penetration reduced weight )
by 75% in epoxy based mortars. In chloride ion penetration 4 Combination of Acrylic & SBR
the reduction about 60% at 20% of epoxy based mortar
while 40% in Acrylic based mortar(Aggarwal, Thapliyal 3.2 Proposed methodology
and Karade, 2007). There are some test that going to be carried out for this
PMM able to filled the pore in mortar by the continuous research study such as compressive strength test, drying
polymer layer, hence the porosity will be reduced and the shrinkage test, expansion test, bonding strength test,
durability will increase. Porosity will influence the bleeding test, tensile strength test and permeability test.
permeability of the mortar. The greater the porosity will
leads higher the permeability. (Ramakrishnan, 1992). In
addition the curing period also affect the porosity. The

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Figure 1: Flow chart of research work
Compressive strength test
Mortar blocks from each samples will be casted with the
dⅰmensⅰon of 50mm×50mm×50mm. Casted blocks will be
properly cured for required time (3 days,7 days, 28 days).
The mortar block will be placed carefully in to the
compressive testing as shown in Figure 2, then the load
will be applied until failure. Then according to the failure
loads compressive strength will be determined.
Figure 2: Compressive test apparatus
Water permeabⅰlty test for concrete
In this experiment depth of water penetration into the
mortar cylinder samples will be determined using water
permeabⅰlⅰty apparatus shown in Figure 3,
Figure 3: Permeability test apparatus
After some period of time samples will be taken from the
apparatus and crashed into two parts and depth of the water
penetration will be measured. From the results we can able
to identify the durability of the mortar also.
Drying shrinkage test
the samples will be prepared with dimension of
25mm×25mm×285mm. initial dimension of the samples
will be measured and recorded immediately after the
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casting. Then the length of the samples will be measured
after 3,10,18,25 days.
Bonding strength test
The bonding strength test will be carried out with the
specimen dimension of 75mm×150mm. The conventional
mortar cylindrical specimen and PMM specimen are
casting with 30o angle from vertical at bonding area. After
the proper curing the samples will be tested to determine
the compressive strength of the specimens.
Bleeding test
There are two method to carried out the bleeding test that
are consolidated with rodding only and tested without any
other disturbances, thus pretending conditions whereas the
concrete, after placement, is not exposed to irregular
vibration and consolidated with rodding only and tested
without any other disturbances, thus pretending conditions
whereas the concrete, after placement, is not exposed to
irregular vibration.
Splitting tensile strength test
The sample will be prepared and cured for suitable period.
And cylindrical samples placed into the machine with the
manner that the longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the
load and bearing strips will be placed between the
specimen. Then load will be applied up to failure occur and
strength will be determined by calculations.
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