Repair of Ordinary Portland Cement Concrete using Ambient-Cured Alkali-Activated Concrete: Interfacial Behavior
Abstract
In this paper, alkali-activated concrete (AAC) mixtures synthesized using five different class C fly ashes (FAs) were used as a repair material for structures constructed using conventional Portland cement concrete (CC). The bond strength between ambient-cured AAC and CC was evaluated using slant shear and pull-off tests. Three inclination angles of 45°, 33.75°, and 22.5° were examined during the slant shear test. For the pull-off test, no surface treatment, bonding adhesive treatment, or sandblasting surface treatment were applied to the CC substrate before applying the ACC repair. Full-height cylinders and full-depth beams were also tested as references for comparison purposes. Repairing CC using AAC yielded results similar to those of repairing CC with CC. Using the slant shear test at different angles, the average adhesion between the CC and AAC was found to be 5.8 MPa with a slight increase when increasing the calcium content in the precursor. The average coefficient of friction of the repaired specimens was approximately 0.64. The pull-off test results were sensitive to the surface treatment with sandblasting, which yielded the highest direct tensile strength. The direct and indirect tensile strengths were also analytically correlated to the adhesion from the slant shear test. The SEM results displayed new products such as calcium aluminate silicate hydrate (CASH) at the interface surface, and no sign of visible gap between the substrate and repair materials: i.e., CC and AAC, was observed.
Recommended Citation
E. Gomaa et al., "Repair of Ordinary Portland Cement Concrete using Ambient-Cured Alkali-Activated Concrete: Interfacial Behavior," Cement and Concrete Research, vol. 129, Elsevier Ltd, Mar 2020.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.105968
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Alkali-activated concrete; Ambient-curing; Bond strength; Class C fly ash; Pull-off; Repair; SEM; Slant shear
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0008-8846
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Mar 2020
Comments
The work in this research project was funded by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR). Partial financial support from Ameren Corporation is also appreciated.