Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5436880 | Cement and Concrete Composites | 2017 | 33 Pages |
Abstract
The suitability of repairing Portland cement concrete with geopolymer mortars is explored as a viable way to replace Portland cement in concrete repairs and reduce their carbon footprint. Bond tests are performed through non-standard slant shear tests with variable bond plane inclination to assess concrete-geopolymer shear bond strength under different combinations of normal and shear stresses at the concrete-geopolymer interface. Interfacial cohesion and friction coefficients, two inherent mechanical properties of the substrate-repair interface, are extrapolated from experimental data and compared among different types of geopolymer repairs. The adoption of different curing temperatures for the geopolymer repair mortar (20°C and 45°C) and its reinforcement with various contents of Polyvinyl Alcohol fibers (volume fractions Vf = 0%, 0.5%, and 1%) are investigated to optimize the substrate-repair bond. Mechanical tests are supported by statistical analysis and microscope observation.
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Authors
Cristina PhD, Paulo H.R. Borges, Aamer Bhutta, Nemkumar Banthia,