Guide to Concrete Repair

Guide to Concrete Repair
Author: Glenn Smoak
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780894991707

This manual was prepared for the Bureau of Reclamation of the United States Department of the Interior. It discusses the Bureau of Reclamation's methodology for concrete repair, addresses the more common causes of damage to concrete, and identifies the methods and materials most successful in repairing concrete damage. This guide contains the expertise of numerous individuals who have directly assisted the author on many concrete repair projects or freely shared their concrete repair knowledge whenever requested.

Repair of Concrete Structures

Repair of Concrete Structures
Author: R T L Allen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 1992-12-10
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 148226935X

This practical and comprehensive book enables the engineer to diagnose the cause of a fault, choose the appropriate remedial technique and ensure that the repair work is completed satisfactorily. It will be of value to all those who need to commission, supervise or carry out repairs to concrete structures.

Concrete Repair and Maintenance Illustrated

Concrete Repair and Maintenance Illustrated
Author: Peter H. Emmons
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1992-12-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0876292864

From parking garages to roads and bridges, to structural concrete, this comprehensive book describes the causes, effects and remedies for concrete wear and failure. Hundreds of clear illustrations show users how to analyze, repair, clean and maintain concrete structures for optimal performance and cost effectiveness. This book is an invaluable reference for planning jobs, selecting materials, and training employees. With information organized in all-inclusive units for easy reference, this book is ideal for concrete specialists, general contractors, facility managers, civil and structural engineers, and architects.

Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting

Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting
Author: M. Alexander
Publisher: CRC PressI Llc
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780415396561

The First International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR 2005) was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2005. The conference was a collaborative venture by researchers from the South African Research Programme in Concrete Materials (based at the Universities of Cape Town and The Witwatersrand) and The Construction Materials Section at Leipzig University in Germany. The conference focused on appropriate repairing, maintaining, rehabilitating, and, if necessary, retrofitting existing infrastructure with a view to extending its life and maximising its economic return.

Evaluation of Bonding Agent Application on Concrete Patch Performance

Evaluation of Bonding Agent Application on Concrete Patch Performance
Author: Kyle Riding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Adhesives
ISBN:

"The durability of partial depth repair is directly related to the bond strength between the repair material and existing concrete. Bond strength development sensitivity to wait time with the use of bonding agents in partial depth repair was investigated in this study. Cementitious grouts, epoxy, acrylic latex, and ployvinyl acetate were used as bonding agents for portland cement concrete repair material. Portland cement concrete repairs with dry and saturated surface dry conditions, and three rapid repair cementitious materials were used for comparative purposes to investigate the benefits over other alternatives for using bonding agents. Laboratory samples were made by placing repair concrete 0, 2, 5, 10, and 30 minutes after bonding agent application. The bond strength was then measured using a direct shear test. Field tests were performed using the repair materials and bonding agents. When the agents were applied in the field, the wait times between bonding agent application and repair material application were 0, 15, 30, and 45 minutes. Seven-day and 5-month direct tension pull-off tensile tests were performed during the field experiment. The data from both experiments show that when using cement grout bonding agents, after 15 minutes, bond loss can be expected. Wait times did not have a significant effect on epoxy and acrylic latex bonding agents as long as they were placed before setting. The polyninyl acetate agent and repair materials can develop high bond strength in laboratory settings, but when used in the field, the bond strengths experience strength loss with time. The results also showed that adequate bond strength for many repairs can be obtained by placing the repair concrete on a substrate in saturated surface dry condition" (page x).

Latex Concrete Habitat

Latex Concrete Habitat
Author: Albert Knott and Ge Knott - Nez
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1412039975

In many war torn and poverty stricken regions, the indigenous architecture has been heavy mud and wattle roofs on thick mud walls. These structures, while cool in the summer, are of very low strength, are maintenance intensive, are time consuming to build, and are largely in massive disrepair. Replacing these mud structures with the light weight roofs of latex concrete produces a permanent architecture significantly more safe and strong, of very low maintenance, and of remarkably low cost, as the roofs can be built by available unskilled labor. The time required for reconstruction is considerably shorter than the time required to replace the older heavy construction, and the self-help characteristic of this new form of construction leads to more rapid recovery from disaster. This how-to-do-it manual teaches people how to build these new roofs.