APPLICATION: DEEP GROOVING--A METHOD FOR IMPREGNATING CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS (ABRIDGMENT)

Polymer impregnation of concrete is a long-term protection method for chloride-contaminated concrete bridge decks. The deepgrooving impregnation method significantly reduces impregnation time, simplifies equipment needs, mitigates potential fire hazards, and may provide a long-lasting and more skid-resistant surface. The procedures for impregnating a concrete bridge deck using the deep-grooving method are presented. Included are methods used to calculate the optimum groove spacing, width, and depth. An optimum drying criterion using a propane-fired infrared heater is presented. A method for determining the impregnation time and polymerization times and methods for a methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer system are also presented. In addition, methods for filling the grooves, an estimated total time to impregnate an average bridge, and cost data are presented.

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• Authors:
  • Cady, P D
  • Weyers, Richard E
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 19-21
• Monograph Title: Bridge maintenance management, corrosion control, heating, and deicing chemicals
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 962
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Chlorides; Concrete; Corrosion protection; Costs; Drying; Fires; Impregnation (Engineering); Infrared heating; Methyl methacrylate; Monomers; Pavement grooving; Politics; Polymers; Skid resistance
• Old TRIS Terms: Deep grooving; Methlymethacrylate; Polymer impregnation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I40: Soils and Rocks;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394965
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037182
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM