COEFFICIENT OF LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION OF EPOXY RESIN MORTARS - FINAL REPORT
EXPOXY RESIN MATERIALS HAVE BEEN USED SINCE 1959 FOR THE RAPID REPAIR OF AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS; SOME HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, OTHERS HAVE FAILED. SOME OF THE FAILURES MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO INTERNAL STRESS IN THE EPOXY RESIN MATERIAL. THESE STRESSES COULD BE DUE TO CURING SHRINKAGE OR TO THE DIFFERENCE IN COEFFICIENT OF LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION (OC SUB 1) BETWEEN THE EPOXY PATCH AND PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE. THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE THERMAL EXPANSION AND CURING SHRINKAGE OF EPOXY RESIN MORTARS AND CONCRETES. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Army Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 4005
Champaign, IL United States 61820 -
Authors:
- Kemphues, R F
- Publication Date: 1972-4
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 16 p.
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Serial:
- Issue Number: 5224
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Airport runways; Defects; Epoxy resins; Pavement cracking; Pavement distress; Pavements; Portland cement concrete; Thermal expansion
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00217306
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Scientific & Technical Aerospace Repts
- Report/Paper Numbers: Af Proj
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 29 1973 12:00AM