POLYMER-IMPREGNATED CONCRETE: LABORATORY STUDIES

It was shown that: (1) stress-strain behavior could be varied over a wide range, from ductile to brittle, by using combinations of a plasticizing or crosslinking comonomer with methyl methacrylate, or both; (2) the presence of a realistic level of salt (up to 1 percent) in concrete has little effect on polymer loading and mechanical properties, but requires more rigorous drying; (3) while high temperatures (750 deg F or 400 deg C) accelerate drying but decrease strength, subsequent polymer impregnation essentially yields a polymer impregnated concrete (PIC) with properties similar to a conventionally dried material; and (4) salt penetration (short-time, static) in mortars is reduced an order of magnitude by polymer impregnation, regardless of whether the polymer is glassy or rubbery. Thus, a strong PIC can be prepared under a variety of drying and salt contamination conditions and the mechanical behavior of PIC can be tailored to various specifications. /ASCE/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the July 15-19, 1974, ASCE/EIC/RTAC Joint Transportation Engineering Meeting, Montreal Quebec, Canada.
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Dahl-Jorgensen, E
  • Chen, Wai-Fah
  • Manson, J A
  • Liu, Y N
  • Vanderhoff, J W
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 29-45
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 101
  • Issue Number: TE1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deformation curve; Drying; High temperature; Impregnation (Engineering); Laboratory tests; Mechanical properties; Methyl methacrylate; Polymer concrete; Polymers; Sodium chloride; Sodium chloride; Strength of materials
• Old TRIS Terms: Methlymethacrylate
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126383
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE #11101 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 3 1975 12:00AM