Repair and Protection of Existing Steel-Reinforced Concrete Structures with High-Strength, Textile-Reinforced Mortars

Autor: Markus Beßling, Melanie Groh, Viola Koch, Michael Auras, Jeanette Orlowsky, Bernhard Middendorf
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Buildings, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 1615 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-5309
DOI: 10.3390/buildings12101615
Popis: Numerous concrete monuments built in the High Modern Era (turn of the 20th century until the 1970s) must now be repaired for preservation. Traditional concrete repair according to current guidelines involves considerable material removal, changing the appearance of the existing structure. With a combination of the material properties of high-/ultra-high-performance concrete (HPC/UHPC) with its dense microstructure and corrosion-free textile reinforcement (carbon and basalt), a high-performance mortar repair system can be developed. Such a system allows for concrete repairs with minimal material loss by using very thin layers that are durable and do not change the architectural character of the repaired monument. For the investigation of the load-bearing behaviour of a structural repair system using textile-reinforced, high-performance mortar, 20 mm thick slabs were produced and mechanically characterized. In the next step, the proposed repair system was applied to 70 mm thick old concrete slabs. The results show that a high surface tensile strength of 2.9 MPa was obtained. In a further step, the system will be applied to concrete pillars of transmission tower in Berus, adapted in terms of colour and structure and installed for long-term monitoring.
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