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Protection Repair and Maintenance of RCC Structures

Concrete structures can deteriorate due to physical damage or chemical decay caused by chloride ions and carbonation. Proper repair methods include sealing surfaces, using high-performance concrete mixtures, and protecting reinforcing bars. Repairs require determining the cause of damage, preparing the area, selecting an appropriate method like dry packing or polymer concrete, and curing correctly. Ongoing maintenance of coatings and quick repair of defects is important to prevent further deterioration.

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Protection Repair and Maintenance of RCC Structures

Concrete structures can deteriorate due to physical damage or chemical decay caused by chloride ions and carbonation. Proper repair methods include sealing surfaces, using high-performance concrete mixtures, and protecting reinforcing bars. Repairs require determining the cause of damage, preparing the area, selecting an appropriate method like dry packing or polymer concrete, and curing correctly. Ongoing maintenance of coatings and quick repair of defects is important to prevent further deterioration.

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 Concrete expected to give trouble free service

throughout design life.


 Concrete decay is cancerous caused by

carcinogenic agents.
 Physical damage caused due to fire,explosion

and restraints both external and internal.


 Seal the surface of the concrete
 Modify the concrete to reduce its permeability
 Protect the reinforcing bars to reduce the

effect of chlorides
 Good concrete practice
 Latex modified concrete
 Silica fume concrete
 Epoxy coated reinforcement
 Providing membranes and sealers
 Cathodic protection
 Electro osmosis
 Inorganic corrosion inhibitors
 Organic corrosion inhibitors
 Specify and introduce Chloride limit
 Maintain a low water-cement ratio in concrete
 Provide adequate cover to the reinforcing
steel
 Provide adequate curing
 Use of water-reducing admixtures
 Consolidating the concrete thoroughly
 Use post tensioning
 Include provision for immediate repair of
cracks
 Latex modified concrete is prepared by
adding liquid styrene butadiene latex to
conventional concrete
 Latex modified concrete should be placed in

the evening or at night to reduce cracking


 Silica fume reacts with calcium hydroxide to
form additional cementitious material
 Silica fume is extremely puzzolonic material

that reacts with calcium hydroxide


 Performance of concrete is good to excellent
 Pre-cleaned reinforcing steel bars are
protected with a coating of powdered epoxy
 Coating blocks chloride ions
 Performance is poor to excellent
 Membranes and sealers help prevent chloride
entry
 Urethanes, neoprene, or epoxies are usually

used to built up in multiple layers of


membranes
 The performances of these materials vary

depending upon the base of the sealer


 Sealers- linseed oil and sophisticated silanes

and siloxanes
 controls corrosion of steel by applying direct
current
 is a complicated process that requires

extensive pre installation and monitoring


 Corrosion of steel in concrete is a

electrochemical process
 Steel (reinforcement) inside the concrete act

as cathode and provide protection


 Concrete act as anode
 Not recommended for carbonated concrete
 Electro Osmosis makes it possible to restore
the initial alkalinity of the concrete
 externally applied alkaline gel covering the

external conductor is drawn


 alkalinity increase of a carbonated concrete

restores the passivation


 The carbonate problem is solved
 combine other organic chemicals for
successfully inhibiting corrosion
 inhibitor forms a protective barrier on the

reinforcing steel
 barrier prevents reaction between the iron

and chloride
 . Experience has shown that there are certain
portions of exposed concrete structures more
vulnerable than others to deterioration from
weathering in freezing climates
 Concrete sealing compounds and coatings

that provide good protection from weathering


 Determine the cause(s) of damage
 Evaluate the extent of damage
 Evaluate the need to repair
 Select the repair method
 Prepare the old concrete for repair
 Apply the repair method
 Cure the repair properly
 Surface Grinding
 Using Portland Cement Mortar
 Dry Pack and Epoxy-Bonded Dry Pack
 Preplaced Aggregate Concrete
 Replacement Concrete
 Epoxy-Bonded Epoxy Mortar
 Polymer Concrete
 Silica Fume Concrete
 It can be used to repair some bulges, offsets
and other irregularities.
 Grinding of sufaces subjected to cavitation
erosion should be limited in depth so that no
aggregate particles more than 1/16th inch in
cross section are exposed to finished surface.
 Grinding of surfaces exposed to public view
should be limited in depth so that no
aggregate particles more than 1/4 inch in
cross section are exposed at the finished
surface
 Dry pack is a combination of Portland cement
and sand passing a No. 16 sieve
 Dry pack should be used for filling holes

having a depth equal to, or greater than, the


least surface dimension of the repair area; for
cone bolt, she bolt etc.
 Preplaced aggregate concrete is made by
injecting portland cement grout, with or
without sand, into the voids of a formed,
compacted mass of clean, graded, coarse
aggregate
 The preplaced aggregated is washed and

screened to remove fines before placing into


the forms
 Concrete repairs made by bonding new
concrete to repair areas without use of an
epoxy bonding agent or mortar grout applied
on the prepared surface should be made
when the area exceeds 1 square foot and has
a depth greater than 6 inches.
 Replacement concrete repairs are made by

bonding new concrete to the repair areas


without the use of a bonding agent or
Portland cement grout
 Portland cement mortar may be used for
repairing defects on surfaces not prominently
exposed
 Repairs may be made either by use of

shotcrete or by hand application methods


 Epoxybonded epoxy mortar should be used
where the depth of repair is less than 1-1/2
inches and the exposure conditions are such
that relatively constant temperatures can be
expected
 Epoxy mortars have thermal coefficients of

expansion that may be significantly different


from conventional concrete
 difference in potential can result in the
formation of a galvanic corrosion cell with
accelerated corrosion at the repair perimeters
 The epoxy bond coat and epoxy mortar

create zones of electrical potential that are


different from the electrical potential in the
surrounding concrete
 Polymer concrete (PC) is a concrete system
composed of a polymeric resin binder and
fine and coarse aggregate
 Water is not used to mix polymer concrete
 PC is commonly used to repair potholes in
concrete highway bridge decks,
 thereby eliminating the necessity of long and
costly road closures or detours
 the monomer molecules are chemically linked
and cross linked to form a hard, glassy
plastic known as a polymer.
 Silica fume concrete is conventional portland
cement concrete containing admixtures of
silica fume
 Silica fume is a finely divided powder

byproduct resulting from the use of electric


arc furnaces
 Repair and prepared corrected area should be
carried out systematically
 application of protective coatings are

required to be properly supervised and


carried out.
 Surface defects like bugs holes and honey

comb require immediate repairs

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