A durabilidade das estruturas de concreto tem se tornado um assunto de interesse mundial nas últimas duas décadas. Os custos econômicos associados a reparos de estruturas de concreto são cada vez maiores, e cada vez mais a incidência de insucessos nessas intervenções corretivas que não resultam adequadas é reportada. No Brasil a técnica de intervenção corretiva mais utilizada é a de reparos localizados com argamassas base cimento modificadas com polímeros. Uma das patologias mais comumente apresentada quando do uso deste tipo de intervenção é a fissuração associada à retração. O presente trabalho pretende avaliar a influência das variáveis mais importantes e até de alguns parâmetros de dosagem, na fissuração devido à retração de argamassas de reparo. Para tal foi estudada uma família de argamassas com mesma consistência de traços 1:1,0, 1:1,5, 1:2,2 e 1:3,0; utilizando para estas um teor fixo de polímero e de aditivo superplastificante com relação à massa do cimento. Foram também avaliadas três argamassas de base cimento modificadas com polímeros disponíveis no país e comercializadas para o reparo de estruturas de concreto, de modo a classificar e comparar estas quanto à fissuração, em relação àquelas dosadas em laboratório. Para avaliar a tendência à fissuração das argamassas foram realizados ensaios de retração potencial livre, resistência à tração na flexão, módulo de elasticidade e retração restringida. Os resultados obtidos mostram que o modelo εj - ftj/Ecj conseguiu acusar a fissuração das argamassas que realmente fissuraram no ensaio de retração restringida. Esse modelo considera todas as variáveis influentes na fissuração medidas no programa experimental. Verificou-se também que para um estudo mais simplificado pode ser utilizado um modelo que considera apenas a retração livre, porém este se coloca sempre a favor da segurança. Para argamassas de uma mesma família pode-se dizer que há um traço que apresenta a menor tendência à fissuração. / The durability of concrete structures has become an issue of interest worldwide especially during the last two decades. The expenditures associated to the repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures is becoming increasingly higher, and the amount of unsucceeded repairs on concrete structures has been reported as unacceptable. In Brazil, patch repair with cement-based polymer modified mortars is the most widely technique used. One of the main causes of distress when using this type of repair has been found to be shrinkage cracking. The target of this research is to evaluate the effect of some significant properties and also some mix-design parameters on the cracking potential due to shrinkage of repair mortars. Therefore, a family of mortars with the same consistency with cement:sand proportions of 1:1,0, 1:1,5, 1:2,2 and 1:3,0; with a constant polymer and superplasticizer content related to the cement weight. Also, three industrialized polymer modified repair mortars from different manufacturers were evaluated, thus allowing classifying and comparing their cracking potential with the laboratory prepared mortars. For evaluating the cracking potential of the mortars the following tests were selected, free-shrinkage, flexural strength, elasticity modulus and restrained shrinkage. The results obtained show that the model εj - ftj/Ecj was able to distinguish the mortars that cracked during the restrained shrinkage testing from the mortars that did not crack. This model considers all of the variables measured during the experimental program affecting shrinkage related cracking. It was also verified that a more simplified study can considering only the free-shrinkage of the mortars can be applied; being that this model will always be in favor of security. For mortars of a same family it can be concluded that there is one mix-proportion that will present the least cracking tendency.

A durabilidade das estruturas de concreto tem se tornado um assunto de interesse mundial nas últimas duas décadas. Os custos econômicos associados a reparos de estruturas de concreto são cada vez maiores, e cada vez mais a incidência de insucessos nessas intervenções corretivas que não resultam adequadas é reportada. No Brasil a técnica de intervenção corretiva mais utilizada é a de reparos localizados com argamassas base cimento modificadas com polímeros. Uma das patologias mais comumente apresentada quando do uso deste tipo de intervenção é a fissuração associada à retração. O presente trabalho pretende avaliar a influência das variáveis mais importantes e até de alguns parâmetros de dosagem, na fissuração devido à retração de argamassas de reparo. Para tal foi estudada uma família de argamassas com mesma consistência de traços 1:1,0, 1:1,5, 1:2,2 e 1:3,0; utilizando para estas um teor fixo de polímero e de aditivo superplastificante com relação à massa do cimento. Foram também avaliadas três argamassas de base cimento modificadas com polímeros disponíveis no país e comercializadas para o reparo de estruturas de concreto, de modo a classificar e comparar estas quanto à fissuração, em relação àquelas dosadas em laboratório. Para avaliar a tendência à fissuração das argamassas foram realizados ensaios de retração potencial livre, resistência à tração na flexão, módulo de elasticidade e retração restringida. Os resultados obtidos mostram que o modelo εj - ftj/Ecj conseguiu acusar a fissuração das argamassas que realmente fissuraram no ensaio de retração restringida. Esse modelo considera todas as variáveis influentes na fissuração medidas no programa experimental. Verificou-se também que para um estudo mais simplificado pode ser utilizado um modelo que considera apenas a retração livre, porém este se coloca sempre a favor da segurança. Para argamassas de uma mesma família pode-se dizer que há um traço que apresenta a menor tendência à fissuração. / The durability of concrete structures has become an issue of interest worldwide especially during the last two decades. The expenditures associated to the repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures is becoming increasingly higher, and the amount of unsucceeded repairs on concrete structures has been reported as unacceptable. In Brazil, patch repair with cement-based polymer modified mortars is the most widely technique used. One of the main causes of distress when using this type of repair has been found to be shrinkage cracking. The target of this research is to evaluate the effect of some significant properties and also some mix-design parameters on the cracking potential due to shrinkage of repair mortars. Therefore, a family of mortars with the same consistency with cement:sand proportions of 1:1,0, 1:1,5, 1:2,2 and 1:3,0; with a constant polymer and superplasticizer content related to the cement weight. Also, three industrialized polymer modified repair mortars from different manufacturers were evaluated, thus allowing classifying and comparing their cracking potential with the laboratory prepared mortars. For evaluating the cracking potential of the mortars the following tests were selected, free-shrinkage, flexural strength, elasticity modulus and restrained shrinkage. The results obtained show that the model εj - ftj/Ecj was able to distinguish the mortars that cracked during the restrained shrinkage testing from the mortars that did not crack. This model considers all of the variables measured during the experimental program affecting shrinkage related cracking. It was also verified that a more simplified study can considering only the free-shrinkage of the mortars can be applied; being that this model will always be in favor of security. For mortars of a same family it can be concluded that there is one mix-proportion that will present the least cracking tendency.

Currently, increasing reinforced concrete structures and concrete structures that require repair in the form of remediation. The master’s thesis deals with the development of repair mortars with resistance to high temperatures, which would allow the re-profiling of the fire damaged parts of the structures and restore its function. Development of repair mortars is based on a literature review of articles dealing with research materials resistant to high temperatures.

The diploma thesis deals with the development of polymeric repair mortars in two qualitative levels ECONOMY and PREMIUM, designed especially for heavy engineering plants and the energy industry. In order to effectively withstand difficult industrial conditions, the developed materials should meet the highest requirements such as increased chemical and heat resistance, excellent adhesion to the concrete substrate, minimal shrinkage and other physical and mechanical properties. The PREMIUM level is aimed to achieve maximum physical and mechanical properties. Within the economy version, the emphasis is placed not only on very good properties, but also the possibility capability of reducing price of the resulting material. The partial aim of this work is the efficient use of secondary raw materials, mainly based on industrial waste in the form of fillers to the developed polymeric repair mortars.

According to the 2019 Canadian infrastructure report card, a concerning amount of municipal infrastructure is in poor or very poor condition. The infrastructure in this condition requires immediate action for rehabilitation or replacement. For concrete infrastructure, an effective repair can extend its service life and ensure that the services it provides continue to meet the community expectations. However, unfavorable environmental factors such as repeated/cyclic loads and freezing and thawing cycles adversely affect the bond between substrate concrete and repair materials, which lowers the structural capacity of repaired structures. So far, researchers have found that bond strength of repair can be affected by surface roughness, surface moisture, chemical adhesion or cohesion, curing regime, properties of substrate and repair materials, use of bond agent, and curing regimes. These findings are mostly based on the studies that focused on cold-jointed cylinders or beams, but in real-life repair situations, repairs of beams or slabs are located at either tension or compression side of the structure. Currently, there is no comprehensive study that investigates the bond of concrete repair under a combination of freezing and thawing and repeated/cyclic loading conditions. In addition, it is challenging to provide a rapid and non-destructive evaluation of the bond deterioration of repair materials. To address these issues systematically, this dissertation breaks the task into four phases. Phase (I) focuses on the development of an engineered “crack-free” repair mix that contains polypropylene (PP) fiber. A novel method is used to surface treat the PP fibers with supplementary cementitious materials. The effectiveness of surface-treating fibers for improved bond strength and reduced cracking is investigated. The compressive, tensile, and flexural strength of this engineered repair mix are determined and compared with two commercially available repair materials. The results from Phase I show that by adding 0.2% (by weight) Metakaolin-treated fibers into concrete mix, the compressive strength improves by up to 15.7% compared to mixes with untreated fibers. This study achieved a strength increase of 13.5% as compared to the reported 3.3% in other studies that use 25 times the amount of metakaolin used in this study. The experimental results confirm that at 0.2% dosage level, the use of novel surface treating technique is a cost-effective way to improve the strength of repair materials. Phase (II) focuses on characterizing the bond strength of various repair systems after freezing-thawing (FT) damage using both non-destructive and destructive methods. Two innovative sounding methods, which overcome the subjectivity of the traditional chain drag method, are used to evaluate FT damage non-destructively. In the experimental study, beams with a U-shaped cut are made to simulate conditions experienced by a concrete structure during a typical repair project. Three types of repair materials are used including cementitious repair concrete, cementitious repair mortar, and polymer-modified cementitious mortar. After up to 300 cycles of freeze-thaw exposure, resonant frequency and bond flexural strength of the prismatic specimens are determined. The empirical equations relating Non-destructive test (NDT) measurements and flexural bond strength of the repaired structures after freeze-thaw (FT) exposure are proposed. The results from Phase II show that the change in dynamic modulus of elasticity determined from NDTs agrees well with the change in other measurements including flexural bond strength, interfacial crack width, and mass loss after freeze-thaw exposure. In this study, linear relationships are established between dynamic modulus of elasticity and flexural bond strength for both cementitious and polymer-modified cementitious repair mortar with a coefficient of determination ranging between 0.87 and 0.95. The proposed empirical models can be used to predict bond flexural strength of repaired structures based on NDT measurement. Also, it was found that the samples repaired with polymer-modified cementitious mortar (Mix P) have superior FT resistance compared to other repaired samples. Phase (III) focuses on investigating the structural capacity and bond performance of repaired beams after cyclic/repeated loading. To accelerate the test process, a novel modified loading regime consisting of cycle groups of increasing cyclic/repeated stress amplitude is proposed. The models proposed by literature and current codes and standards are used to validate the results. Phase (IV) focuses on the development of the damage models for both individual and combined FT and cyclic loading exposure on repaired concrete structures. The results in phase III show the feasibility of using the Palmgren-Miner rule and Goodman linear model to estimate the fatigue life of repaired structures. This was confirmed within the context of this study. This study established the usefulness of using groups of increasing cyclic stress amplitude to accelerate the fatigue test process. The two-million cycle fatigue endurance limit estimated using cycle groups of Mix S (70.8%) was very similar to what was reported in the literature (71%) using the traditional time-consuming cyclic loading method. This study found that the formulas proposed by CSA 23.3 can effectively predict the moment resistance of both intact (control) and repaired RC beams. The ratio of experimental moment resistance values to its predictions ranges from 0.91 to 1.04. Based on the experimental results of previous three phases, an empirical model that predicted the fatigue service life of FT-damaged concrete structures is proposed. Future research requires a more comprehensive study on the FT performance of various polymer-modified cementitious mortars of different mix designs in repairing concrete structures. By increasing the number of tested specimens, a better relationship could be established between destructive and NDT methods. Future research is also required to explore the combined effect of FT and cyclic loading on repaired RC structures experimentally. / Graduate / 2023-03-22