The use of externally bonded Steel-Reinforced Polymer (SRP) and Steel Reinforced Grout (SRG) composites is a promising new technology for increasing the flexural and shear capacities of reinforced concrete (RC) members. The reinforcement system in these composites is a sheet made up of unidirectional cords consisting of tightly wound ultra high strength steel wires. The reinforcement can be mol...

Pull-out experiments were performed on four carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) ground anchors simulating their applications in rock and soil. The CFRP tendons used in these anchors comprise a single-strap end on both the ground and air sides. On the ground side, the single-strap end is embedded in a cylinder of high-strength grout which fits into the borehole. In rock applications, the grou...

In this study, hydrophilic chemical grout using silanol (HCGS) was adopted to overcome the performance limitations of epoxy materials used for strengthening existing buildings and civil engineering structures. The enhanced material performances of HCGS were introduced, and applied to the section enlargement method, which is one of the typical structural strengthening methods used in practice. T...

Despite the increasing number of studies on geopolymer-based materials, a lack information still prevails concerning use geopolymer materials for consolidation and conservation built heritage. Since introduction term “geopolymer” by Davidovits, several have pointed out geopolymers as potential replacement traditional binders, mainly due to their advantages associated with mechanical properties ...

The OECD NEA (Nuclear Energy Agency) anticipates that by 2050 the amount of nuclear-generated electricity worldwide will increase by a minimum of 1.6 times and a maximum of 3.9 times its 2008 value of 372 GWe [1]. At the same time, the amount of radioactive waste that will be produced is expected to increase substantially. High-level radioactive waste is usually derived from the burning of uran...

Cementitious waste forms (CWFs) are an important component of the strategy to stabilize nuclear waste resulting from plutonium production by the U. S. Department of Energy. Technetium (99Tc) is an abundant fission product of particular concern in CWFs because of the high solubility and mobility of Tc(VII), pertechnetate (TcO4-), the stable form of technetium in aerobic environments. CWFs can mo...

Ahstract--Mn-substituted iron oxides were synthesized by coprecipitating Fe(NO3)3 and Mn(SO4) solutions with NH4OH, adjusting the suspensions to pH 4 or 6, and then keeping the suspensions at 55~ for 62 days. The Mn mole fraction of the final products ranged from 0 to 0.3. X-ray powder diffraction patterns showed that goethite and hematite formed in each Fe-containing system. Groutite formed in...

Consider a mosaic image, the edges of the tesseræ being unrelated to pictorial content. Depending upon grout color, the picture is seen as uninterrupted "behind bars" or divided into tiles by "cracks" as in an ancient oil painting. The phenomenology is explored.

Grouting is one of the most commonly adopted technique for soil improvement and strengthening. Adding super plasticizers, accelerators, antifreezes, air entraining agent improves performance cement grout. The grout while injecting in sand column mainly depends on its fluidity property. Keeping it mind about water ratio, strength studied two sets experiments by with only another set added plasti...