Performance Of Concrete-To-Concrete Bond Strength in Wetland Area

Abstract

One of the techniques of building rehabilitation methods is repairing. Repair is a rehabilitation process to restore the initial capacity of damaged structures on structural components. A fairly popular repair technique is concrete-to-concrete. The strength of this bonding depends on several factors. The mixture used to repair the material affects the bond strength, as does the surface treatment and curing conditions. The study analysedanalysed the influence of strong bonds on surface treatment and curing conditions. Surface preparations were performed with four methods: as cast, drill holes, grooving, and bonding agent. The curing cycle applied two conditions: normal and wet-dry, and the test objects were compressive strength tests, slant shear tests, tensile tests, and flexural tests. The study results showed that the influence of wet-dry environmental conditions was lower than normal environmental conditions, and the highest bond strength values were found in grooving treatments, drill holes, as cast and bonding agents.