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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.213</doi>
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<article-title>SPALL REPAIR USING A 3D PRINTER AND EPOXY<br/>
RESIN ADHESIVE</article-title>
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<author>JAEHEUM YEON and JULIAN KANG</author>

<aff>Dept of Construction Science, Texas A&amp;M University, College Station, USA</aff>


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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>The spall repair sequence currently used is as follows. The damage is removed from the
area with heavy equipment and fresh concrete is poured into the cleaned section. A
curing compound is then applied to the patch to prevent drying shrinkage or to absorb
water. But this spall repair method requires a great deal of equipment and time. During
the repair process, adjacent roads must be closed in order to secure a working space,
often resulting in traffic congestion. According to a report by the US Department of
Transportation, the depreciation can be up to $20,000 a day due to traffic jams. The
depreciation can easily reach up to $140,000 when a road is blocked for seven days to
repair a spall. The objective of this research is to see if 3D printing technology can be
used to repair spall damage on a concrete pavement. More specifically, this study,
using a simple finite element method, investigates whether the bond line thickness will
have an influence on shear strength development when an adhesive layer is present
between the spall and the 3D printed concrete segment. In addition, this study proposes
a modified test method of ASTM C882 to experimentally investigate the influence of
bond line thickness of epoxy-resin adhesive on shear strength when the glue applied to
a concrete adherend.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Spall repair, Epoxy-resin, 3D printing, Bond line thickness, Concrete
adherend, Shear strength.</p>
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