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From construction to rehabilitation

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Durabililty performance based approach of

mortars patch repair
P-Y Mahieux, A. Soufi, A. At-Mokhtar, O. Amiri

University of La Rochelle CNRS, LaSIE FRE 3474, FRANCE.

31 May and 1 June 2012, Lisbon, Portugal

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Studies carried out in the framework of the PhD of A. Soufi, entitled :

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Durability study of mortar patch repair in marine environmental conditions

[2009-2012]

Financed by the Poitou-Charentes region

In the framework of the DuratiNet project

The objectives are to study, compare and evaluate the performances of six
industrials mortars patch repair :

Durability performances against the corrosion induced by chloride diffusion

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Context

Marine Environmental conditions

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EN 1504

Corrosion Mechanisms induced by chlorides

Products and systems for the protection and repair of

reinforced concrete structures

Mortar Patch Repair

Problematic

Incompatibity with the concrete support

Lower resistance in aggressive environment

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Important maintenance just few years after application

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Six industrial mortars patch repair (MPR) and one reference concrete (OC)
BC1 and BC2 Polymer based mortar in acqueous solution

Polymer based mortar in a ready mix binder cement

OC

Reference concrete

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PB1 to PB4

Characteristics of materials studied

Characterisation investigation

Designation

W/C

P/C

% fibre

BC1

0.17

0.25

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

BC2

0.18

0.24

PB1

0.43

0.05

0.05

Proportion of cement, mineral additions,

polymers, fibre

PB2

0.39

0.04

0.06

PB3

0.30

0.03

0.04

PB4

0.38

0.04

0.04

OC

0.5

Granulometric analysis

First observations
~5% and ~20% of polymers respectively in
PB and BC mortars
The BC W/C ratio are smaller than
those of PB and OC
~5% of fibres in the PB mortars

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Physical and transfer properties

Water absorption

Water porosity

Characteristics determined

Water porosity and pore size distribution

Chlorides diffusion

Specimens

shrinked at 45 C

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Microstructure ESM + EDS

Capillary absorption coefficient (kg/m2/s0,5)

Intrinsic permeability (m2)

Mercury porosimetry

Gas permeability

Effective chloride diffusion coefficient Deff (m2/s)

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40 days cure

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Water and Mercury porosimetry

BC2

PB1

PB2

PB3

PB4

OC

18.1

16.2

26.9

17.7

14.2

17.1

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Water porosity (%)

BC1

Porosity of MPR are higher than OC

Porosity depends on W/C ratio and polymers

Emulsifying and air entraining agent

Monomodale pore size distribution

Main pores size of BC mortars are smaller

than PB mortars

Proportion of polymers (20% to 5%)

Minerals additions

Pore size distributions of materials studied

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Water and Mercury porosimetry

The capillary pores are covered by the polymers in their inner surface
Redispersed particles (1-10m)

BC : polymers form co-matrix

with the cement and aggregates

Microstructures have an effect on

the transfer properties

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Membranes

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Examples of SEM on PB4 and BC1

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Capillary absorption coefficient

BC2

PB1

PB2

PB3

PB4

OC

0.55

0.99

2.56

2.87

1.9

2.84

6.36

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Capillary absorption
coefficient (kg/m2/s0,5)

BC1

Adsorption kinetics of MPR are smaller than the OC

Steady state not reached at 24h

Reached only 30%, at 24h, of theorical amounts

of water absorbed

According to the Poiseuille's law, the water

absorption flow in MPR decreases because :
Main radius pore more thinner
Capillary pressure are reduced

Hydrophilic behaviour of polymers

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Gas permeability and chlorides diffusion

BC1

BC2

PB1

PB2

PB3

PB4

OC

Intrinsic permeability
(10-18m2)

1.20

0.77

13.6

37.7

1.22

19.0

50.0

Effective chloride diffusion

coefficient (10-12m2/s)

0.22

0.29

2.32

1.26

1.20

1.13

1.94

Chlorides diffusion

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Intrinsic permeability
Same behaviour of capillary absorption
Intrinsic permeabilties of MPR are
smaller than the OC

The Deff of BC mortars are ten times smaller than

the PB mortars and OC

The Deff of PB mortars and OC are similar

Proportion of polymer (~5%) is insufficient

to decrease the Deff significantly

According to the Poiseuille's law, the

Intrinsic permeabilty depends on both :

Deff is function of the porosity, the pore mode and

the polymer proportion

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Interconnected porosity
Connected pore size

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Conclusion

Physical properties

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MPR presents high porosities with monomodale pore size distribution

Transfer properties

Water absorption, intrinsic permeability and chloride diffusion in MPR depend on proportion
and nature of polymer, the main pore size and the pore size distribution

Corrosion initiation induced by chlorides diffusion

Total Cl(% cement weight)

10

Critical threshold

Predictive behaviour of
mortars patch repair

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