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Title: EPOXY JOINTING OF CONCRETE BRIDGE SEGMENTS
Accession Number: 00767698
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Epoxy is used between precast bridge segments to fill voids on the faces, keep water and contaminants from seeping into joints, prevent grout from bleeding into joints from posttensioning ducts, and act as a lubricant between the segments during assembly. To create a good seal at the joint faces, two experimental epoxy applications were tested: a top strip recess at the joint formed in the concrete during precasting, and a recessed annulus groove around the duct that provides a distinct guide for epoxy application. Eight beams were fabricated with various combinations of epoxy face applications, top strip, and annulus. Six segments were cast by using match casting. After curing, the beams were posttensioned with the minimum required prestress force. Tanks above the joints were used to measure the seepage of water and joint permeability comparisons. Pressurized water was used to test the cross grouting between ducts. The top strip provided slightly more resistance than did the current one face epoxy application technique and improved alignment problems, segment defects, and epoxy application procedures. The annulus created a watertight seal around the ducts and assisted in aligning the segments and coupling the ducts. The existing practice of one face application performed well in both tests, but problems occurred in epoxy thickness and clearances. The top strip and annulus features eliminated the approximation of edge and duct clearances. Both performed well together and helped the epoxy application process produce a more reliable joint without additional work in casting or erection of the segments.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1654, Construction: Pavement, Bridge, Quality Control/Quality Assurance and Management.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Yazdani, NIssa, MWolfe, CPagination: p. 121-127
Publication Date: 1999
Serial: ISBN: 030907052X
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Aug 26 1999 12:00AM
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