Strength formation mechanism and performance of steel slag self-compacting epoxy resin concrete

Yuanyuan Li, Jun Li, Chao Li, Anqi Chen*, Tao Bai, Shimin Tang, Shaopeng Wu, Yangming Gao, Hongbin Zhu, Jianlin Feng

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Abstract

A self-compacting steel slag epoxy resin concrete (SERC) was designed with steel slag as aggregate and epoxy resin as binder for rapid repair of road expansion joints and pavement. At the same time, a group of self-compacting basalt epoxy resin concrete (BERC) with basalt as coarse aggregate and limestone as fine aggregate was set up as the control group. The element analysis and micro morphology of SERC and BERC were studied by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) to reveal the strength-forming mechanism of the two epoxy resin concretes. The cube compression test and Marshall stability test were used to study the effect of the strength formation rate and temperature of SERC and BERC on the strength. In addition, the high-temperature stability, low-temperature crack resistance, water damage resistance, fatigue resistance and interlayer bonding properties of SERC and BERC were also studied. The results showed that both SERC and BERC have good mechanical properties, high temperature properties and good bonding properties, and the low-temperature crack resistance and fatigue properties of SERC are better than that of BERC. According to the verification of the actual project that has been in service for one year, SERC can be perfectly used for road expansion joints.

Original languageEnglish
Article number129525
JournalConstruction and Building Materials
Volume359
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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Keywords

  • Actual engineering verification
  • Micro morphology
  • Pavement repair
  • Road expansion joints
  • Steel slag

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