Anchor engineer
Contents
1.0 Brief introduction
1.1 Influence that cracks cause to building
1.2 Form of cracks and repair occasion
1.3 Usual cracks repair methods
2.0 Introduction on our products series
2.1 Products series on injecting method of A&GOOD AE150
2.2 Products series on high-pressure injecting method of A&GOOD AS2000
2.3 Products series on A&GOOD V-Cut repair method
3.0 Feasibility on Products series' application
4.0 Step on repair methods
4.1 AE150 continual pressure injecting method
4.2 AS2000 high-pressure injecting method
4.3 V-Cut cracks repair method
5.0 Notice on use of crack repair methods
5.1 Crack action of general concrete members
5.2 Material action
6.0 Notice on crack repair construction
6.1 Epoxy resin and amic polymer series
6.2 Cement series
7.0 Engineering quality control & check and accept
7.1 AE150 continual pressure injecting method
7.2 AS2000 high-pressure injecting method
7.3 V-Cut cracks repair method
8.0 Engineering quality checking up
8.1 Before construction
8.2 When construction
8.3 After construction

1.0 Brief introduction

Cracks will occur on roadway, bridge, tunnel, dam and other building because building aging (efflorescence, ultraviolet radiation, acid rain action), inappropriate design, improper material usage when changing load, bad construction, asymmetric sinking of base, earthquake, fire etc.
Influence that cracks cause to building is important. With time passing and because of harmful substance inrushing, cracks enlarge and become bad gradually. Then, building' performance of usage will play down and life of service will shorten, Even it will cause collapse of building, and become unsafe.


1.1 Influence that cracks cause to building

Influence that cracks cause to building is divided up five aspects:

1. Influence that cracks cause to rigidity of whole structure
When cracks appear, structure rigidity, shear strength, tension strength and moment strength will lack. Stress will be distributed again, and destroy continually even members will collapse.

2. Rigidity of concrete decrease
Cracks make available section of member damage and stiffness of section lack, so, flection of member increase and the probability of shake failure will enhance. At one time, because structure rigidity reduce, stress will be distributed again that make cracks enlarge and develop continually. When cracks run through members, section rigidity of concrete will be out of action and steel bars will support all loads, and members are in the danger of collapse.

3.Strength of steel bars decrease
Cracks make strength of steel bars decrease, and besides, they make steel bars rust, hydrogenate and embrittle, and decrease grasp force between steel bars and concrete, decrease tension strength of steel bars too. Hydrogenation and embritlement can make ductibility of bars lower and bars have a tendence to be similar with to brittle material, so, it is dangerous that there is a warning before members failure.

4.Water-seal performance reducing
As a result of water-seal performance' falling quickly, acid and alkali stuff corrade into concrete member that make steel bars rust quickly and make concrete acid. So building will be damaged highly.

5.Influence that cracks cause to permanence
Influence that cracks cause to permanence is mainly to make concrete acid quickly and make steel bars rust quickly, and decorated layer and protected layer flake off because concrete have gone moldy by leaking and seeping, then, life of building will become short. So, in order to hold out safety and life of building, we must repair cracks. Reference to standard of Occident, Japan (the below list)

Country

Presenter

The maximal crack width allowed (mm)

Japan

Ministry

of Communications

(Industry code of Japan)

Construction near bay

RC tube under centrifugal force

0.25

Members under advised moment

0.05

After releasing advised load and moment

France

Brcard

0.4

Sweden

Roads and bridges only under basic load

0.3

Basic load plus half of live load

0.4

US

ACI

Members indoor

0.38

Members outdoor

0.38

Russia

Concrete code

0.2

Europe

UCI

Members under corrosiveness

0.1

General members no protected

0.2

General members protected

0.3

ACI Standard in terms of permanence:

The maximal width of cracks allowed according to demand of perdurability

[AC1224COMMITTEE]

Environment of construction

The maximal crack width allowed (mm)

In dry air or covered by protection surface

0.40

In wet air and soil

0.3

When touching reagent of coolant-resistant

0.175

In wet and dry environment which acted again and again by seawater and sea breeze

0.15

 Member made by water-resistant material

0.10

[CEB.FIP international code]

Environment

Support dead load and long term load synchronously

Support dead load and adverse load synchronously

Members exposed to harmful environment

0.3

0.2

Members protected

0.2

0.3

Members no protected

0.3

According to aspect requirement

As for structure reinforcement that is operated after repair is not referred in this text.

 

1.2 Form of cracks and repair occasion

Generally, cracks are static or dynamic. It is easy to deal with static cracks, because the width and depth of cracks is stable, and we may make any treatment according to different impersonal factors and material. As for dynamic cracks, at first, we should get rid of those factors what caused cracks, or set up flex-sew equipment to make cracks be controlled to avoid new cracks by new stress. Then, we should treat them according to the method of static cracks treatment to insure design life and safety of structures.
So, much investigation and research should be finished before cracks come into being, and present treatment method in time to avoid serious aftereffects.

1.3 Usual cracks repair methods

Repair methods were divided into surface repair and interior injecting repair according to different repair position, or dry work and high wet work (or heavy leak). The repair effect is influenced by materials and tools used. So, it can't be neglect how to choose appropriate materials and tools.
Usual cracks repair methods are divided:

1.Continual pressure injecting method
We should inject material into members with continual pressure (0.2mpa ~ 0.5mpa) in limited time. Our material can seep through thin, deep cracks because they is high fluidity (low viscidity), non-shrinking, high adhesive strength, high compressive strength, high bend strength and a long time used. And they can fill up cracks. The method often is used in many main structures that need to require safety

2.High-pressure injecting method
We should inject material into members with high pressure (20mpa ~ 40mpa) in limited time. The method is suitable to continual wall of the underground, and we may use various materials according to spots.

3.V-Cut cracks repair method
Cut a hole or a V-groove with diamond cut-machine; then, fill it up with elastic paint or epoxy resin; finally, cover the work surface with glass fiber or elastic paint. The method often is used in brick wall,cellularity concrete and dry-shrinking cracks between partition and concrete.

2.0 Introduction on our products series

This chapter' content includes AE150 continual compressive injecting system, AS2000 high-pressure injecting system and V-Cut surface repair system.

 

2.1 Products series on injecting method of A&GOOD AE150

AE111, AE160, AE150, AE151, AE152, AE153, AC810, AC100

2.1.1 Concrete Adhesive(Sealant)AE111AB (N)Normal (F) Fast Dry

Density

1.4kg/L

Operated time

General (N)

Fast Dry (F)

20

120min

30min

30

40min

15min

Compressive strength

General (N)

Fast dry (F)

8h

40 N/mm2

50 N/mm2

ASTM C348-92

16h

50 N/mm2

55 N/mm2

ASTM C348-92

7days

60 N/mm2

60 N/mm2

ASTM C348-92

Tensile strength

10 N/mm2

ASTM C190-85

Bend strength

15 N/mm2

ASTM C109-92

Shear strength

10 N/mm2

ASTM D1002-72

Advantage:

  • High adhibition strength --Have a good bond to materials except for PVC
  • High strength -- about 5600psi in 8 hours
  • No drooping -- can be used on the vertical plane or fall plane

2.1.2 Crack Injection Resin AE160AB
Appropriate to general concrete structure where cracks is not more than 1.5mm.

Density 1~1.1kg/L
Operated time 20 120min
Viscidity 20 400~500cps
Compressive strength 7 days later 60 N/mm2 ASTM C348-92
Tensile strength 7 days later 20 N/mm2 ASTM C190-85
Bend strength 7 days later 40 N/mm2 ASTM C109-92
Shear strength 7 days later 12 N/mm2 ASTM D1002-72

Advantage:

  • Non-shrinking-no chap like cement shrinking
  • Well fluidity-can be applied to any cracks and little hole
  • Changeless packaging,used conveniently anywhere and anytime
  • Low or high pressure injecting method are all able to be well applied
  • High adhibition strength
  • High strength
  • Water-repellent,good permanence,to protect steel bars from corrading

2.1.3 Dual axes continual-pressure injector AE150

AE150 repair method is the best method to repair cracks with injector among all methods of cracks repair in important structures. Its advantages are stated:

  • Reagent is filled up well according to graduation against waste of reagent
  • Press well, and press according to design with AE153
  • The dosage injected can be measure accurately for being checked up
  • Replacing injectors easily
  • The process of pressing is easy to operate, and only need to hang AE153
  • Continual pressure make reagent go deep into minute cracks, and have no fake saturation
  • The injecting pressure is lower than concrete strength, and don't damage building again.

2.1.4 Dual axes continual-pressure injector base AE151

Used in common concrete plane for cracks injecting.

2.1.5 Dual axes continual-pressure injector right-angle base AE152

Used in common concrete vertical angle for cracks injecting.

2.1.6 Dual axes continual-pressure injector rubber band AE153 for pressing

Used for dual axes continual-pressure injector AE150, it has a strength of 0.5kg/cm2/bar when it is pulled to 16cm that is the length between two hooks of injector when reagent was filled 30ml.

2.1.7 Super- particulate non-shrinking cement AC810

Used in common concrete when the width of cracks is more than 1.5mm.
It is difficult to go deep into thin-sand layer whose infiltration coefficient is lower than 5×10cm/s to common cement slurry, and can't go deep into cracks whose width is lower than 0.2mm too, because the diameter of common cement granule is between 40μm and 100μm.

The diameter of 50% super-particulate cement granule is between 4μm and 6μm, and the biggest is 30μm, and compare-surface area is 8000cm2/g. They are much smaller than common cement' diameter, so, super-particulate cement can be injected well into small cracks whose infiltration coefficient is 10-3~10-4cm/s.

Aspect
Gray super mote
Fluidity
Water-cement ratio: 0.4
Fluidity data: 300mm
Specific gravity
3.0±0.1
Curing value
About 4h(according to water-cement ratio and temperature)
Thin degree
8000cm2/g(Blaine)
Compressive strength
6500psi(28days)

 

2.1.8 general non-shrinking cement(pre-mixed)AC100

To be apt for repairing cracks of brick and porous structure.

Items

Unit

Test value

Test method

Fluidity value

mm

>230

ASTM C230

Expandability

%

0.01~0.02

ASTM C878

Water penetrability

%

0

ASTM C243

Compressive strength

7days

N/mm2

>50

ASTM C109

28 days

>60

Bend strength

7days

N/mm2

>10

ASTM C347

28days

>12

Grasp strength

7days

N/mm2

>8

ASTM C234

28days

>9

 

2.2 Products series on high-pressure injecting method of A&GOOD AS2000

AS200, AS185, AS155, AS156, AS157, AS158

 

2.2.1 high-pressure injector AS200

Operate it with electric drill with high torsion and low rotate speed(750W,280∼650r.p.m), and have a injecting pressure of 6000psi.
So, it is propitious to inject resin into structure quickly, and the effect is different if injection is different.

2.2.2 High-pressure stop control injector pinhead AS185

Fix AS185 hardly in the hole after completed drilling, then, connect AS186 and high-pressure pipe AS200. Resin is control to can't backwash because of stop-backwash installation.

 

2.2.3 Resin of AS155, AS156, AS157 and AS158 for injecting

Table on applications of AS155,AS156,AS157 and AS158.

Items Component Applications
AS155 Single vesicant PU
  • Used in the dry and wet cracks of concrete, completely to seal all the contact area.
  • Seals the wet suture.
  • Crack injecting when pressure groundwater
  • Can safely be used in drinking water area
  • Can use in concrete, stone, brick, artificial stone, and gesso building materials.
AS156 Dual vesicant PU
  • Basement,heavy water flow
  • Honey comb in RC structure
  • High water pressure crack injecting
AS157 Dual non-vesicant PU
  • Imperfection concrete
  • Building junctions of brick and concrete
  • Tunnel, dam
  • Pipe injecting
  • Catchwater, culvert , refrigerator
  • Trinking water tank
AS158 Dual rigidity PU
  • Imperfection structure, can directly inject into crack
  • Tunnel, dam
  • Catchwater, water tank

Table on performance of AS155, AS156, AS157 and AS158.

AS155

Single vesicant PU

Density (23℃)

1.1g/cm3

Viscidity (23℃)

250~350mPas

Gravity ratio to water after mixture

AS155:water=40:1

Density after hardening (23℃)

0.1±0.02g/cm3

Expansion ratio

10~20times

Act time(mixed with 2%water)

20~40s

Start to act

80~90s

Development time

3~4min

Hardening time

20s


AS156

Dual vesicant PU

Density(23℃)

1.1g/cm3

Viscidity(23℃)

260~370mPas

A and B ratio by mixed

A:B=10:1

Density after hardening

0.1±0.01g/cm3

Expansion ratio

15~25times

Act time(mixed with 10%water)

10~20s

Start to act

5~15s

Development time

1~2min

Hardening time

5min


AS157
dual non-vesicant PU

A glue

B glue

Density

1.03

1.09

Viscidity

500~600

100~400

Gravity ratio

2

1

Fire point(℃)

140

176

Rigidity

 

20~30

Extensibility  (%)

 

>150

Tensile strength (MPa)

 

≧26

Adhibition strength (MPa)

 

>26

Contract degree  (%)

 

<0.05

Expansion ratio

 

1.08

Hardening time

 

24h


AS158
daul rigidity PU

A glue

B glue

Density

1.1

1.01

Viscidity

250~300

300~400

Gravity ratio

1

1

Fire point(℃)

140

176

Rigidity

 

80

Extensibility  (%)

 

>103

Tensile strength (MPa)

 

26

Adhibition strength (MPa)