REPAIRS IN STRUCTURES Crack Repair by Drilling and Plugging:

Plugging

 This method consists of drilling down the length of the crack and
Epoxy-injection
injection Grouting
Grouting: grouting it to form a key. A hole, typically 50 to 75 mm in
diameter should be drilled,
drilled centered on and the following the
 The
he technique generally consists of establishing entry and crack.
venting ports at close intervals along the cracks, sealing the  The drilled hole is then cleaned,
eaned, made tight and filled with grout.
grout
crack on exposed surfaces, a and
nd injecting the epoxy under The grout key prevents Transverse
ransverse movements of the sections of
concrete adjacent to the crack. The key will also reduce heavy
pressure.
leakage through the crack and loss of soil from behind a leaking
• Epoxy injection has been successfully used in the repair of cracks in wall.
buildings, bridges, dams, and other types of concrete structures.
However, unless the cause of the cracking has been corrected, it will
probably recur near the original crack.

Beam Jacketing
Jacketing:

 Before taking up the strengthening of a beam, the load acting on

REPAIR BY ROUTING AND SEALING: it should be reduced by removing the flooring tiles and bed
mortar from the slab
 This is a common technique for crack treatment and is relatively  The spaces between bars and surrounding holes are filled with
simple in comparison to the procedures and the training epoxy grout
out to ensure a good bond.
required for epoxy injection.
 The procedure is most applicable to flat horizontal surfaces such
as floors and pavements. However, this method can be
accomplished on vertical surfaces as well as on curved surfaces.

Column Jacketing
Jacketing:

 Column Jacketing is done to improve the load carrying capacity

Crack repair by stitching
stitching: of the column.
 The stitching procedure consists of drilling holes on both sides of
the cracks, cleaning the holes and anchoring the legs of the
stitching dogs that span the crack, which either a non-shrink
non
grout or an epoxy
epoxy- resin- based bonding system.
 The stitching dogs should be variable in length and orientation or
both, and should be so located that the tension transmitted across
the crack is not applied to a single plane but spread over area.

Crack Repair by Pre

Pre-stressing
stressing Steel

 When a major portion of a member is to be strengthened, or a

crack is to be closed, post-- tensioning is often the desirable
Providing Additional Reinforcement solution.
 The technique uses prestressing strands or bars to apply a
 The cracked reinforced concrete bridge gird can be successfully compressive
ssive force. Adequate anchorage must be provided for
repaired by using epoxy injection and reinforcing bars. the prestressing steel.
• This techniques consists of sealing’s the crack, drilling  The method of correction crack in slab and beam.
holes of 20 mm diameter that int
intersect
ersect the crack plane at
approximately 90 0,