REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF

STRUCTURES- 20MST151

Vidyashree D
Assistant Professor
GAT
Department of Civil Engineering
Module - 5
Repair of structures
 Repairs to overcome low member strength
deflection
 Cracking chemical Disruption
 Weathering
 Wear Fire, Leakage
 Marine Exposure
 Engineered Demolition techniques for
Dilapidated Structures
 Case Studies.
Repairs to overcome low member strength
Need for strengthening:

 Load increases due to higher live loads, increased wheel

loads, installations of heavy machinery or vibrations.
 Damage to structural parts due to aging of construction
materials or fire damage, corrosion of the steel
reinforcement and impact of vehicles.
 Improvements insatiably for use due to limitation of
deflections, reduction of stress in steel reinforcement and
reduction of crack widths.
 Special modification of structural system due to elimination
of walls or columns and openings cut through slabs.
Repair work carried out for cracking

1. Routing and sealing

2. Stitching
3. Bonding
4. Bandaging
Routing and sealing

This is simple method of crack repair.

It can fill isolated and fine pattern cracks.
It involves enlarging the crack along its
exposed face and sealing it with crack
fillers.
Stitching
In this technique the crack is bridged with
U shaped metal units stitching dogs
before being repaired with a rigid resin
material.
It will restore the strength and integrity of
cracked section.
A non shrink or epoxy resin based
adhesive should be used to anchor the legs
of the dogs.
Bonding
It is done by injection of epoxy bonding
compounds under pressure.
Drill into cracks from face to concrete at
several locations.
Water is injected and allowed to dry. Then
epoxy is injected into the drilled holes
until it flows out through other holes.
Bandaging

Flexible strip is fixed over crack with

only the edged of the strip bonded.
In the areas which are subjected to traffic,
the flexible bondage will be coated over
with the wearing course.
Cracking chemical Disruption

Resistance of concrete to chemical attack:

The cement composition used in the
concrete.
Conditions under which the cement paste
hardened.
All determine properties of concrete.
Sulphate attack: it occurs when pore
system in concrete is penetrated by
solution of sulphates.
As a result of chemical attack we can
notice the changes in the cement paste and
pore size distribution.
weathering
Formation of calcium carbonate
precipitate on concrete surface owing to
carbonation.
Preventive measures:
Using sound materials free from salts
Proper concrete proportioning
Preventing the access of moisture to the
structure.
wear
The concrete has been damaged by
erosion.
It will be more economical to replace the
concrete periodically rather than to
reshape the structure to produce
streamline flow to eliminate the solids
which are causing abrasion.
Fire

It will cause damage to the concrete

structures.
The extreme depends on the intensity and
duration of the fire.
It damages the strength of concrete,
causes discoloration, deflection and
deformation of members.
leakages

This will cause damage to the

reinforcement.
Paths are- joints, shrinkage, restraint
cracks, expansion, contraction joints.
Methods involved to reduce leakages are
– conventional leak- sealing methods, by
injection techniques.
In conventional methods we can avoid
leakages by surface preparations, filling
of surfaces with resins based grouts,
application of primer, application of two
coats of high build paint.
In injection method injection of sealant to
fill the water passage completely with
lower pressure.
Marine exposure
Durability of concrete exposed to sea
water comprises of chemical and physical
properties, influences performance of
concrete.
Concrete are achieved by using mixes
having high cement contents and lower
water cement ratios.
Cracks are limited through mechanical
loading.
Repair of marine structures

Mortar replacement
Injection into cracks
Large scale repair.
Engineered demolition techniques for dilipated
structures
Hydraulic rock breakers
Diamond sawing and drilling
Silent expansion chemicals
Hydraulic spiliting
Hydro demolition
Core drilling
Thank You