An Approach to Characterize the Wearability of Concrete Pavement Surface Treatments

Project Details
STATE

TX

SOURCE

TRID

END DATE

01/09/19

RESEARCHERS

Carl N. Abou Sleiman, Xijun Shi, Dan G. Zollinger

KEYWORDS

Abrasion resistance, Concrete pavements, Freeze thaw durability, Gravel, Limestone aggregates, Repeated loads, Service life, Silicates, Silicon, Surface treating, Wear

Project description

For a concrete pavement, the permeation specifications for the surface have a crucial influence on its durability. In this accelerated laboratory research, a surface treatment that combines lithium silicate chemistry with a reactive silicon catalyst was tested to typify the product longevity under traffic and against salt scaling. River gravel and limestone aggregates were used in two different mixture designs. Abrasion testing was conducted according to ASTM standards in which mass loss was recorded at different time intervals. A modification was employed using a diluted deicer simulated by 4 wt.% CaCl₂ solution during 15 cycles of freeze/thaw testing. A model was proposed to relate the abrasion efficiency against load cycles of a treated surface to represent the longevity of a concrete pavement. Based on the abrasion coefficient and the texture wavelength of the pavement, it is shown that the life cycle under abrasion of a concrete pavement can be modeled. During the experimental procedures, the untreated concrete specimens were used as the control sample.
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