The effect of using high strength flowable system as repair material

The maintenance and the repair of concrete structures have become more needed in the field of Civil Engineering. The selection of repair materials for concrete structures requires an understanding of the material behavior. Therefore, this research is conducted to provide a clear indication and understanding of the behavior and structural performance in engineering construction. The combined system of substrate concrete with different mix proportions of flowable high strength system reinforced by hybrid fibers was used to study its mechanical properties. The experimental tests are: compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength and pull-out test. It was found that the high strength flowing concrete (HSFC) provides the best performance when the compressive strength of the repaired system is needed, whereas the high strength flowable mortar (HSFM) has the best performance when the tensile strength of repaired system is required. The best value of pull out test was obtained from using the flowable high strength mortar reinforced with 1.5% steel fiber +0.25% palm fiber +0.25% Barchip fiber as the repair material, whereas, the least value of pull-out test was obtained from samples using epoxy. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.