Eco-Friendly Biogrout for Concrete Crack Repair

Typical concrete crack repair uses chemical sealants or surface treatment agents, which are often expensive and harmful to environment. The goal of the proposed study is to develop an eco-friendly, cost-effective biogrout for concrete crack repair. The study will include three main tasks:biogrout development, concrete crack repair, and crack healing evaluation. Using industrial waste (e. g., limestone powder) and agricultural byproducts (e. g., egg shells and corn cobs), a soluble calcium will be produced for biocementation of the biogrout. Concrete discs will be cracked with different levels of loading so as to generate various degrees of cracks. The cracked concrete will be repaired with the biogrout through ponding and spraying. The crack-healing effectiveness of the repaired concrete will be examined and the renewed properties of the concrete repaired with the newly developed biogrout are expected.

• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/mtc/index.cfm/research/project/project/-210802042
• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/publications/_documents/t2summaries/eco-friendly_cost-effective_biogrout_t2.pdf
• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/research/documents/research-reports/eco-friendly_cost-effective_biogrout_w_cvr.pdf
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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $344909
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC37

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Iowa Highway Research Board

  Iowa Department of Transportation
  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Midwest Transportation Center

  Iowa State University
  2711 S Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Managing Organizations:

  Midwest Transportation Center

  Iowa State University
  2711 S Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Institute for Transportation
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, Iowa  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Wang, Kejin

  Wen, Zhiyou

• Start Date: 20150901
• Expected Completion Date: 20161031
• Actual Completion Date: 20160922

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cement grouts; Cracking of concrete pavements; Grouting; Maintenance; Repairing; Seal coating; Vegetable materials; Waste products (Cargo)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01578147
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Midwest Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC37
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 13 2015 5:15PM