Using CSA Cement for Novel Waterway Repair Materials
The health and performance of maritime transportation infrastructure is critical to the nation’s economic and social prosperity. Much of this infrastructure has well exceeded its 50-year design life and is often in need of repair. Because waterway transportation structures are difficult to detour, the time taken by repairs is of critical importance. The fastest repair techniques should be developed in order to minimize the time out of service. The objective of this research is to investigate the properties and behavior of Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Belite (CSA) cement mixtures for waterway repair applications. CSA cement is a rapid setting, low-shrinkage cement which can be used to form advanced new materials capable of quickly repairing the nation’s maritime infrastructure. CSA cement maintains many of the beneficial qualities of portland cement but it can reach structural strengths in only a few hours and its low shrinkage makes it an ideal repair material
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $236096
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551747130
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Sponsor Organizations:
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR United States 72701 -
Performing Organizations:
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
4190 Bell Engineering
Civil Engineering
Fayetteville, Arkansas United States 72701 -
Principal Investigators:
Murray, Cameron
Bernhardt, Michelle
- Start Date: 20180813
- Expected Completion Date: 20210531
- Actual Completion Date: 20210831
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aluminous cement; Calcium sulfates; Infrastructure; Repairing; Sulfonates; Waterways
- Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01681643
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747130
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Sep 21 2018 1:09PM