To better understand bonding mechanism at the interface between old and new concrete sur- faces, overlaid specimens were fabricated to measure shear bond strength. Old concrete cubes with two dif- ferent moisture conditions (saturated surface dry (SSD) and air dry)…
To better understand bonding mechanism at the interface between old and new concrete sur- faces, overlaid specimens were fabricated to measure shear bond strength. Old concrete cubes with two dif- ferent moisture conditions (saturated surface dry (SSD) and air dry) were chosen. Three different materials with two w/c ratios and a silica fume addition were used for new overlay concrete. From the shear tests, it was found that silica fume in new concrete significantly increases not only the compressive strength of new con- crete but also the shear bond strength at the interface. New concrete with low w/c ratio resulted in high com- pressive strength but lower shear bond strength for both surface conditions compared to high w/c ratio. For all overlay concretes it was consistent that SSD surface condition resulted in much higher bond strength com- pared to air dry. SEM and XRD were employed to characterize material at the interface and to determine in- terfacial zone.