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Cracking is the main distress mechanism for epoxy asphalt concrete pavements on bridge steel decks. However, there are no sealing materials and techniques for crack in bridge deck pavements. To solve this problem, a chemically cured sealant for epoxy asphalt pavement on bridge steel deck has been developed and evaluated. Viscosity test, tensile test, pull-out test, tensile bond behavior test and shear bond behavior test were conducted in the laboratory, and the newly developed sealant proved to have rather good workability, bulk performance, interfacial performance and cooperative behavior with epoxy asphalt concrete. Monotonic and fatigue beam bending tests were also employed to assess the effects of different sealing techniques. The tests results showed that the bending strengths of sealed beams are approximately the same as undamaged beams while their fatigue lives are significantly shorter than the undamaged ones. Fatigue equations of undamaged beams and sealed beams were developed based on the fatigue test results. They provide ways to predict fatigue lives of the epoxy asphalt steel deck pavements both before and after sealing.
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Chen, L., Qian, Z. (2012). Rehabilitation of Cracking in Epoxy Asphalt Pavement on Steel Bridge Decks. In: Scarpas, A., Kringos, N., Al-Qadi, I., A., L. (eds) 7th RILEM International Conference on Cracking in Pavements. RILEM Bookseries, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4566-7_25
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