Study on Hot-Mix Epoxy Resin Based on Glass Transition Temperature and Its Application for Steel Bridge Deck Pavement
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 8
Abstract
There are many kinds of hot-mixed epoxy resins on the market with uneven performance, which makes it difficult to select the excellent performing material. This study investigated the effects of glass transition temperature () on epoxy resins, epoxy asphalts, and epoxy asphalt mixtures, aiming to confirm the is an effective way to quickly select optimum epoxy resin materials. Specifically, the macromechanical properties, microproperties, and rheological properties of epoxy resins, epoxy asphalts, and epoxy asphalt mixtures were evaluated by a tensile and viscosity test, a dynamic mechanical thermal analysis test, a scanning electron microscope (SEM) test, and a dynamic shear rheometer test. Results indicate that the performances of epoxy resins, epoxy asphalts, and epoxy asphalt concretes have closely related with . With increasing, the tensile strength, Marshal stability, and dynamic stability are increased, while the elongation at the break, flexural tensile strains, fracture energy, and viscosity are decreased. In addition, the enhanced may boost the deformation resistance of epoxy asphalts. Furthermore, the activity energy of HB, CW-HBP, and TAF is , , and respectively, which demonstrate that has no correlation with the activity energy. Besides, according to the SEM test result, the lower can make epoxy resins experience ductile fracture, while higher can make the HB epoxy resin experience brittle fracture. Finally, the can be used to qualitatively compare and quickly select the optimum hot-mix epoxy resin used in long-span steel bridge deck pavement.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work is undertaken with funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52108404), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20210251), and the fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M690613). The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of any organization.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36 • Issue 8 • August 2024
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Received: Sep 7, 2023
Accepted: Feb 2, 2024
Published online: Jun 3, 2024
Published in print: Aug 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Nov 3, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Bridge components
- Bridge decks
- Bridge engineering
- Bridges
- Bridges (by material)
- Continuum mechanics
- Cracking
- Decks
- Dynamic tests
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Epoxy
- Fracture mechanics
- Laboratory tests
- Materials engineering
- Polymer
- Solid mechanics
- Steel bridges
- Steel decks
- Structural engineering
- Structural systems
- Synthetic materials
- Tests (by type)
- Wood bridges
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