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Strength of copolymer grouting material based on orthogonal experiment

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Using the orthogonal experimental design method involving three factors and three levels, the flexural strength and the compressive strength of copolymer grouting material were studied with different compositions of water-cement ratio (mass fraction of water to cement), epoxy resin content, and waterborne epoxy curing agent content. By orthogonal range and variance analysis, the orders of three factors to influence the strength, the significance levels of different factors, and the optimized compound ratio scheme of copolymer grouting material mixture at different curing ages were determined. An empirical relationship among the strength of copolymer grouting material, the water-cement ratio, the epoxy resin content, and the waterborne epoxy curing agent content was established by multivariate regression analysis. The results indicate that water-cement ratio is the most principal and significant influencing factor on the strength. Epoxy resin content and waterborne epoxy curing agent content also have a significant influence on the strength. But epoxy resin content has a greater influence on the 7-day and 28-day flexural strength, and waterborne epoxy curing agent content has a greater influence on the 3-day flexural strength and the compressive strength. The copolymer grouting material with water-cement ratio of 0.4, epoxy resin content of 8% (mass fraction) and waterborne epoxy curing agent content of 2% (mass fraction) is the best one for repairing of cement concrete pavement. The flexural strength and the compressive strength have good correlation, and the ratio of compressive strength to flexural strength is between 1.0 and 3.3.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Yong-gui Chen  (陈永贵) & Wei-min Ye  (叶为民)

  2. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410076, China

    Yong-gui Chen  (陈永贵)

  3. School of Geoscience and Environmental Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Yong-gui Chen  (陈永贵) & Ke-neng Zhang  (张可能)

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Foundation item: Projects(40728003, 40772180, 40802064) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project (07JJ4012) supported by the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(20080430680) supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation; Project(B308) supported by Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project

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Chen, Yg., Ye, Wm. & Zhang, Kn. Strength of copolymer grouting material based on orthogonal experiment. J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. 16, 143–148 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-009-0024-4

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