Causes of Premature Failure of Repaired Concrete Structures


Sometimes repaired concrete structures are not proper. the repair work leads to waste of time and money. Many researches have been conducted to specify causes of premature ­­­failure in repaired concrete. For instance, the wrong diagnose of defect causes, inappropriate selection of repair materials, poor workmanship, failure to remove defected concrete etc. Premature failure happens when the defect occurs within the design life of the component. Any other failure mode indicates an abnormality, no matter how long the period before failure.

What are the Causes of Premature Failure of Repaired Concrete Structures?

  • Inappropriate selection of repair materials.
  • Diagnose the cause of damage of concrete structure wrongly.
  • Proper surface preparation is key to making sure concrete repairs last. So, failure to prepare, remove, and clean deteriorated concrete area properly.
  • Utilization of heavy equipment will harm damage of concrete.
  • Cutting of steel bars and insufficient splicing of steel reinforcements.
  • Insufficient transfer of loads.
  • Poor workmanship is another factor that causes premature failure repaired concrete. For instance, poor placement of repair materials.
  • Poor practices of placement of repair materials. Inappropriate preparation of concrete base surface.           

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Like us on Facebook :- https://www.facebook.com/SanghiCement
Follow us on Linkedin :- https://www.linkedin.com/company/sanghi-industries-ltd
Subscribe us on Youtube :- https://www.youtube.com/SanghiIndustries-Ltd
For any Inquiry visit :- http://www.sanghicement.com/inquiry-form
Contact us on Whatsapp :- +91-79-26838000

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

To read more interesting blogs,
Subscribe us on
:- https://bloggershrutidoshi.wordpress.com/

Blog Written by
Shruti Doshi
Technical Officer – Sanghi Cement & Blogger
shrutidoshi.1492@gmail.com


Blog Managed by
Nirav Pandya
Digital Marketing Officer – Sanghi Cement
nirav.pandya@sanghicement.com

Leave a comment

Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started