Effects of Different Curing Regimes on Engineering Properties of Polymer-Modified Mortar
by Mahyuddin Ramli, (Professor, School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 11800-Penang, Malaysia. E-mail: mahyudin@usm.my) and Amin Akhavan Tabassi, Ph.D., (corresponding author), (Senior Lecturer, School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 11800-Penang, Malaysia. E-mail: akhavan.ta@gmail.com)
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 4, April 2012, pp. 468-478, (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000394)
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| Abstract: |
Despite the fact that polymer-modified mortar can be widely used as a material for major construction projects, the extensive use of this promising material may be hampered because of not enough published data on its durability performance. This paper, based on a laboratory program, compares the engineering properties, over different aging, of three commercial polymer-modified mortars [styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), polyacrylic ester (PAE), and vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE)] and unmodified conventional mortar mixes exposed to different curing conditions. The results show that the SBR mixes appeared to possess better engineering properties than the PAE and VAE mixes, and a well-designed polymer-modified mortar mix can retain its engineering properties over a long period of time. |
| Author Keywords: | 
| Polymer-modified mortar |
| Curing conditions |
| Engineering properties |
| Atmospheric carbonation |
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