The creation of building materials and products with improved properties, increased efficiency, contribution to a decrease in material consumption, cost and ease of manufacturing, is one of the most important tasks in the field of production of building materials. The use of modifying components in the manufacture of polymer composites is one of the main methods for improving their physical and mechanical properties. Plasticizers, finely dispersed fillers and other components are used as modifying additives. During the following studies, organosilicon varnish and asbestos-containing waste from construction and chemical industries were used as modifiers. New materials have been developed on the basis of modified epoxy binders, including those made by compression and vibrocompression with the use of waste, which are distinguished by high physical, mechanical and operational properties. Such materials expand the raw material base for the manufacture of new compositions, protective polymer coatings and polymer concretes.
The task of developing durable and effective building materials for protection against aggressive environments is urgent. One of the ways to increase the durability of buildings and structures is the use of polymer composite materials during their construction. In addition, the urgent task of recycling waste from construction and chemical industries also has to be considered. Determination of rational compositions of composite materials manufactured by compression and vibrocompression methods is of considerable interest. The problems of obtaining compositions of polymer composites based on the use of a modifying additive - a plasticizer (organosilicon varnish KO-922) and asbestos-containing fillers based on waste from construction and chemical industries are addressed. An analytical and graphical method for calculating the compositions of epoxy composite materials based on production wastes has been developed. Rational formulations based on modified epoxy binder have been obtained. The nomograms make it possible to make a practical choice of one or another filler composition for given conditions.
Introduction: the article is dedicated to assessing the condition with respect to use for traffic methods of bridges as part of hydraulic structures (dams, hydroelectric power stations, locks). The main factors affecting the structural element’s durability included in the composition of the hydraulic structures are dynamic loads (applied repeatedly and repeated) affecting the bay due to the hydrodynamic effect; temporary, moving loads from passing highway transportation, along the top of the structure (along the roadway); harmful chemical impurities contained in the water passing through the structure. Under the influence of the above-mentioned factors, defects and damage occur in the hydraulic facilities’ structural elements. Methods: the authors assessed the actual state of the material of the operating structure. To assess structures and materials actual state during the bridge structure inspection work, the following instrumental measurements were performed on as-built structural elements: leveling the top of the sidewalks and the roadway; materials strength determination of the main supporting structures by nondestructive methods; thickness measuring the asphalt concrete pavement of the roadway; determination of the degree of carbonation of concrete; identification of defects in the elements of the bridge. The actual structure’s concrete strength was determined by nondestructive testing methods: (1) by the method of the elastic rebound; (2) by the shock pulse monitoring method; (3) an indirect method of concrete strength ultrasonic testing based on the revealed relationship between the method of separation with shear test and methods – shock pulse and elastic rebound. Results: technical condition and bridge safety indicators calculation as a hydraulic structure element was executed. Discussion: technical examination results of the bridge structural elements and instrumental studies confirm the conclusion about the repair measures need with high-strength concretes and protective coatings based on polymer composite materials. Final report: following the emergency scenarios a numerical estimate table for the quantitative and qualitative parameters list was made, parameters corresponding to a particular structure state. Thus, according to the scenario related to the 3rd accident group, the bridge technical condition is assessed as limited operable, and the safety level is reduced.
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