Properties and Recommendation for Structural Design of Polymer Concrete
By M. Kunieda, A. Tattori, K. Uji and M. Hibino
Concrete Journal, Vol.45, No.11, Nov. 2007
- Synopsis
- In 1995, the Research Committee on Polymers in Concrete in the Society of Material Science propsed "Recommendation for structural design of polyester resign concrete (draft)". Then, many types of polymers (e.g. unsaturated polyester resin, epoxy resign and acrylic resin) have been used as matrix of polymer concrete. In addition, most structural design concept in civil and architectural fields has been changed to performance-based design. In order to apply the polymer concrete to various kinds of applications approproately, the recommendation was revised in 2006. This paper introduceds the fundamental material properties of polymer concrete and the typical examples of applications briefly, and also presents the contents of "Recommendation for structural design of polymer concrete (draft)".
- Keywords:
- Polymer concrete, recommendation, performance-based design, durability
