Venue : Newton Hall Day : Wednesday Date : 22-02-2012 Time : 4:30 pm

Developing Interface between Concrete and Polymer

Submitted by MALLIKARJUNACHARI.G
Ph.D Scholar (APPLIED MECHANICS) (Register No: AM12D005)

Under the guidance of

Dr. PIJUSH GHOSH

APPLIED MECHANICS DEPARTMENT

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS CHENNAI-600036

Data Sheet
Name Category Registration No. Specialization Guides Date of Joining Date of Registration Date of DC-0 Meeting Proposed Research Topic : : : : : : : : : Mallikarjunachari.G Ph.D (HTRA) AM12D005 Solid Mechanics, Dr. PIJUSH GHOSH, 21-12-2011 21-12-2011 22-02-2012 Developing Interface between Concrete and Polymer

List of possible courses

S.NO. COURSE ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AM6512 AS5980 MM5010 CH5190 CH5130 AS5860 MM3050 ID6020

COURSE TITLE
Application of Molecular Dynamics Contact Mechanics & Tribology Advanced Engineering Materials Introduction of Macromolecules Rheology of Complex Materials Composite Structures Creep Fatigue & Fracture Introduction to Research Methodology

CORE/ELECTIVE
CORE CORE ELECTIVE ELECTIVE ELECTIVE ELECTIVE ELECTIVE COMPULSORY

SEM
JAN, 2012 JAN, 2012 JUNE, 2012 JUNE, 2012 JUNE, 2012 JUNE, 2012 JUNE, 2012 JAN, 2012

Scholar

Guide

1.0.

INTRODUCTION

In Civil Engineering construction industry, there exists several ground improvement techniques to reduce swelling and shrinkage behavior, increase stability, etc. of clay types of soil. However, not many attempts have been made to increase the adhesion between clay and concrete materials (1). This enhanced adhesion can contribute to the capacity of subsurface load bearing structures such as piles, micro piles, tie-bars, anchor bars, etc. in the form of skin-friction. This adhesion can therefore lead to an extremely cost effective design of some of the above mentioned load bearing structures passing through clay (medium to stiff) stratum. Polymer has been successfully applied in the past in controlling interfacial properties of advanced materials with specific and tailored functions that could find application in fields as diverse as optics, biomaterials, corrosions, composites, etc. Polymer has been applied in the past to modify different behaviors of concrete and clay, however, no attempt has been made in the past to apply polymer as an interfacing material between clay and concrete(2-5). Figure 1.0 shows the schematic of this research. This research can be divided in to two parts, the first part is developing interface between concrete and polymer and second part constitutes of developing interface between clay and the same polymer(6-10). The objective of this research is to focus on the first part, i.e developing interface between concrete (hydrated cement) and polymer. Synthesis and mechanical characterization will be performed to undergo this study.

2.0.

METHODOLOGY

This research involves two parts (i) Synthesis (ii) Characterization

(i)

Synthesis: Thin film will be deposited on hydrated cement substrate. The

thickness of thin film will be at low nanometer level to begin with. The selection of polymer will be based on several factors such as mechanical properties, hydrophiliciy, ease of insitu polymerization etc. For cement substrate, different stages of hydration and different degrees of hydration will be considered.

(ii)

Characterization: Mainly nano mechanical characterization technique

will be applied to characterize the interface. Nano indentation and nanoscratching will be performed. FTIR will be applied to understand the bond formation at this interface. AFM will be applied to understand the deformation behavior at the interface during loading.

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nanocomposites: