Research Project

Effective Structural Concrete Repair

Researcher(s)

Principal investigator: Terry Wipf, 515-294-9501, tjwipf@iastate.edu (project list) Wayne Klaiber, 515-294-8763, klaiber@iastate.edu (project list)

Project status

In progress

Start date: 02/01/99
End date: 12/31/08

Sponsor(s)/partner(s)

Sponsor(s):Iowa Department of Transportation

About the research

Research objective: The primary object of the project is to determine existing procedures and develop new procedures for repairing reinforced and prestressed concrete in bridges. Procedures will initially be tested in the laboratory and then employed on existing bridges. The various repairs will be monitored for several years to determine their effectiveness.

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The Bridge Engineering Center is administered by Iowa State University's Institute for Transportation.