Research Article

Failure Modes in Concrete Repair Systems due to Ongoing Corrosion

Figure 15

Experimentally obtained damage patterns when SHCC is used as a repair material (top: repair material; bottom: mortar substrate; interface is indicated with the arrow); samples are epoxy impregnated and imaged under UV light.
(a) SHCC: smooth surface. Complete delamination (interface failure)
(b) SHCC: grooved surface. Sample 1 (groove interlocking the crack to the substrate)
(c) SHCC: grooved surface. Sample 2 (groove interlocking the crack to the substrate)