Temperature Aging, Compression Recovery, Creep, and Weathering of a Foam Silicone Sealant for Bridge Expansion Joints

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-297

  Malla, Ramesh B ^a   Shrestha, Matu R ^a,b   Shaw, Montgomery T ^a   Brijmohan, Smita B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b The Dennis Group LLC   (United States)

^c Product Development Chemist Momentive Performance Materials   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Bridge expansion joints; Compression recovery; Creep; Silicone foam sealant; Strain; Stress; Stress relaxation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS; COMPRESSION RECOVERY; CREEP RATES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HARDENING EFFECTS; JOINT SEALANTS; LABORATORY ASSESSMENT; LOW TEMPERATURES; OUTDOOR WEATHERING; PARALLEL TEST; SHEAR MODULUS; SILICONE SEALANTS; TEMPERATURE AGING; TEMPERATURE CYCLING; TENSILE FORCES; TENSION LOADING; TEST RESULTS; ULTIMATE STRAIN; ULTIMATE STRESS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; CREEP; ELONGATION; EXPANSION; EXPANSION JOINTS; RECOVERY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEAR FLOW; SILICONES; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS RELAXATION; THERMAL AGING; UNLOADING; WEATHERING;

SEALANTS;

AGING; BRIDGE; CREEP; SEALING; STRAIN; STRESS; WEATHERING;

EID: 79952335194     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000166     Document Type: Article

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