Awarded as the best online publication by CIDC

Should lean concrete base and concrete slab be bonded together?

There are two schools of thought regarding the suitability of bonding between lean concrete base and concrete slab. The first one considers it undesirable to bond them together to minimize reflection cracking in the slab. In essence, bonding would cause cracks in lean concrete base to reflect through the concrete slab which may lead to premature cracking. Hence, bond breaking is achieved by applying wax curing compounds on lean concrete bases.

The other school of thought is to promote bonding between lean concrete base and concrete slab by treating the base with a rough texture to promote bonding to the slab. They consider that debonding lessens the lean concrete base’s structural contribution to the pavement and increases stresses due to curling and warping.

Advertisements

This question is taken from book named – A Self Learning Manual – Mastering Different Fields of Civil Engineering Works (VC-Q-A-Method) by Vincent T. H. CHU.

Share this post

Kanwarjot Singh

Kanwarjot Singh is the founder of Civil Engineering Portal, a leading civil engineering website which has been awarded as the best online publication by CIDC. He did his BE civil from Thapar University, Patiala and has been working on this website with his team of Civil Engineers.

If you have a query, you can ask a question here.

2 comments on "Should lean concrete base and concrete slab be bonded together?"

muzaffar ali panhwar says:

basically lean concrete increase bearing capacity of soil and avoid more settlement of soil

Rahmatullah Najmuddin . says:

Please tell me , i need Bridge Lean concrete required saft bearing capacity . formula

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Ask a question