INVESTIGATION OF INHIBITOR BASED

CEMENTITIOUS REPAIR COMPOSITE

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by
MD SHUAIB SAQIB B
P.MD FAROOQUE
NASRUL ISLAM
RABI UR RAHMAN

Under the guidance of

MR.BHARANIDHARAN B

(ASSISTANT PROFESSOR)

In partial fulfilment for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

In

CIVIL ENGINEERING

MAY 2019
 BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report INVESTIGATION OF INHIBITOR BASED

CEMENTITIOUS REPAIR COMPOSITE is the bonafide work of MD SHUAIB SAQIB
(RRN: 150011601046) P MD FAROOQUE (150011601065) NASRUL ISLAM
(150011601077) RABI UR RAHMAN (150011601134) who carried out the Project
under my supervision. Certified further, that to the best of my knowledge the work
reported here in does not form part of any other project report or dissertation on the
basis of which a degree or award was conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any
other candidate.

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
Mr. BHARANIDHARAN B Dr. VASANTHI PADMANABHAN
Supervisor professor and Dean
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering School of Infrastructure
Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering
B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent institue B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent institue
Chennai – 600 048. Chennai – 600 048

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 VIVA VOCE EXAMINATION

The viva voce examination of project work titled “INVESTIGATION OF INHIBITOR

BASED CEMENTITIOUS REPAIR COMPOSITE ” submitted by MD SHUAIB
SAQIB B(150011601046) P MD FAROOQUE (150011601065) NASRUL ISLAM
(150011601077) RABI UR RAHMAN (15001160134), was held on
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INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, I thank THE GOD ALMIGHTY, without whose help,
completing this B.TECH Dissertation would have been impossible.

First of all, I express my hearty gratitude to ALHAJ. ABDUL QADIR

ABDUR RAHMAN BUHARI, Chairman, Dr. SAHOL HAMID BIN ABU BAKAR,
Vice Chancellor and Dr. A. AZAD, Registrar, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent
Institute for providing necessary infrastructure facilities to carry out the Project.

I am grateful to Dr. P.VASANTHI, Professor and Head, Department of Civil

Engineering, B.S Abdur Rahman Institute for supporting and approving our
decisions in her power.

I feel to acknowledge my indebtedness and deep sense of gratitude to my

Project Supervisor Mr. BHARANIDHARAN B, Assistant Professor of Civil
Engineering, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute whose valuable guidance
and kind supervision given to me throughout the course which shaped the present
work as it show.
I am grateful to review panel members Dr. P.VASANTHI, Professor and
Head, Dr. J. REVATHY, Professor, Dr. P. GAJALAKSHMI, Associate Professor,
Dr. K. YOGESWARI, Associate Professor, Dr. V.S PRIYA, Associate Professor,
of Civil Engineering, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute for supporting us.

I am obliged to the teaching and non-teaching staff members of

Department of Civil Engineering, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute, for the
valuable information and facilities provided by them. My thanks and appreciations
also go to my family members and friends, who have willingly helped me out with
their abilities.

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 ABSTRACT

The main objective of the investigation is to study the effect of inhibitor

addition on durability performance of PPC cement mortar exposed to aggressive
corrosion environment. The variables involved in the study are type of cement (53
grade Portland Pozzolona Cement (PPC)), Type of corrosion inhibitor (Sodium
Nitrite (SN) based and based) and dosage of corrosion inhibitor (2% and 5% by
weight of cement).

The strength properties of water cured specimens were studied by

conducting compressive strength test, flexural strength test and shear strength
test. The durability related tests conducted includes water absorption test. All the
tests were conducted as per BIS/ASTM/guidelines prescribed by research
institutions.

It is found that addition of SN based inhibitor in PPC cement mortar exhibits

increased early strength gain as compared to control mortar. There is a marginal
increase in 28 day compressive strength for SN admixed mortar of the order of 5-
15% and as compared to control PPC mortar.

Flexural and shear strength results revealed a significant increase in

respective strength values of the order of 25 - 30% for SN based inhibitor admixed
mortar as compared to control mortar. Addition of SN inhibitor significantly
reduces the water absorption up to 27% as compared to control cement mortar.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE

NO.
ABSTRACT ii
LIST OF FIGURES viii
LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF ABBREVATIONS x
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 General 1
1.2 Mechanism of deterioration 1
1.3 Factors affecting mortar durability 2
1.3.1 External factors 3
1.3.2 Internal factors 3
1.4 Factors affecting selection of repair materials 4
1.5 Properties of repair materials 4

1.6 Cement 5
1.7 Manufactured sand 5
1.8 Need for present study 6
1.9 Objectives and scope of investigation 6
2. LITERATURE STUDY 7
2.1 General 7
2.2 Review of Literature 7
2.2.1 Literature review on inhibitors 7
2.2.2 Literature review on corrosion 8
2.2.3 Literature review on Manufactured Sand 9
3. METHODOLOGY 10
3.1 General 10
3.2 Experimental investigation 10
3.2.1 Compressive strength test for mortar 10
 3.2.2 Flexural Strength test 11
3.2.3 Shear Strength Test 12
3.2.4 Water Absorption Test 13
4. MATERIAL STUDY AND MIX DESIGN 14
4.1 General 14
4.2 Properties of materials used in the study 14
4.2.1 Cement 14
4.2.2 Fine aggregate 15
4.3 Mortar mix 17
4.3.1 Calculation of quantity of cement mortar 17
4.4 Mortar mix design 17
4.5 Mortar mix proportion 18
5. RESULTS AND DISSCUSSION 19
5.1 General 19
5.2 Compressive strength test 19
5.3 Flexural strength test 20
5.4 Shear strength test 21
5.5 Water absorption test 22
6. CONCLUSIONS 24
6.1 General 24
6.2 Conclusions 24
6.3 Scope for Further Research 25
7. REFERENCE 26
TECHNICAL BIOGRAPHY 27

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE

NO.
3.1 Compressive test in progress 9
3.2 Flexural Strength test in Progress 11
3.3 Shear Strength test in progress 13
3.4 Water Absorption Test in Progress 15
4.1 Portland pozzolona cement 16
4.2 Manufactured sand 16
4.3 Slump test in progress 17
5.1 Comparison of Compressive Strength for Control
And SN inhibitor admixed PPC mortar 19
5.2 Comparison of Flexural Strength for Control
And SN inhibitor admixed PPC mortar 20
5.3 Comparison of Shear Strength for Control
And SN inhibitor admixed PPC mortar 21
5.41 Time vs water absorption behavior of Control
And SN inhibitor admixed PPC mortar 22
5.42 Comparison of 24 hour water absorption for Control
And inhibitor admixed PPC mortar 22

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE

NO.
4.1 Consistency test observation of cement 10
4.2 Specific Gravity Observation for cement 10
4.3 Specific gravity and water absorption test for fine 11
Aggregate
4.4 Observation on Bulk Density of fine aggregate 12
4.5 Mini Slump Test 14

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 LIST OF ABBREVATIONS

PPC - Portland Pozzolona Cement

ASTM - American Society of Testing and Materials
BIS - Bureau of Indian Standard
SN - Sodium Nitrite