Crack repair material of concrete vacuum tube segment using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for hyper-speed transportation system, and crack repairing method for the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11472445-B2
Application number	US-202017110325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2020
Priority date	Nov 3, 2020
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

The present invention provides a crack repair material of a concrete vacuum tube segment using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for a hyper-speed transportation system and a crack repairing method for the same capable of, in a case in which a vacuum tube segment of a hyper-speed transportation system, such as the Hyperloop, is manufactured using UHPC, repairing cracks formed in the UHPC vacuum tube segment easily and conveniently using a crack growth prevention material and a patch repair material and capable of immediately repairing cracks formed in the UHPC vacuum tube segment to secure airtightness so that operation of a vacuum pump is minimized and overload of the vacuum pump is prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A crack repair material of a concrete vacuum tube segment using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for a hyper-speed transportation system, which is a crack repair material for, in a case in which a vacuum tube segment for a hyper-speed transportation system is formed using UHPC, repairing cracks formed in the UHPC vacuum tube segment, the crack repair material comprising:
a crack growth prevention material that is inserted into a crack part of a UHPC vacuum tube segment in a direction perpendicular thereto to prevent growth of the crack, wherein the crack growth prevention material is a carbon fiber textile; and
a patch repair material that includes a textile reinforcement material, an adhesive, and a crack healing material and is attached to the crack growth prevention material on the crack part of the UHPC vacuum tube segment, wherein the crack healing material comprises a microcapsule and a polymer matrix, wherein the microcapsule is added into the polymer matrix, and wherein the microcapsule comprises methacrylate as a core material and poly(urea-formaldehyde) as a capsule film-forming material,
wherein, when the patch repair material attached to the crack part of the UHPC vacuum tube segment allows a vacuum pump installed for the hyper-speed transportation system to operate, a pressure is generated inside the UHPC vacuum tube segment, and the adhesive and the crack healing material fill the crack according to vacuum pressure to repair the crack in the UHPC vacuum tube segment.

2. The crack repair material of claim 1 , wherein the UHPC forming the UHPC vacuum tube segment includes:
100 parts by weight of cement as a binder;
20 to 30 parts by weight of silica fume as the binder;
15 to 25 parts by weight of quartz powder as the binder;
100 to 120 parts by weight of fine aggregate;
20 to 28 parts by weight of mixing water;
4 to 7 parts by weight of a high-performance water reducing agent; and
1.6 to 2.2 parts by weight of an antifoaming agent,
wherein the UHPC is mixed with a short fiber to form a cement composite, and a volume of the mixed short fiber is 1.5 to 2% of the entire volume of the cement composite.

3. The crack repair material of claim 2 , wherein the cement composite has a compressive strength in a range of 80 to 180 MPa, a flexural strength of 15 MPa or higher, a direct tensile strength of 7 MPa or higher, a service life of 100 to 200 years, and a shrinkage strain of 700 or lower.

4. The crack repair material of claim 1 , wherein the textile reinforcement material of the patch repair material is a 3D coil textile made of a polypropylene material.

5. The crack repair material of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive of the patch repair material is an adhesive made of a latex material.

6. The crack repair material of claim 1 , wherein, when fine cracks are formed and propagate in a concrete surface, in the crack healing material, the microcapsule placed at a position where the cracks propagate is broken so that a monomer therein flows between crack faces, and the monomer which penetrates into the cracks causes a polymerization reaction due to light so that the cracks self-heal.

7. A method of repairing cracks in a concrete vacuum tube segment using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for a hyper-speed transportation system, which is a method for, in a case in which a vacuum tube segment for a hyper-speed transportation system is formed using UHPC, repairing cracks formed in the UHPC vacuum tube segment, the method comprising:
a) identifying a crack formed in a UHPC vacuum tube segment for the hyper-speed transportation system;
b) inserting a crack growth prevention material into a crack part of the UHPC vacuum tube segment in a direction perpendicular thereto to prevent growth of the crack, wherein the crack growth prevention material is a carbon fiber textile;
c) attaching a patch repair material, which includes a textile reinforcement material, an adhesive, and a crack healing material, to the crack growth prevention material on the crack part in the UHPC vacuum tube segment, wherein the crack healing material comprises a microcapsule and a polymer matrix, wherein the microcapsule is added into the polymer matrix, and wherein the microcapsule comprises methacrylate as a core material and poly(urea-formaldehyde) as a capsule film-forming material;
d) operating a vacuum pump that causes an interior of the UHPC vacuum tube segment to be in a vacuum or partial-vacuum state; and
e) according to vacuum pressure caused by the vacuum pump, repairing the crack by filling the crack part with the adhesive and the crack healing material of the patch repair material.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the textile reinforcement material of the patch repair material is a 3D coil textile made of a polypropylene material.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the adhesive of the patch repair material is an adhesive made of a latex material.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein, when fine cracks are formed and propagate in a concrete surface, in the crack healing material, the microcapsule placed at a position where the cracks propagate is broken so that a monomer therein flows between crack faces, and the monomer which penetrates into the cracks causes a polymerization reaction due to light so that the cracks self-heal.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Civil Eng & Building Tech

Inventors

• Ryu Gum Sung
• Kim Byung Suk
• Koh Kyung Taek
• Song Jae Joon
• Kang Jae Yoon
• Baek Jong Dae
• An Gi Hong

Classifications

• C04B14/06

  Quartz; Sand · CPC title

• C04B20/0048

  Fibrous materials · CPC title

• E01B37/00 Primary

  Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track, not provided for in a single one of groups E01B27/00 - E01B35/00 · CPC title

• C04B40/0675

  Mortars activated by rain, percolating or sucked-up water; Self-healing mortars or concrete · CPC title

• C04B2111/72

  Repairing or restoring existing buildings or building materials · CPC title