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The following step w<strong>as</strong> to glue the steel disk <strong>of</strong> 2 in diameter to the UHPC surface. Forthat, a rapid setting adhesive w<strong>as</strong> used. The chosen epoxy adhesive w<strong>as</strong> Scotch-WeldTMDP100 Plus Clear provided by 3M Company. The adhesive applicator is shown in Figure3.19.b. The adhesive w<strong>as</strong> carefully placed in the UHPC surface so that the epoxy did notrun down the side <strong>of</strong> the specimen into annular cut and thereby not producing anyinterference in the results. To ensure the proper adhesion <strong>of</strong> the steel disk to the overlaysurface, the disk w<strong>as</strong> pressed against the overlay surface for 4 min. If there w<strong>as</strong> someexcessive adhesive along the border <strong>of</strong> the steel disk, it w<strong>as</strong> removed. The loading teststarted one day after gluing the disk to the overlay.(a) Drilling rig(b) Adhesive to glue the steel disk to the overlay surfaceFigure 3.19 Preparation <strong>of</strong> the pull <strong>of</strong>f specimenThe DYNA Pull-<strong>of</strong>f Tester Type Z16 w<strong>as</strong> used to apply the vertical force. Figure 3.20shows three steel disks glued to the UHPC surface and the pull <strong>of</strong>f tester. The tensileforce w<strong>as</strong> applied by moving the crank, therefore, the load rate w<strong>as</strong> applied manually.ASTM C 1583 recommends to apply the tensile stress constantly at a rate <strong>of</strong> 5 ±2 psi/s;however, due to the difficult <strong>of</strong> applying the load manually a constant rate, the rateapplied w<strong>as</strong> 50 ±20 psi in intervals <strong>of</strong> 10 s with the help <strong>of</strong> a timer. The failure load andfailure mode were recorded from each test specimen. Equation 3.2 w<strong>as</strong> used to calculatethe tensile strength. Some disks broke away from overlay surfaces at the beginning <strong>of</strong> theloading ph<strong>as</strong>e showed a poor adhesion to UHPC. This is explained due the fact that thesteel fibers pushed up the steel disk during the first minutes after applying the adhesive.The test w<strong>as</strong> repeated in those samples that failed on epoxying coating.67

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