Study on Influencing Factors of Hydraulic Engineered Cementitious Composites Layer Bonding Performance

Abstract

The layer bonding performance of hydraulic engineered cementitious composites (HECCs) plays an important role in their application in hydraulic buildings. This performance encompasses the bonding between layers of HECCs, as well as between HECCs and normal mortar (NM) layers. The influence of various factors on the layer bonding performance of HECCs was investigated. These factors included different pouring intervals (0 min, 20 min, 40 min, 60 min, 2.5 h, 7 days, 14 days, and 28 days), pouring directions (horizontal and vertical), degree of saturation (100%, 70%, 50%, 30%, and 0%), and surface roughness (varying sand-pour roughness). It was found that longer pouring interval times led to a decrease in the layer bonding performance, and the strength of the layer bonding fell below 50% compared to concrete without layers, with the lowest recorded strength being only 1.12 MPa. The layer’s horizontal flexural strength surpassed the vertical flexural strength, but the horizontal compressive strength fell below the vertical compressive strength. Additionally, the bonding performance of the substrate at 0% saturation was 15–20% lower compared to other saturation levels. Notably, roughness significantly enhanced the performance of HECC layers, with improvements reaching a maximum of 180–200%. Furthermore, the layer performance of HECCs and NM experienced an improvement of 20.5–37.5%.