Friday Facts, June 14, 2013, Vol. 177

Bureau of Nutrition and Health Promotion part of the Iowa Department of Public Health produces of weekly newsletter about the Iowa WIC Program for the State of Iowa citizen.

Bridge Deck Repair Using Epoxy Resin, HR-177, 1979

Research funds were approved for the purchase of equipment designed to proportion and inject epoxy resins into delaminated areas of bridge decks. Through investigation and refining of this process, it was anticipated that a maintenance procedure would be developed to delay spalling of bridge decks by "gluing down" delaminated areas before spalling occurred.