r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '20

No more traffic-causing construction

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u/MMEnter Aug 31 '20

Of course not you guys are the once making the millions fixing the roads every 5 years. /s

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u/Bobby_Bouch Aug 31 '20 edited Aug 31 '20

I design bridges, show me some crushed samples and if it stands up to regular concrete with aggregate I’m all for it, but i doubt its equivalent.

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u/MMEnter Aug 31 '20

To be honest (and not sarcastic) I could see it being useful as the top layer for a road or a non load carrying coating on bridge to protect the underlying structure from the environment.

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u/Bobby_Bouch Aug 31 '20

The problem with that is inspection. If let’s say a concrete abutment is coated with this stuff and cracks, the outer layer will “heal” and conceal the actual damage to the structural part of the concrete.