Expansion Joint and Joint Sealant Glossary Index:

- Adhesion in Tension

- Blockout

- Compression Set

- Continuity of Seal

-  Expansion Joint

- Nosing Material

- Non-Invasive Anchoring

- Split Slab

- Sound Transmission Class (STC)

- Thermal Shock

Expansion Joints--Terms and Terminology: NOSING MATERIAL

Nosing Material--

A resin material (usually polyurethane based) with aggregate additives that is mixed and poured in the field on each side of a structural expansion joint gap. The material when cured is less rigid than the adjacent concrete substrate and as a result is more forgiving of traffic impact and suddenly applied vehicle loads. A high performance nosing material should be conservatively loaded with aggregates so as to preserve flexibility and avoid brittleness.

Used as a bedding material beneath cover plate systems, a conservatively-aggregate-loaded nosing material can be used as a leveling course to take any play out of the plates while additionally serving to absorb the loud bangs typical of plates mounted directly to hard, uneven, concrete surfaces.

Nosing as used with EMSEAL's SJS