State of the Art: Mechanical Properties of Ultra-High Performance Concrete
Abstract: During the past
decades, there has been an extensive attention in using Ultra-High Performance
Concrete (UHPC) in the buildings and infrastructures construction. Due to that,
defining comprehensive mechanical properties of UHPC required to design structural
members is worthwhile. The main difference of UHPC with the conventional
concrete is the very high strength of UHPC, resulting designing elements with
less weight and smaller sizes. However,
there have been no globally accepted UHPC properties to be implemented in the
designing process. Therefore, in the current study, the UHPC mechanical
properties such as compressive and tensile strength, modulus of elasticity and
development length for designing purposes are provided based on the reviewed
literature. According to that, the best-recommended properties of UHPC that can
be used in designing of UHPC members are summarized. Finally, different topics
for future works and researches on UHPC’s mechanical properties are suggested.
Author: Mohamadtaqi Baqersad,
Ehsan Amir Sayyafi, Hamid Mortazavi Bak
Journal Code: jptsipilgg170018
