1 Introduction
Structures/applications | Location | Completion/production year | Compressive strength (MPa) | Flexural strength (MPa) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sherbrooke footbridge | Sherbrooke, Canada | 1997 | 200 | 40 |
Joppa clinker silo | Illinois, USA | 2001 | 220 | 50 |
Seonyu footbridge | Seoul, Korea | 2002 | 180 | 32 |
Sakata Mirai footbridge | Sakata, Japan | 2002 | 238 | 40 |
Millau Viaduct toll gate | A75 Motorway, France | 2004 | 165 | 30 |
Shepherds creek bridge | Sydney, Australia | 2005 | 180 | – |
Blast resisting panels | Melbourne, Australia | 2005 | 160 | 30 |
Papatoetoe footbridge | Auckland, New Zealand | 2006 | 160 | 30 |
Glenmore/Legsby bridge | Calgary, Canada | 2007 | – | – |
Gaertnerplatz bridge | Kassel, Germany | 2007 | 150 | 35 |
UHPC girder bridge | Iowa, USA | 2008 | 150 | – |
Wind turbine foundations | Denmark | 2008 | 210 | 24 |
Haneda Airport slabs | Tokyo, Japan | 2010 | 210 | 45 |
Whiteman Creek bridge | Brantford, Canada | 2011 | 140 | 30 |
Sewer pipes | Germany | 2012 | 151 | – |
Spun concrete columns | Germany | 2012 | 179 | – |
UHPC truss footbridge | Spain | 2012 | 150 | – |
2 UHPC Composition
UHPC constituents | Range (% by weight) |
---|---|
Cement | 27–40 |
Silica fume | 6–12 |
Quartz powder | 7–14 |
Sand | 35–45 |
Superplasticizer | 0.5–3 |
Water | 4–10 |
Steel fiber | 0–8 |
2.1 Binders
2.2 Water/Binder Ratio
2.3 Superplasticizer
2.4 Aggregates
2.5 Steel Fibers
2.6 Nano-materials
3 Mixture Design of UHPC
4 Fresh Properties of UHPC
4.1 Air Content
References | w/b | Superplasticizer | Air content (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Ingo et al. (2004) | 0.25 | – | 4.3 |
Maeder et al. (2004) | 0.18 | 45 kg/m3
| 3.5 |
Kamen et al. (2009) | 0.13 | 46 kg/m3
| 1.8 |
Pierard and Cauberg (2009) | 0.17 | 20 kg/m3
| 1.0 |
Pierard et al. (2012) | 0.11 | 15 kg/m3
| 2.5 |
Magureanu et al. (2012) | 0.13 | 52 kg/m3
| 4.6 |
4.2 Setting Time
4.3 Workability
5 Mechanical Properties
5.1 Compressive Strength
5.1.1 Effect of Specimen Size and Shape
References | Specimen type and size | Conversion factor |
---|---|---|
Skazlic et al. (2008) | Cylinder, (70 × 140/100 × 200) | 1.05–1.15 |
Cylinder, (150 × 300/100 × 200) | 0.85–0.95 | |
Graybeal and Davis (2008) | Cylinder 76/cube 100 | 1.00 |
Cylinder 76/cube 71 | 0.94 | |
Cylinder 76/cube 51 | 0.96 | |
Cylinder 76/cylinder 102 | 1.01 | |
Kazemi and Lubell (2012) | Cube, (50/100) | 1.09 |
Cube 50/cylinder 100 | 1.14 | |
Cube 50/cylinder 50 | 1.09 |
5.1.2 Effect of Pre-treatment
5.1.3 Effect of Steel Fibers
5.1.4 Effect of Casting Direction
5.1.5 Effect of Loading Rate
5.2 Elastic Modulus
References | Models |
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ACI 363R-92 (HPC) (1997) |
\( E = 3300 \cdot \sqrt {f_{c}^{'} } + 6.9 \)
|
Ma and Schneider (2002) |
\( E = 16,364{ \cdot }\ln \left( {f_{c}^{\prime } } \right) - 34,828 \)
|
Sritharan et al. (2003) |
\( E = 4150 \cdot \sqrt {f_{c}^{'} } \)
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Ma et al. (2004) |
\( E = 19,000 \cdot \sqrt[3]{{{{f_{c}^{'} }}/{10}}} \)
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Graybeal (2007) |
\( E = 3840 \cdot \sqrt {f_{c}^{'} } \)
|
5.3 Flexural Strength
5.3.1 Effect of Sample Preparation Technique and Concrete Pouring Direction
References | Steel fiber | Curing conditions | Casting direction/pouring method | Flexural strength (MPa) | |
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L/D (mm/mm) | (%) | ||||
Steil et al. (2004) | 6/– + 13/– | 5 + 1 | 90 °C in water tank for 7 days | Horizontal | 49.6 |
Vertical | 11.7 | ||||
Lappa et al. (2004) | 20/0.3 | 2.5 | Fog room at 99 % RH until 28 days | Concrete pouring at one end only | 29.8 |
Concrete pouring at different locations | 19.1 | ||||
Kim et al. (2008) | 15/– | 2 | – | Longitudinal (parallel to flexural tension) | 72.0 |
Vertical (perpendicular to flexural tension) | 42.0 | ||||
Yang et al. (2010) | 13/0.2 | 2 | 90 °C for 3 days and 20 °C wet curing thereafter | End casting of beams | 62.6 |
Middle casting of beams | 54.0 | ||||
Wille and Parra-Montesinos (2012) | 13/0.2 | 1.50 | Stored in water at 20 °C | Middle casting | 15.8 |
Layer casting | 21.8 |
5.3.2 Effect of Fibers
References | Fiber (L/D) (mm/mm) | Fiber content (%) | Specimen size (mm) | Flexural strength (MPa) |
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Collepardi et al. (1997) | 13/0.18 | 2.5 | 150 × 150 × 600 | 20.2 |
40 × 40 × 160 | 48.3 | |||
Herold and Muller (2004) | 8/0.17 | 0.0 | 40 × 40 × 160 | 21.1 |
0.5 | 25.3 | |||
2.5 | 34.1 | |||
4.0 | 46.2 | |||
Bornemann and Faber (2004) | 9/0.15 | 2.0 | 150 × 150 × 700 | 22.0 |
Guvensoy et al. (2004) | 6/0.15 | 5.0 | 70 × 70 × 280 | 30.3 |
5.5 | 49.2 | |||
6.0 | 54.4 | |||
Orgass and Klug (2004) | 13/0.16 | 0.0 | 150 × 150 × 700 | 10.6 |
1.0 | 11.9 | |||
2.0 | 13.4 | |||
0.0 | 100 × 100 × 500 | 9.8 | ||
1.0 | 11.2 | |||
2.0 | 14.7 | |||
0.0 | 40 × 40 × 160 | 9.9 | ||
1.0 | 11.6 | |||
2.0 | 18.3 | |||
Soutsos et al. (2005) | 12/0.16 | 0.0 | 40 × 40 × 160 | 18.4 |
1.5 | 37.3 | |||
2.0 | 40.3 | |||
Allena and Newtson (2010) | 13/– | 0.0 | 75 × 100 × 400 | 10.9 |
1.5 | 18.3 | |||
Wille and Parra-Montesinos (2012) | 13/0.20 | 1.5 | 152 × 152 × 508 | 14.8 |
102 × 102 × 406 | 15.8 | |||
Magureanu et al. (2012) | 25/0.40 + 6/0.17 | 0.0 | 40 × 40 × 160 | 13.9 |
2.5 | 34.0 | |||
0.0 | 100 × 100 × 300 | 9.4 | ||
2.5 | 23.0 | |||
Kazemi and Lubell (2012) | 13/0.2 | 0.0 | 50 × 50 × 150 | 22.1 |
2.0 | 29.1 | |||
4.0 | 48.0 | |||
0.0 | 100 × 100 × 300 | 15.0 | ||
2.0 | 23.1 | |||
4.0 | 38.4 | |||
Kreiger et al. (2012) | 14/0.18 | 2.0 | 51 × 51 × 229 | 18.4 |
51 × 51 × 343 | 19.8 | |||
51 × 51 × 457 | 17.5 | |||
51 × 51 × 699 | 18.0 | |||
76 × 76 × 343 | 19.0 | |||
Shu-hua et al. (2012) | 18/0.20 | 0.0 | 40 × 40 × 160 | 26.9 |
1.0 | 27.6 | |||
2.0 | 29.2 | |||
0.0 | 100 × 100 × 400 | 17.7 | ||
1.0 | 18.9 | |||
2.0 | 20.0 | |||
Nguyen et al. (2013) | (30/0.3 twisted) + (13/0.2 smooth) | 1.0 + 0.5 | 50 × 50 × 150 | 29.6 |
1.0 + 1.0 | 38.9 | |||
1.0 + 0.5 | 100 × 100 × 300 | 23.9 | ||
1.0 + 1.0 | 29.1 | |||
1.0 + 0.5 | 150 × 150 × 450 | 20.5 | ||
1.0 + 1.0 | 26.9 |
5.3.3 Effect of Specimen Size
5.3.4 Effect of End Supports
5.4 Fiber and Rebar Pull-Out (Bond Strength)
References | Reinforcement type | Diameter (mm) | Embedded length (mm) | Curing regime | Bond strength (MPa) |
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Behloul (1996) | 13 mm steel fiber | 0.15 | – | – | 11.5 |
Chan and Chu (2004) | 0.16 | 10 | 85 °C and 90 % RH for 3 days | 5.5 | |
Lee et al. (2010) | 13 mm steel fiber at 0o
| 0.20 | 6.5 | Steam curing 90 °C for 2 days | 6.8 |
13 mm steel fiber at 15o
| 0.20 | 10.8 | |||
13 mm steel fiber at 30o
| 0.20 | 12.7 | |||
Wille and Naaman (2012) | 13 mm steel fiber | 0.20 | 6.5 | 20 °C (Laboratory environment) | 10.4 |
30 mm steel fiber twisted | 0.30 | 46.9 | |||
30 mm steel fiber hooked | 0.30 | 42.2 | |||
Park et al. (2014) | 30 mm smooth steel fiber | 0.30 | 15 | Water curing at 90 °C for 3 days | 9.9 |
30 mm hooked steel fiber | 0.37 | 11.7 | |||
62 mm hooked steel fiber | 0.77 | 11.4 | |||
30 mm twisted steel fiber | 0.30 | 6 | 32.0 | ||
Collepardi et al. (1997) | Deformed rebar | 20 | – | Standard | 28.4 |
Cheyrezy et al. (1998) | Prestressing strand | 13 | – | Standard | 35.0 |
Cheyrezy et al. (1998) | Prestressing wire | 5 | – | Standard | 10.0 |
Reineck and Greiner (2004) | Deformed rebar | 4 | 8 | – | 46.0 |
Holschemacher et al. (2004) | Deformed rebar | 10 | 15 | Under water, 3 days | 34.0 |
Deformed rebar | 10 | Under water, 7 days | 47.0 | ||
Deformed rebar | 10 | Under water, 28 days | 68.0 | ||
Deformed rebar | 10 | Under water, 56 days | 70.0 | ||
Holshemacher et al. (2005) | Deformed rebar | 10 | – | – | 56.0 |
Lee et al. (2005) | Epoxy coated rebar | 10 | – | – | 12.7 |
Tuchlinski et al. (2006) | Prestressing strand | 13 | – | – | 15.0 |
Maroliya (2012) | Deformed rebar | 8 | 75 | Hot water curing | 4.8 |
Deformed rebar | 8 | 7.5 |
5.5 Reinforcement Cover
5.6 UHPC Under Dynamic and Impact Loading
5.7 Fatigue Behavior
References | Fiber (L/D) (mm/mm) | Fiber (%) | Compressive strength (MPa) | Specimen | Stress level | Fatigue life (N) | Log (N) |
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Lappa et al. (2004) | 20/0.30 | 2.5 | 217 | Beam 125 × 125 × 1000 | 0.75 | 29,295 | 4.47 |
12,4003 | 5.09 | ||||||
163,931 | 5.21 | ||||||
170,771 | 5.23 | ||||||
Lappa et al. (2006) | 20/0.30 | 2.5 | 217 | Beam 125 × 125 × 1000 | 0.55 | 67,00200 | 6.83 |
0.70 | 150,700 | 5.18 | |||||
0.80 | 11,500 | 4.06 | |||||
13/0.16 | 1.6 | 146 | 0.80 | 291,8500 | 6.47 | ||
0.90 | 13,200 | 4.12 | |||||
Fitik et al. (2008) | 9/0.15 | 0.0 | 152 | Dog bone 100 × 50 × 250 | 0.10 | 5,011,872 | 6.70 |
0.20 | 398,1072 | 6.60 | |||||
0.30 | 3,162,278 | 6.50 | |||||
2.5 | 191 | 0.10 | 10,000,000 | 7.00 | |||
0.20 | 10,000,000 | 7.00 | |||||
0.30 | 10,000,000 | 7.00 | |||||
Grunberg and Ertel (2012) | 9/0.15 | 2.5 | 183 | Beam 40 × 40 × 160 | 0.85 | 4990 | 3.70 |
4310 | 3.63 | ||||||
317 | 2.50 | ||||||
1720 | 3.24 | ||||||
0.75 | 11,595 | 4.06 | |||||
26,511 | 4.42 | ||||||
61,905 | 4.79 | ||||||
25,111 | 4.40 | ||||||
0.70 | 33,145 | 4.52 | |||||
127,806 | 5.11 | ||||||
394,081 | 5.60 | ||||||
2942 | 3.47 | ||||||
Lohaus and Elsmeier (2012) | 9/0.15 | 0.0 | 165 | Cylinder 60 × 180 | 0.70 | 1,258,925 | 6.10 |
0.75 | 169,824 | 5.23 | |||||
0.80 | 31,623 | 4.50 | |||||
2.5 | 185 | 0.70 | 630,957 | 5.80 | |||
0.75 | 100,000 | 5.00 | |||||
0.80 | 15,849 | 4.20 | |||||
Makita and Bruhwiler (2013) | 13/0.16 | 3.0 | – | Prism 150 × 40 × 750 | 0.75 | 251,189 | 5.40 |
0.80 | 316,228 | 5.50 | |||||
0.60 | 5,011,872 | 6.70 | |||||
0.85 | 10,000,000 | 7.00 |
6 Durability Properties
6.1 Porosity and Permeability
References | UHPC type | w/b | Curing regimes | Total porosity (%) |
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Heinz and Ludwig (2004) | Fiber cocktail | 0.22* | 20 °C and 93 % RH | 8.2 |
65 °C and 93 % RH | 5.3 | |||
90 °C and 93 % RH | 4.2 | |||
105 °C and 93 % RH | 4.0 | |||
120 °C and 93 % RH | 3.5 | |||
180 °C and 93 % RH | 2.9 | |||
Herold and Muller (2004) | With steel fiber | 0.16 | 20 °C | 10.5 |
90 °C for 2 days | 6.4 | |||
Cwirzen (2007) | No steel fibers | 0.17 | Storage at 95 % RH | 5.8 |
90 °C for 4 days | 1.1 | |||
Scheydt and Muller (2012) | With steel fibers | 0.21 | Water cured at 28 °C | 8.9 |
90 °C for 3 days | 5.4 | |||
No steel fibers | Water cured at 28 °C | 10.9 |
6.2 Chloride Ions Penetration Properties
References | Curing regimes | w/b | Exposure solution | Exposure period | Maximum chloride contents |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roux et al. (1996) | 20 °C water cured (60 MPa pressure applied during setting time) | 0.14 | 0.5 M NaCl | – | 0.03 % of concrete mass |
Scheydt and Muller (2012) | Water cured | 0.21 | 3 % NaCl | 16 months | 1.4 % by mass of binder |
Thomas et al. (2012) | 20 °C for 2 days and 90 °C for another 2 days | 0.12 | Marine environment at Treat Island | 5 years | 0.21 % of concrete mass |
References | Curing regimes | W/b | Exposure solution | Exposure period | Chloride penetration depth |
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Graybeal (2006) | Laboratory environment | 0.12 | 3 % NaCl | 3 months | 4–6 mm |
Scheydt et al. (2008) | 90 °C for 3 days | 0.21 | 3 % NaCl | 4 months | 2–3 mm |
Pierard and Cauberg (2009) | 20 °C and 95 % RH | 0.18 | 16 % NaCl | 2 months | 3–4 mm |
Thomas et al. (2012) | 90 °C for 2 days | 0.12 | Marine environment at Treat Island | 5 years | 6–10 mm |
Scheydt and Muller (2012) | 90 °C for 3 days | 0.21 | 3 % NaCl | 16 months | 4–6 mm |
Pierard et al. (2012) | 20 °C for 90 days | 0.21 | 16 % NaCl | 3 months | 2–3 mm |
References | Curing regimes | w/b | Exposure solution | Exposure period | Diffusion coefficient (×10−13) |
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Roux et al. (1996) | 20 °C water cured and pressure application | 0.14 | 0.5 M NaCl | – | 0.20 |
Pierard and Cauberg (2009) | 20 °C and 95 % RH | 0.18 | 16 % NaCl | 56 days | 4.00 |
Juanhong et al. (2009) | 90 °C steam for 1 day | 0.15 | 10 % NaCl | – | 4.00 |
Scheydt and Muller (2012) | 90 °C for 3 days | 0.21 | 16 % NaCl | 63 days | 1.30 |
Pierard et al. (2012) | 20 °C for 90 days | 0.21 | 16 % NaCl | 90 days | 2.30 |
Thomas et al. (2012) | 90 °C for 2 days | 0.12 | Marine environment at Treat Island | 5 years | 1.30 |
References | Curing regimes | w/b or w/c* | Coulombs |
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Bonneau et al. (1997) | – | – | 10 |
Graybeal (2006) | 90 °C for 2 days | 0.12 | 18 |
Laboratory environment | 360 | ||
Ahlborn et al. (2008) | Air cured | 0.20* | 75 |
90 °C and 100 % RH for 2 days | 15 | ||
Scheydt and Muller (2012) | 90 °C for 3 days | 0.21 | 19 |
6.3 Corrosion Rate of Rebars
6.4 Freeze–Thaw Damage and Surface Scaling
References | w/b or w/c* | Steel fibers | Curing regimes | Freeze–thaw cycles | Relative dynamic modulus (%) |
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Shaheen and shrive (2006) | 0.13* | 0 % | 150 °C | 300 | 101.00 |
1.5 % | 101.60 | ||||
Ahlborn et al. (2008) | 0.20* | 6 % | Air | 300 | 101.57 |
90 °C and 100 % RH for 2 days | 300 | 100.29 | |||
Juanhong et al. (2009) | 0.21* | 2 % | 90 °C steam for 1 day | 1500 | 101.00 |
Magureanu et al. (2012) | 0.12 | 0 % | 90 °C and 80 to 90 % RH for 5 days | 1095 | 100.78 |
20 °C and 80 to 90 % RH for 5 days | 1095 | 100.40 | |||
2.5 % | 90 °C and 80 to 90 % RH for 5 days | 1095 | 100.40 | ||
20 °C and 80 to 90 % RH for 5 days | 1095 | 100.60 |