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Shock characterization of an ultra-high strength concrete

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Nowadays, the design of protective structures may imply ultra-high performance concretes. These materials present a compressive strength 5 times higher than standard concretes. However, few reliable data on the shock response of such materials are available in the literature. Thus, a characterization of an ultra-high strength concrete has been conducted by means of hydrostatic and triaxial tests in the quasi-static regime, and plate impact experiments for shock response. Data have been gathered up to 6 GPa and a simple modelling approach has been applied to get a reliable representation of the shock compression of this concrete.

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    B. Erzar, C. Pontiroli & E. Buzaud

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Erzar, B., Pontiroli, C. & Buzaud, E. Shock characterization of an ultra-high strength concrete. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 225, 355–361 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-02637-4

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