The document discusses high performance concrete, which possesses high durability and strength compared to conventional concrete. It contains cementitious materials like fly ash or slag and superplasticizers. Some benefits are ease of placement, early high strength, toughness and stability. Applications include bridges, buildings, tunnels and pavements. Objectives are early usage and reducing column sizes. Characteristics are high strength, low permeability and chemical resistance. Advantages are longer spans and service life while limitations include careful manufacturing and quality control increasing costs.
The document discusses high performance concrete, which possesses high durability and strength compared to conventional concrete. It contains cementitious materials like fly ash or slag and superplasticizers. Some benefits are ease of placement, early high strength, toughness and stability. Applications include bridges, buildings, tunnels and pavements. Objectives are early usage and reducing column sizes. Characteristics are high strength, low permeability and chemical resistance. Advantages are longer spans and service life while limitations include careful manufacturing and quality control increasing costs.
The document discusses high performance concrete, which possesses high durability and strength compared to conventional concrete. It contains cementitious materials like fly ash or slag and superplasticizers. Some benefits are ease of placement, early high strength, toughness and stability. Applications include bridges, buildings, tunnels and pavements. Objectives are early usage and reducing column sizes. Characteristics are high strength, low permeability and chemical resistance. Advantages are longer spans and service life while limitations include careful manufacturing and quality control increasing costs.
The document discusses high performance concrete, which possesses high durability and strength compared to conventional concrete. It contains cementitious materials like fly ash or slag and superplasticizers. Some benefits are ease of placement, early high strength, toughness and stability. Applications include bridges, buildings, tunnels and pavements. Objectives are early usage and reducing column sizes. Characteristics are high strength, low permeability and chemical resistance. Advantages are longer spans and service life while limitations include careful manufacturing and quality control increasing costs.
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www.studymafia.org www.studymafia.org Content • Introduction • What is High Performance Concrete? • Application • Objectives • General Characteristics • Advantages • Limitations • Conclusion • References Introduction • High performance concrete is a concrete mixture, which possess high durability and high strength when compared to conventional concrete. • This concrete contains one or more of cementious materials such as fly ash, Silica fume or ground granulated blast furnace slag and usually a super plasticizer. What is High Performance Concrete?
• High Performance Concrete (HPC) is a specialized
series of concretes designed to provide several benefits in the construction of concrete structures.
• Performance Benefits • Cost & Other Benefits Performance Benefits
• ease of placement and consolidation without affecting strength
• long-term mechanical properties • early high strength • toughness • volume stability • longer life in severe environments Cost & Other Benefits
• less material • fewer beams • reduced maintenance • extended life cycle • aesthetics Application • BRIDGES • HIGH RISE BUILDINGS • TUNNELS • PAVEMENTS • NUCLEAR STRUCTURES Objectives
• To put the concrete in to service at much earlier age, for
example opening the pavement at 3-days. • To build high-rise buildings by reducing column sizes and increasing available space. • To build the superstructures of long-span bridges and to enhance the durability of bridge decks. • To satisfy the specific needs of special applications such as durability, modulus of elasticity, and flexural strength. Some of these applications include dams, grandstand roofs, marine foundations, parking garages, and heavy industrial floors. General Characteristics
• High strength • High early strength • High modulus of elasticity • High abrasion resistance • Low permeability and diffusion • Resistance to chemical attack • Volume stability • Ease of placement Advantages • Longer spans and fewer beams for the same magnitude of loading. • Reduced axial shortening of compression supporting members. • Superior long term service performance under static, dynamic and fatigue loading. • Low creep and shrinkage. • Greater stiffness as a result of a higher modulus Ec. • Reduced maintenance and repairs. • Smaller depreciation as a fixed cost. Limitations • High Performance Concrete has to be manufactured and placed much more carefully than normal concrete. • An extended quality control is required • In concrete plant and at delivery site, additional tests are required. This increases the cost • Some special constituents are required which may not be available in the ready mix concrete plants. Conclusion The water, cementitious materials, aggregates and chemical admixtures all need to be proportioned effectively to deliver the mix with the most desirable properties for placement, finishing, curing, and hardened condition. References • www.studymafia.org • www.google.com • www.wikipedia.com Thanks
