Seminar On High Performance Concrete
Seminar On High Performance Concrete
On
High Performance
Concrete
May be achieved by —
• Type III or HE high-early-strength cement
• High cement content 400
to 600 kg/m3 (675 to 1000
lb/yd3)
• Low water-cementing materials ratio (0.20
to 0.45 by mass)
• Higher freshly mixed concrete
temperature
• Higher curing temperature
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COMPOSITION OF HPC
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High-Strength Concrete Materials
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High-Strength Concrete Materials
Admixtures —
• Use of water reducers, retarders, HRWRs, or
superplasticizers — mandatory in high-
strength concrete
• Air-entraining admixtures not necessary or
desirable in protected high-strength concrete.
• Air is mandatory, where durability in a freeze-
thaw environment is required (i.e.. bridges,
piers, parking structures)
• Recent studies:
• w/cm ≥ 0.30—air required
• w/cm < 0.25—no air needed
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Comparision between microstructure of HPC
and NSC
• The Gel Porosity should be reduced with capillary pores
• In order to improve the concrete performance, three aspects are
considered
(a)The hydrated cement paste should be strengthened
(b)The porosity in concrete should be lowered
(c)The interfacial transition zone should be toughened
Performance Benefits
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Applications
•Long Span Bridges : Vidya Sagar Setu at
Kolkata
High Rise building :
South Wacker
Drive , Chicago
Kaiga Power
Project
Petronas
Towers,Mala
ysia
Conclusion