REVIEW ARTICLE
Review of The Cement-Based Composite Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC)
Edwin Paul Sidodikromo1, *, Zhijun Chen1, Muhammad Habib2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2019Volume: 13
First Page: 147
Last Page: 162
Publisher ID: TOCIEJ-13-147
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501913010147
Article History:
Received Date: 15/07/2019Revision Received Date: 18/09/2019
Acceptance Date: 24/09/2019
Electronic publication date: 15/11/2019
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) is an advanced type of concrete in the Civil Engineering industry. It is a cement-based composite which exhibits improved mechanical and durable properties showing a high compressive strength of not less than 150 MPa and high tensile strength of not less than 7 MPa.
Objective:
In this article, a review of the use of a different type of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) including fibers is made for obtaining the desired UHPC.
Discussion and Conclusion:
For this, it is vital to understand the principles of UHPC. UHPC has several advantages over normal strength concrete (NSC) and high strength concrete (HSC) with some commercially ready UHPC’s available, but the use of it is restricted due to the limited design codes. The influence of the curing type also plays a vital role in the overall performance of UHPC.