High-volume fly ash paste for developing ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. e157-e161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iman Ferdosian ◽  
Aires Camões ◽  
Manuel Ribeiro
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Tuan ◽  
Pham Sy Dong ◽  
Le Trung Thanh ◽  
Nguyen Cong Thang ◽  
Yang Keun Hyeok

The addition of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) to replace cement, especially with a high volume (> 50%), is an effective way to reduce the environmental impact due to the CO2 emissions generated in the production of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). Unfortunately, no official guidelines of UHPC using a high volume of SCMs have been published up to now. This paper proposes a new method of mix design for UHPC using high volume fly ash (HVFA), that is referred to the particle packing optimization of the Compressive Packing Model proposed by F. de Larrard. This proposed method also considers the heat treatment curing duration to maximize the compressive strength of HVFA UHPC. The experimental results using this proposed mix design method show that the optimum fly ash content of 50 wt.% of binder can be used to produce HVFA UHPC with a compressive strength of over 120 MPa and 150 MPa under standard curing and heat treatment, respectively. Moreover, the embodied CO2 emissions of UHPC reduces 56.4% with addition of 50% FA.


Author(s):  
Van Viet Thien An

In the present study, the synergic effects of cementitious materials in the ternary binder containing cement, silica fume, fly ash on the workability and compressive strength were evaluated by using the D-optimal design of Design-Expert 7. The ternary binder composed of 65 vol.-% cement, 15 vol.-% SF and 20 vol.-% FA at the W/Fv ratio of 0.50 is the optimum mixture proportions for the highest compressive strength of the UHPC. To produce the sustainable UHPC, high-volume fly ash ultra high performance concrete with a good flowability and 28-d compressive strength over 130 MPa can be produced with fly ash content up to 30 vol.-% in the binder. Article history: Received 21 March 2018, Revised 06 April 2018, Accepted 27 April 2018


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 7107
Author(s):  
Pham Sy Dong ◽  
Nguyen Van Tuan ◽  
Le Trung Thanh ◽  
Nguyen Cong Thang ◽  
Viet Hung Cu ◽  
...  

This research investigated the effect of fly ash content on the compressive strength development of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) at different curing conditions, i.e., the standard curing condition and the heat curing. A total of 20 mixtures were prepared to cast specimens to measure the compressive strength at different ages from 3 days to 180 days. Additionally, 300 specimens were prepared to estimate the appropriate heat curing period at the early ages in terms of enhancing the 28-day compressive strength of UHPC with high content of fly ash (FA). From the regression analysis using test data, empirical equations were formulated to assess the compressive strength development of UHPC considering the FA content and maturity function. Test results revealed that the preference of the addition of FA for enhancing the compressive strength of UHPC requires the early heat curing procedure which can be recommended as at least 2 days under 90 °C. Moreover, the compressive strength of UHPC with FA under heat curing mostly reached its 28-day strength within 3 days. The proposed models based on the fib 2010 model can be a useful tool to reliably assess the compressive strength development of UHPC with high-volume fly ash (HVFA) (up to 70% fly ash content) under a heat curing condition that possesses a different performance from that of normal- and high-strength concrete. When 50% of the cement content was replaced by FA, the embodied CO2 emission for UHPC mixture reduced up to approximately 50%, which is comparable to the CO2 emission calculated from the conventional normal-strength concrete.


2006 ◽  
Vol 302-303 ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Feng Xing ◽  
Xiang Yong Guo ◽  
Fa Guang Leng ◽  
Ren Yu Zhang

In this paper, the main characteristic of definition, property, requirement of raw material, mix proportion design and performance improvement of high volume fly ash concrete (for short HVFAC) are summarized. The applications of HVFAC in dam, highway, building and port are introduced. The research results have shown that HVFAC have outstanding properties of physical mechanics, but some problems need to be further studied. It is believed that an operable strict corresponding technical criterion would be set down as soon as possible for engineering practice.


2018 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
pp. 105-109
Author(s):  
Trong Phuoc Huynh ◽  
Chao Lung Hwang

The present study evaluates the mechanical-microstructural characteristics of the densified high-performance concrete (HPC) incorporating high volume fly ash (FA). The densified mixture design algorithm (DMDA) technology was applied to design the concrete proportions. The effects of various FA contents on both fresh and hardened concrete were investigated. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to observe the microstructure of the concrete samples. The effectiveness of using DMDA in mix deign was also discussed in this study. As the experimental results, the FA content was found to affect the concrete properties significantly. The maximum compressive strength value of 65.1 MPa was obtained at the concrete samples containing 40% FA. Additionally, the 40% FA samples exhibited a denser microstructure as compared to the others. Generally, all of the tested concrete samples exhibited good performance in terms of workability, strength development, water absorption, and porosity. The results of this study further show the effectiveness of using DMDA technology in proportioning of the concrete mixture.


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