Blast-resistance of ultra-high strength concrete and reactive powder concrete

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae-Hee Lee ◽  
Dal-Hun Yang ◽  
Min-Jae Kwon ◽  
Jang-Ho Jay Kim
2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 1090-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Pei Tian ◽  
Yang Ju ◽  
Hong Bin Liu ◽  
Jin Hui Liu ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
...  

The explosive spalling of high-strength concrete due to fire is a problem that has garnered increasingly widespread attention, particularly the explosive spalling of reactive powder concrete (RPC). For years, based on the vapor pressure mechanism, the addition of fibers has been demonstrated to be somewhat effective in protecting against spalling. However, relevant experiments indicate that fibers are not effective for dense concrete, which is a challenge for the simple vapor pressure mechanism in providing spalling resistance for RPC. The authors found that silica fume plays an important role in the explosive spalling of RPC. Thus, four classes of RPCs with different ratios of silica fume were prepared, and the spalling phenomena and the inner temperature distribution during heating were investigated. The results show that silica fume content has a prominent effect on the spalling process of RPC.


Teras Jurnal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Yulius Rief Alkhaly

<p>Reactive powder concrete (RPC) merupakan varian baru dari beton mutu ultra tingggi (ultra high strength concrete) yang diperkenalkan kepada umum pertama kali pada tahun 1994. Beton modern ini memiliki beberapa keunggulan dibandingkan beton konvensional (normal concrete) atau beton kinerja tinggi (high performance concretes). Penelitian tentang RPC di Indonesi masih sangat terbatas, RPC pertama bermaterial lokal Indonesia dikembangkan tahun 2009, dengan sumber silika berasal dari silica fume. Sebagai bagian dari berbagai penelitian lanjutan tentang RPC, hasil akhir dari riset ini diharapkan dapat menghasilkan RPC yang benar-benar sesuai dengan karakteristik material di Indonesia. Sumber silika yang digunakan berasal dari limbah bahan organik sehingga dapat menekan biaya produksi dan menghasilan green concrete yang dapat mengurangi dampak negatif limbah terhadap lingkungan.</p><p><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> Reactive Powder Concrete, Silika, Limbah Bahan Organik</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
Baidaa Khdheer

This research include the study of flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams with and without addition of super absorbent polymer (SAP) to concrete, two groups of concrete mixture were used; each one have five concrete mixture (Reactive Powder Concrete RPC, Modified Reactive Powder Concrete, Self Compact Concrete SCC, High Strength Concrete HSC and Normal Strength Concrete NSC) four of them with high compressive strength and the last one with normal compressive strength. Group A casting concrete without addition of SAP, group B casting concrete with addition of SAP. Ten beams are molded of (200*300*1700) mm dimension with same steel reinforcement. Flexural tested for all beams was doing and load-deflection relationships of beams with and without SAP were established. Test results had shown that beams casting with addition of SAP (group B) proved to have larger load carrying capacity and llower deflection compared with group A.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baek-Il Bae ◽  
Hyun-Ki Choi ◽  
Bong-Seop Lee ◽  
Chang-Hoon Bang

Although mechanical properties of concrete under uniaxial compression are important to design concrete structure, current design codes or other empirical equations have clear limitation on the prediction of mechanical properties. Various types of fiber-reinforced reactive powder concrete matrix were tested for making more usable and accurate estimation equations for mechanical properties for ultra high strength concrete. Investigated matrix has compressive strength ranged from 30 MPa to 200 MPa. Ultra high strength concrete was made by means of reactive powder concrete. Preventing brittle failure of this type of matrix, steel fibers were used. The volume fraction of steel fiber ranged from 0 to 2%. From the test results, steel fibers significantly increase the ductility, strength and stiffness of ultra high strength matrix. They are quantified with previously conducted researches about material properties of concrete under uniaxial loading. Applicability of estimation equations for mechanical properties of concrete was evaluated with test results of this study. From the evaluation, regression analysis was carried out, and new estimation equations were proposed. And these proposed equations were applied into stress-strain relation which was developed by previous research. Ascending part, which was affected by proposed equations of this study directly, well fitted into experimental results.


2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 694-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na-Hyun Yi ◽  
Jang-Ho Jay Kim ◽  
Tong-Seok Han ◽  
Yun-Gu Cho ◽  
Jang Hwa Lee

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (02) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Hiba A. Sabit ◽  
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Aamer N. Abbas ◽  

Reactive powder concrete and high strength concrete have superior mechanical and structural properties, however, the major drawback of this new construction material is its high cost compared to traditional concrete. This study presents an experimental investigation on the structural behavior of hybrid rectangular cross section (coupled) reinforced concrete beams poured with normal and high strength concrete (HSC) at compression chord, normal strength concrete (NSC) at ribs, and reactive powder concrete (RPC) at tension chord. The experimental work consists of pouring and testing four specimens with dimensions (1100mm length, 100 mm width, and 400 mm height). First specimen, rectangular solid normal concrete beam for comparison with specimens, second specimen, coupled beam poured with normal strength concrete at top chord, and two other specimens of coupled beams cast with high strength concrete with two compressive strength (50 MPa and 70 MPa) at top chord. The effect of top chord concrete type at each specimen on ultimate load capacity, energy absorption, deflection and cracking load are studied in this investigation. Experimental results showed that the ultimate load carrying capacity and energy absorption increased to 76.9 % and 108.33 % respectively, compared with the solid specimen and recorded a reduction in deflection values through loading life and cracking load when using higher compressive strength of high strength concrete in compression chord in addition to reactive powder concrete in tension zone.


2011 ◽  
Vol 477 ◽  
pp. 333-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gai Fei Peng ◽  
Yan Teng

This paper presents a review of advances in research on fire resistance of high-strength concrete (HSC) and ultra-high-strength concrete (UHSC). Further research needs in the near future on UHSC, especially on reactive powder concrete (RPC), are also discussed. It is commonly recognized that HSC suffers strength loss in a manner basically similar to that of normal strength concrete. But the main problem of HSC is explosive spalling under high temperature, which can be solved by employing either polymer fiber or steel fiber. Since RPC200 is a type of RPC which has been successfully prepared in many counties and is to be applied to engineering practice, fire resistance of RPC200 needs a series of investigations urgently. The objectives of such investigations are to restrain explosive spalling and minimizing spalling probability, so as to ensure satisfactory fire resistance of RPC. It is expected that a research will be carried out on explosive spalling behavior, fracture properties, and micro-structure, to establish a mechanism as well as technical measures for improving fire resistance of RPC.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 74-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gamal I. K. ◽  
K. M. Elsayed ◽  
Mohamed Hussein Makhlouf ◽  
M. Alaa

Reactive Powder Concrete RPC is comprise of (cement, quartz powder, sand, and superplasticizer) mixture with low water/cement ratio. It has not coarse aggregates and characterized by highly dense matrix, high strength concrete, excellent durability, and economic. This study aims to investigate fresh and hardened properties of locally cast RPC with several available economical materials such as silica fume (SF), fly ash (FA), steel fiber (STF), and glass fiber (GF). Experimental investigation were performed to study the effectiveness of partial replacement of cement by SF or FA to reach ultra-high strength concrete, effect of additional materials STF or GF in order to improve the fracture properties of the RPC mixes, and influence of the treated with normal water as well as with hot water. Fifteen different RPC mixes were cast with 20, 25, 30, and 35% cement replacement by SF, 25% cement replacement by FA, and another proportions taken combination between SF and FA with percentages 15, 20, 25% FA and constant 10% SF. Varying fiber types (steel fiber or glass fiber) added to concrete by different percentages 1, 2, and 3%. Specimens were treated with normal water 25ᵒC and hot water at 60ᵒC and 90ᵒC by 2 mixes with silica fume content 25% of binder and steel fiber content 2% by total volume. Performance of the various mixes is tested by the slump flow, compressive strength, flexure strength, splitting tensile strength, and density. The production of RPC using local materials is successfully get compressive strength of 121 MPa at the age of 28 days at standard conditions and normal water curing 25°C with Silica fume content 25% of binder and steel fiber content 2% by total volume of RPC and water/binder ratio of 0.25.  The results also showed the effect of curing by hot water 60 and 90°C, it is observed that compressive strength increases proportionally with curing temperatures and a compressive strength of 149.1 MPa at 90°C for 1days was obtained.


Author(s):  
Amer Hammoud ◽  
Junbo Yan ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Hassan Aoude

As part of this study a series of columns built with high-strength concrete (HSC) and Grade 690 MPa high-strength reinforcement are tested under blast loads using a shock-tube. The performance of the columns is compared to a set of columns specimens built with Grade 400 MPa reinforcement. In addition to the effects of concrete and steel type, the effects of longitudinal steel ratio and seismic detailing are also investigated. The results show that concrete strength has limited effects on blast behavior. Conversely, use of high-strength bars significantly enhances column blast performance by reducing displacements and increasing blast resistance, with an ability to reduce reinforcement. The results further demonstrate that increasing the longitudinal steel ratio and seismic detailing improve the blast behavior of columns built with conventional and high-strength bars. As part of the analytical study the blast response of the columns is predicted using SDOF analysis and finite element modelling.


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