Ultra-high performance Concrete with compressive strength exceeding 150 MPa (22 ksi): A simpler way

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-54

  Wille, Kay ^a   Naaman, Antoine E ^b   Parra Montesinos, Gustavo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow table; Reactive powder Concrete (rpc); Spread value; Steel fiber; Ultra high performance Concrete (uhpc)

Indexed keywords

FLOW TABLE; REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE (RPC); SPREAD VALUE; STEEL FIBER; ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE;

SILICA; SILICA FUME;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 79951736352     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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