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Reactive Powder Concrete A Developing Ultra High Strength Concrete

Reactive powder concrete (RPC) is an ultra-high strength concrete that differs from traditional concrete. It contains no large aggregates and includes small steel fibers that provide additional strength and can replace steel reinforcement. RPC has better compressive and flexural strength and lower permeability than high-performance concrete. It was developed in the early 1990s in France to further increase concrete strength by removing coarser aggregates.

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Reactive Powder Concrete A Developing Ultra High Strength Concrete

Reactive powder concrete (RPC) is an ultra-high strength concrete that differs from traditional concrete. It contains no large aggregates and includes small steel fibers that provide additional strength and can replace steel reinforcement. RPC has better compressive and flexural strength and lower permeability than high-performance concrete. It was developed in the early 1990s in France to further increase concrete strength by removing coarser aggregates.

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REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE

A DEVELOPING ULTRA HIGH STRENGTH


CONCRETE
ABSTRACT
Concrete is a versatile and critical material for the construction of infrastructure
facilities throughout the world. A new developing material known as reactive powder
concrete (RPC) is available that differs significantly from traditional concretes. RPC
has no large aggregates, and contains small steel fibres that provide additional strength
and in some cases can replace traditional steel reinforcement. Reactive powders
concrete (RPC) will allow the concrete industry to optimize material use, generates
economic benefits, and build structures that are strong and durable. A comparison of
the physical mechanical and durability properties of RPC and high performance
concrete (HPC) shows that RPC possesses better (both compressive and Flexural
strength) and lower permeability compared to HPC. HPC leads the way to the
achievement of the maximum compressive strength of the order of say 120-150 MPa or
so. However, at such a level of strength, the coarse aggregate becomes the weakest link
in concrete. In order to increase the compressive strength of concrete even further, the
only way is to remove coarser aggregate. This philosophy has been employed in what
is today known as reactive powder concrete

1 INTRODUCTION

RPC with trade name ‘DUCTAL’ was developed in France by researchers Mr.Richard
and Mr. Cheyrezy in the early 1990s at Bouygues, laboratory in France. The world’s
first RPC structure, the Sherbrooke Bridge in Canada, was constructed in July 1997.
RPC is an ultra high-strength and high ductility cementitious composite with advanced
mechanical and physical properties. It is a special concrete where the microstructure is
optimized by precise gradation of all particles in the mix to yield maximum density. It
extensively uses the pozzolanic properties of highly refined silica fume and
optimization of the Portland cement chemistry to produce the highest strength hydrates.
RPC was nominated for the 1999 nova awards from the construction innovation
forum. RPC has been used successfully, for isolation and

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