A review of developments and challenges for UHPC in structural engineering: Behavior, analysis, and design

CC Hung, S El-Tawil, SH Chao - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
The number of studies on ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) or ultrahigh-performance
fiber-reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) for more resilient and sustainable reinforced concrete …

A comprehensive review of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) behaviour under blast loads

J Liu, J Wei, J Li, Y Su, C Wu - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2024 - Elsevier
Blasts resulted from industrial/residential accidents and deliberate attacks can impose
extremely hazardous loading conditions upon nearby structures. The repercussions of these …

Cast-in-place and prefabricated UHPC jackets for retrofitting shear-deficient RC columns with different axial load levels

CC Hung, CW Kuo, Y Shao - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is a new class of concrete materials that features
high strength, ductility, and damage tolerance. This study experimentally evaluated three …

A comparative study on the shear behavior of UHPC beams with macro hooked-end steel fibers and PVA fibers

M Bermudez, KW Wen, CC Hung - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Structural members made of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) have been attractive
to engineers and researchers due to their superior mechanical properties and durability …

Seismic performance of full-scale UHPC-jacket-strengthened RC columns under high axial loads

Y Shao, CW Kuo, CC Hung - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is a class of concrete materials that have high
strength and ductility capacities. This study developed two UHPC jacketing methods to …

A Comprehensive Review of the Advances, Manufacturing, Properties, Innovations, Environmental Impact and Applications of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete …

G Kravanja, AR Mumtaz, S Kravanja - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
The article presents the progress and applications of ultra-high-performance concrete
(UHPC), a revolutionary material in modern construction that offers unparalleled strength …

Seismic performance and cost analysis of UHPC tall buildings in UAE with ductile coupled shear walls

M AlHamaydeh, M Elkafrawy, S Banu - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The superior mechanical characteristics of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) have
attracted the interest of many researchers worldwide. Researchers have attempted to …

Resource-efficient design of ultra-high performance concretes

B Rai, C Boisvert-Cotulio, K Wille - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This research introduced and implemented the resource-efficiency factor (R) for the
development of non-proprietary UHPC considering relative workability, compressive …

Characterization of the tension softening behavior of UHPC

MA Saqif, S El-Tawil - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Fracture simulation of concrete structures, which entails generating rational and accurate
crack growth through the material, requires the tension softening curve as a constitutive …

Experimental and computational evaluation of the ductility of UHPC beams with low steel-reinforcement ratios

MA Saqif, YS Tai, S El-Tawil - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
There is a growing trend toward utilizing high steel-reinforcement ratios (as high as 5%) in
ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) beams. This tendency is driven by the desire to take …