Enhancing the dynamic splitting tensile performance of ultra-high performance concrete using waste tyre steel fibres

M Chen, J Sun, T Zhang, Y Shen, M Zhang - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of waste fibres in ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) would reduce the
total material cost of UHPC, but it is still unclear whether industrial fibres can be replaced by …

Blast resistance of hybrid steel and polypropylene fibre reinforced ultra-high performance concrete after exposure to elevated temperatures

Z Xu, J Li, H Qian, C Wu - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the blast resistance of fibre reinforced ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)
components after exposure to elevated temperatures was investigated. With a hybrid steel …

Performance assessment and design of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) structures incorporating life-cycle cost and environmental impacts

Y Dong - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) as a novel concrete material is associated with
very high strength and low permeability to aggressive environment. There have been many …

Effect of grounded blast furnace slag and rice husk ash on performance of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) subjected to impact loading

N San Ha, SS Marundrury, TM Pham… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of using alternative cementitious constituents on the
compressive performance of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) for both static and …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced sustainable concrete modified with silica fume and wheat straw ash

F Althoey, O Zaid, R Martínez-García… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing ultra-high fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) demands an immense quantity of
ordinary Portland cement (OPC). Using a high percentage of cement in UHPFRC leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Mesoscale model and X-ray computed micro-tomographic imaging of damage progression in ultra-high-performance concrete

MA Homel, J Iyer, SJ Semnani, EB Herbold - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
Predicting the mechanical performance of concrete from composition and processing
remains a grand challenge. Our work focuses on predicting damage evolution in ultrahigh …

Stochastically homogenized peridynamic model for dynamic fracture analysis of concrete

P Wu, F Yang, Z Chen, F Bobaru - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2021 - Elsevier
Dynamic compact tension tests in concrete are investigated using an intermediately-
homogenized peridynamic (IH-PD) model, and the results are compared with a fully …

Ultra-high performance concrete subjected to high-velocity projectile impact: implementation of K&C model with consideration of failure surfaces and dynamic …

F Zhang, AS Shedbale, R Zhong, LH Poh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The K&C material model is widely used to numerically predict the responses of concrete
structures against impact or blast loadings. In the literature, most of the K&C parameters are …

Effects of fibre orientation on tensile properties of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete based on meso-scale Monte Carlo simulations

H Zhang, Y Huang, M Lin, Z Yang - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The damage and fracture of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) is
inherently dependent on fibre orientation and distribution. The effects of fibre orientation on …

A cleaner polyurethane elastomer grouting material with high hardening strain for the fundamental rehabilitation: The comprehensive mechanical properties study

H Fang, P Zhao, C Zhang, W Pan, Z Yu, K Cai… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Cement-based grouting materials have high compressive strengths, but they are brittle. The
low strain burden limits their rehabilitation application in the high compressive strain …