Proposed Area of Research

High Performance Concrete

By

Karthik .R
Research Scholar Under The Guidance of

Dr. J. Karthikeyan
Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli - 620 015

HIGH PERFOMANCE CONCRETE

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Contents

Introduction Aim Preliminary Investigation Mix Design Mechanical Properties Microstructure Study Durability Analysis

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Introduction High Performance Concrete

High performance concrete (HPC) has been defined as concrete that possesses high strength, good workability, and high durability. ACI has defined HPC as a concrete in which certain characteristics are developed for a particular application and environment. Under the ACI definition durability is optional and this has led to a number of HPC structures, which should theoretically have had very long services lives, exhibiting durability associated distress early in their lives. ACI also defines a high-strength concrete as concrete that has a specified compressive strength for design of 41 Mpa (6,000 psi) or greater.
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Cont
Environmental considerations

Structural considerations Construction Processes

High Performance Concrete

Load considerat ions

Materials and Mix Design

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Cont Principle
Very low w / binder Value together with a dense fine grain matrix and with super liquefier

Basic structure

Optimal composition of filling spheres

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Cont (Materials)

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Aim To formulate the optimum proportions of mineral admixtures for the blended cement (Cement + FA + SF + MK) to achieve the strength more than 100 Mpa. The main objective of this research is to constitute a blended cement concrete with high mechanical properties The effect of mineral admixtures on the mechanical properties and microstructure of Portland cement concrete is to be investigated.

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Preliminary Investigation Determination of optimum proportions of mineral admixtures for the blended cement. Fineness for the blended cement. Setting time. Soundness . Specific gravity.

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Mix Design Mix Design based on Meth and Aitcin Simplified Method.
Strength ranging 100 Mpa Selection of binder
100 % of Portland cement to be used.

Mix containing 100 % PPC is considered as a control mix, were this PPC is replaced by blended cement having optimum proportions of mineral admixtures

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Mechanical properties Specimens to be casted for the test at 1, 3, 7 and 28th days. Compressive Strength, Modulus of Elasticity and Poissons ratio are to be determined. Ultrasonic pulse velocity test is to be conducted before loading the specimen to determine its quality. Based on the results a detailed discussions to be made and an analytical models to be created.

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Microstructure Study Microstructure properties for the specimens at an age of 3, 7 and 28th day to be determined. Were SEM and XRD techniques are to be used for this analysis to determine particle size, chemical composition and etc,. Hydration processes of the Blended Cement Paste based on the Microstructure analysis is to be carried out. Based on the results a detailed discussions and comparisons are to be made.
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Durability Analysis Durability at a microscopic level were investigated by SEM and XRD Durability at a macroscopic level were investigated Rapid chloride permeability test and Permeability test.

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Work in Progress Normal Consistency Test

Mix 1 FA-0 SF-0 MK-0 Mix 2 FA-30 SF-0 MK-0 Mix 3 FA-30 SF-10 MK-0 Mix 4 FA-20 SF-7.5 MK-2.5 Mix 5 FA-20 SF-5.0 MK-5.0 Mix 6 FA-20 SF-2.5 MK-7.5 Mix 7 FA-20 SF-0 MK-10

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Work in Progress Setting Time Test

Mix 1 FA-0 SF-0 MK-0 Mix 2 FA-30 SF-0 MK-0 Mix 3 FA-30 SF-10 MK-0 Mix 4 FA-20 SF-7.5 MK-2.5 Mix 5 FA-20 SF-5.0 MK-5.0 Mix 6 FA-20 SF-2.5 MK-7.5 Mix 7 FA-20 SF-0 MK-10

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Work Plan

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