Title : UHPC - PERFORMANCE BASED STANDARDIZATION APPROACH
Authors : M. Schmidt
Publication : 7, October 2015
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Price : 250
Abstract : In Germany, a 12 Mio. € Research Program on UHPC was performed since 2005, covering a wide range of topics related to UHPC. The program was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and coordinated by the University of Kassel. About 20 research institutes were involved. Its purpose was to elaborate the basic knowledge necessary to draft reliable technical standards covering materials, material-adequate design principles and innovative construction and fitting technologies to make UHPC a reliable, commonly available, economically favorable, regularly applied material. This paper describes the background of the program, and it gives an overview over the topics being dealt with. As one result material adequate limits for the composition of durable UHPC could be established in a Technical Guideline.