HIGH STRENGTH

AND

HIGH PERFORMANCE
CONCRETE

Presented By
AHSAN RABBANI
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

INTRODUCTI
ON
a material is defined as the

Strength of
ability to resist
stress without failure.
It is important to note that High strength and High
performance concrete are not synonymous.
Concrete is defined as High strength concrete on the basis
of its compressive strength measured at a given age.
In early 1970s any concrete mixture that showed 40MPa or
more compressive strength at 28 days were design as High
strength concrete.
Later 60-100MPa concrete mixture were commercially
developed and used in the construction of high rise
buildings and long span bridges in many parts of the world.

Why do we need high strength

concrete?

To put the concrete into service at much earlier age,

for example opening the pavement at 3-days.
To build high rise buildings by reducing column
sizes and increasing available spaces.
For the same magnitude of loading longer spans and
fewer beams.
To satisfy the specific needs of special applications
such as durability, modulus of elasticity and
strength.

WHAT IS HIGH

The definition of High Performance Concrete is

PERFORMANCE
more controversial.
CONCRETE ?
Mehta and Aitcin used the term HPC for concrete
mixtures possessing high workability, high durability
and high ultimate strength.
ACI defined HPC as a concrete meeting special
combinations of performance and uniformity
requirements that cannot always be achieved routinely
using conventional constituents and normal mixing,
placing, and curing practice.

CONTD..

These concrete almost always has a higher

strength than normal concrete.
However, strength is not always the primary
required property.
For example, a normal strength concrete with
very high durability and very low permeability is
considered to have high-performance properties.
Typically, such concretes will have a low watercementing materials ratio of 0.20 to 0.45.

CONTD..

Concrete that last longer and possess the following

salient features is called High performance concrete
(HPC).
-High workability
-High strength
-High early strength
-High durability
-High modulus of elasticity
-Toughness and impact resistance
-Volume stability.
-Ease of placement.
-Compaction without segregation.

MATERIAL REQUIREMENT
FOR HPC

Material

Requirements

Cement

-Portland Cement

Water

-Potable tap water having pH 7.3.

Fine Aggregate

-Sand with rounded particle shape.

-Higher FM(around 3)

Coarse Aggregate

-Smaller maximum size(10-12 mm) is preferred.

-Angular and crushed with a minimum flat and
elongated particles
- Higher CA/FA ratio than that for normal
strength concrete.

Admixtures
(chemical &
mineral)

- Type of admixture depends on the property of

the concrete to be improved
- Optimum dosage

Overall basic
considerations

-Quality materials
- Improved quality of cement paste as well as
aggregates
- Denser packing of aggregates and cement

HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE

MATERIAL
Material
Primary Contribution
Portland Cement

Cementing Material/Durability

Blended Cement
Fly Ash/Slag/Silica Fume

Cementing Material/Durability/High Strength

Calcined Clay
Super plasticizer

Flow ability

High range water reducer

Reduce Water-cement ratio

Retarders

Control setting

Accelerators

Accelerate Setting

Corrosion inhibitors

Control Steel corrosion

Polymer

Durability

BENEFITS OF HPC
High Performance Concrete is a specialized series
of concretes designed to provide several benefits
in the construction of concrete structures:

Performance Cost and other

Benefits
Benefits
Ease of placement
Early High
strength
Seismic Resistant
consolidation
without affecting

Less material
Reduced Maintenance
Extended Life Cycle
Effective Utilization of
Industrial Waste

APPLICATIONS
Bridges
High Rise Buildings
Tunnels
Pavements
Nuclear Structures