Flexural Fatigue Performance of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete
Recent advances in concrete materials have led to a new generation of cementitious materials, namely ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). This concrete possesses advanced properties in terms of compressive behavior, durability, and tensile load carrying capacity. UHPC attains these behaviors via an optimized gradation of cementitious materials, chemical admixtures, and steel fiber reinforcement. The current project aims to investigate the tensile fatigue behavior of this type of concrete through the flexural testing of 18 medium scale prestressed rectangular beams. In this test program, the cyclic load levels will focus on the cracking strength of the UHPC so as to allow for the determination of the steel fiber reinforcement behaviors under fatigue loading.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA United States 22101 -
Project Managers:
Graybeal, Benjamin
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Performing Organizations:
Professional Services Industries, Incorporated
13800 Coopermine Road
Herndon, Virginia United States 20171Federal Highway Administration
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA United States 22101 -
Principal Investigators:
Ocel, Justin
Graybeal, Benjamin
- Start Date: 20070000
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20100000
- Source Data: RiP Project 15262
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Compressive strength; Failure; Flexural strength; High performance concrete; Research projects; Tensile strength; Ultra high performance concrete
- Uncontrolled Terms: Flexural fatigue; Load carrying capacity
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01462777
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Files: RIP, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:10PM