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    Literature Review: Reactive Powder Concrete

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    The document summarizes several studies that have been conducted on reactive powder concrete (RPC). Some key findings include: 1. Richard and Cheyrezy [1995] developed ultra-high strength RPC mixtures with compressive strengths exceeding 600 MPa through techniques like eliminating coarse aggregates, heat treatment, and microfiber reinforcement. 2. Chan and Chu [2002] found that incorporating silica fume improved the fiber-matrix bonding properties of RPC. 3. Yunsheng et al. [2008] produced RPC with over 200 MPa compressive strength and 60 MPa flexural strength using specific cementitious materials and curing methods.

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    The document summarizes several studies that have been conducted on reactive powder concrete (RPC). Some key findings include: 1. Richard and Cheyrezy [1995] developed ultra-high strength RPC mixtures with compressive strengths exceeding 600 MPa through techniques like eliminating coarse aggregates, heat treatment, and microfiber reinforcement. 2. Chan and Chu [2002] found that incorporating silica fume improved the fiber-matrix bonding properties of RPC. 3. Yunsheng et al. [2008] produced RPC with over 200 MPa compressive strength and 60 MPa flexural strength using specific cementitious materials and curing methods.

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    The document summarizes several studies that have been conducted on reactive powder concrete (RPC). Some key findings include: 1. Richard and Cheyrezy [1995] developed ultra-high strength RPC mixtures with compressive strengths exceeding 600 MPa through techniques like eliminating coarse aggregates, heat treatment, and microfiber reinforcement. 2. Chan and Chu [2002] found that incorporating silica fume improved the fiber-matrix bonding properties of RPC. 3. Yunsheng et al. [2008] produced RPC with over 200 MPa compressive strength and 60 MPa flexural strength using specific cementitious materials and curing methods.

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    LITERATURE REVIEW

    Reactive Powder Concrete

    Many researchers have carried out studies on RPC in the past years to assess the properties and
    its behavior. Some of the works carried out re discussed below:

    Richard and Cheyrezy [1995] developed an ultrahigh strength ductile concrete with the basic
    principles of enhancing the homogeneity by eliminating the coarse aggregate, enhancing the
    microstructure by post-set heat treatment and the tensile strength of concrete was increased
    by incorporating small, straight, high tensile microfibre. Two types of concretes were developed
    and designated as RPC200 and RPC800, which had exceptional mechanical properties. The
    mean compressive stress obtained for RPC200 was 218MPa and for RPC800 was exceeding
    600MPa. For RPC800, a value of 810MPa has been obtained with a mixture incorporating steel
    aggregate. The concrete finds its applications in industrial and nuclear waste storage silos.

    Chan and Chu, [2002] has studied the effect of silica fume on the bond characteristics of steel
    fiber in matrix of reactive powder concrete (RPC) by bond strength, pullout energy, etc. Various
    silica fume contents ranging from 0% to 40% are used in the mix proportions. Results of them
    show that the incorporation of silica fume can effectively enhance the fiber–matrix interfacial
    properties, especially in fiber pullout energy.

    Yang et. al., [2007] has carried out direct uniaxial tension tests on ‘8- shaped’ RPC200
    specimens. The bond-slip process, mesoscopic structural variation and mechanical characteristics
    of a fiber pullout of the matrix have been investigated using the real-time SEM loading system
    and CCD observation techniques. Results of them show that there exists an optimal threshold of
    fiber volume ρv, opt =1.5% at which the bond performance of a fiber pullout of RPC behaves
    best.

    Yunsheng et. al., [2008] prepared (C200 GRPC) by utilizing composite mineral admixtures,
    natural fine aggregates, short and fine steel fibers. They investigated mechanical properties under
    three different type of curing (standard curing, steam curing and autoclave curing) condition.
    Their experimental results show that the mechanical properties of the C200 GRPC made with the
    cementitious materials consisting of 40% of Portland cement, 25% of ultra fine slag, 25% of
    ultra fine fly ash and 10% of silica fume, 4% volume fraction of steel fiber are higher than the
    others. The corresponding compressive strength, flexural strength, fracture energy and fiber–
    matrix interfacial bonding strength are more than 200MPa, 60MPa, 30,000J/m2 and 14MPa,
    respectively.

    Maroliya and Modhera, [2010] compared the mechanical properties of plain RPC with Recron-3s
    fibre (RSFRPC) and corrugated steel fiber (SFRPC). Their results shows that compressive
    strength of SFRPC was 30% increased while in RSFRPC strength reduced by 19%. Flexural
    strength of SFRPC and RSFRPC in comparison to plain RPC was found that 60% and 40%
    higher.
    Prabha et. al., [2010] conducted a study on complete stress-strain curves from uniaxial
    compression tests. The effect of material composition on the stress strain behaviour and the
    toughness index were studied. The highest cylinder compressive strength of 171.3 MPa and
    elastic modulus of 44.8 GPa were recorded for 2% 13 mm length fibres. The optimum fibre
    content was found to be 3% of 6mm length or 2% of 13mm length fibres. A new measure of
    compression toughness known as MTI (modified toughness index) was proposed
    by them and it is found to range from 2.64 to 4.65 for RPC mixes.

    Yang et. al., [2010] studied dynamic mechanical properties of reactive powder concrete
    subjected to compressive impacts with high strain by means of SHPB (Split-Hopkinson-
    Pressure-Bar) tests of the cylindrical specimens with five different steel fiber volumetric
    fractions. The dynamic stress-strain relationships of RPC were modeled based on the
    experimental data. The investigations indicate that for the plain RPC the stress response is
    greater than the strain response, showing strong brittle performance. The RPC with a
    certain volume of fibers sustains higher strain rate impact and exhibits better deformability as
    compared with the plain RPC. With a constant fiber fraction, the peak compressive strength,
    corresponding peak strain and the residual strain of the fiber-reinforced RPC rise by varying
    amounts when the impact strain rate increases, with the residual strain demonstrating the greatest
    increment.

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