EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE USING “KAOLINE”

Authors

  • Kedar Desai Department of Civil Engineering, L.J Institute of Engineering & Technology, Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad, Gujarat,380007
  • Prof. Farhan A Vahora Department of Civil Engineering, L.J Institute of Engineering & Technology, Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad, Gujarat,380007

Keywords:

Ultra High Performance Concret , High Strength concrete, Reactive powder concrete, Kaoline

Abstract

Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) is a high strength, new generation concrete, formed from a special
combination of constituent materials. The composition of reactive powder concrete includes cement (ordinary
Portland cement), fine sand, silica fume, quartz powder, and high tensile steel fibres. Reactive powder concrete is
grouped under ultra-high performance concrete. This concrete has a very high compressive strength of 200 MPa
which can be improved further by introducing steel pellets up to 800MPa. This new family of concrete has improved
ductile behaviour with a flexural strength of 25MPa to 40MPaKaolin does not have many cementations properties by
itself, but in the presence of water, it reacts with free lime either from cement or from any other source forming
higher order hydrated products, which not only enhance strength but also improve durability. In this research paper,
analysis of various study conducted on RPC incorporated with various factors has been carried out.

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Published

2016-03-25

How to Cite

Kedar Desai, & Prof. Farhan A Vahora. (2016). EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE USING “KAOLINE”. International Journal of Advance Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, 3(3), 21–25. Retrieved from https://ijarest.org/index.php/ijarest/article/view/452

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2016): Volume: 03, Issue: 03 - March, 2016.

Section

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