Title:
Lab-Mixed versus Truck-Mixed UHPC—What’s the Difference?
Author(s):
Sherif El-Tawil, M.A. Saqif, Dewayne Rogers, and Yuh-Shiou Tai
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
45
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
40-45
Keywords:
mixer, mixture, strength, spread
DOI:
10.14359/51738465
Date:
1/1/2023
Abstract:
One of the hurdles to adoption of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) technology is the widespread belief that UHPC is difficult to mix. This article presents a study on mixing UHPC in common concrete field mixers and ready mixed concrete trucks and compares fresh and hardened properties of UHPC produced using these systems with laboratory mixtures.
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