Production of High Strength Concrete Based on Modified Reactive Powder Concrete

Recently, various researches have been undertaken on the high performance concrete (HPC). In order to obtain high strength concrete, certain materials and modern procedures are essential needs to get the result. Reactive powder concrete is a type of HPC that is under consideration of many recent works. The manufacture of HPC needs special materials that are not always accessible and applicable. However, in the present laboratory research regarding to the principles of reactive powder concrete manufacturing and using local available materials, it has been attempted to make HPC. In this view, numerous mix designs with different w/c and s/c proportions are made. The mix designs are added with and without standard amount of silica fume. Eventually, optimized and applicable mix design was obtained. According to reactive powder concrete manufacturing principles by using local materials, this type of concrete could be known as "modified reactive powder concrete".