Last name: Hernndez-Carrillo Email: guihcarrillo@outlook.com Country: Mexico Organization: Facultad de Ingeniera Civil, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Len Corresponding author: * Author 2: First name: Alejandro Last name: Durn-Herrera Email: alejandro.duranhr@gmail.com Country: Mexico Organization: Facultad de Ingeniera Civil, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Len Author 3: First name: Pedro L. Last name: Valdez-Tamez Email: pedro.valdeztz@uanl.edu.mx Country: Mexico Organization: Facultad de Ingeniera Civil, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Len Presentation title: Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) with Low Silica Fume Contents and limestone aggregates Abstract: UHPC its the newest iteration of high Performance Concrete, it is characterized with a high compressive strength, a very high durability and high cost. The typical formulations commonly use costly aggregates such as fine quartz sand and powder, bauxite, basalt, among others, and typically requires very high dosages of silica fume additions (25% in addition to weight of cement(woc)).
In this work UHPC mixes with regular limestone sand with
a 4.75 maximum size, replacing the common quartz aggregates (both fine sand and powder) were made. Those mixes contained additions of silica fume between 0 and 25% by woc. At a paste level, termogravimetric analysis
on
silica
fume-portland/cement
and
silica
fume/calcium hydroxide systems were performed to
evaluate the potential pozzolanic reaction and as another path to determine the silica fume addition to maximize calcium hydroxide consumption. From our experimental work, an UHPC with limestone aggregates was obtained with significant lower dosages of silica fume (8%) for target minimum compressive strength of 150 MPa.