Received ; accepted
Abstract. Development of new materials based on cement binder, and improvement of properties of existing
materials have made great advances over the last few decades. All this can be achieved only if development of
concrete microstructure, concrete technology and concrete performance are closely related. The modern, innovative
types of concrete are expected to have outstanding durability properties, should be environmentally friendly, cost-
effective, and readily used in construction.
High performance concrete (HPC) has been a promising material for many decades. Development of new high
performance concrete types has a great success within the last few years. One type of such innovative concrete types
are ultra high performance concrete types (UHPC), the development of and researches on which started late in the
20th century. UHPC exhibit a very high compressive (even above 200 MPa) and flexural strengths and possess
outstanding properties such as high durability etc. Beside that, high performance concretes with the strength range
between 100 and 200 MPa are already integrating because of their lower price related to UHPC.
This paper deals with the development of new high performance concrete types. The experimental results of testing
mechanical and durability properties of different high performance concrete types (ordinary HPC, ultra high
performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC), high performance fibre reinforced self compacting concrete
(HPFRSCC), and high performance sprayed concrete (HPSC)) are presented. Advantage and disadvantage of these
concrete types are critically commented with the aim to find the optimum practical application of different high
performance concrete types.
Keywords: concrete, durability, high performance concrete, high strength, mechanical properties, HPFRSCC, HPSC,
ultra high strength, UHPC, UHPFRC
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70
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HPSC
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