77 study of Reactive Powder Concrete and its

Characteristics

Mohammed Bandukwala
H.G.Sonkusare
M. Tech. Student
Assistant Professor
GHRCE, Nagpur
GHRCE, Nagpur

Abstract
Reactive powder concrete (RPC) is the cement based material which is one of the type of ultra-
high performance concrete or we
can say that it is an ultra-high strength concrete with an excellent durability. Reactive powder
concrete is a new member in
concrete family developed in 1990‘s with high ductility composite material and possess
superior mechanical property. In this
experimental investigation we study the functioning of Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC)
with different curing techniques,
normal water curing of 25oC and accelerated steam curing at 90 oC due to its different material
properties and configuration and
also comparison of compressive strength between them. Elements of Reactive Powder Concrete
used in this investigation are
Cement (ordinary Portland cement), crushed Quartz sand of 100 – 200 mesh and 250 mesh, fine
sand , micro silica , steel fibers ,
aggregate (8mm) , admixture , pure water. Mix proportion in this paper is based on trial and
error method and as according to
the chemical composition of ingredients. Compressive strength of reactive powder concrete goes
up to 45-80 MPA in the present
investigation.
Keywords: Reactive Powder Concrete, Durability, Ductility, Ultra-High Strength
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I. INTRODUCTION
Reactive powder concrete is an ultrahigh strength concrete and generally strength is greater than
50 MPA, generally it is sad that
concrete strength over 42 MPA is high strength concrete. Basically material is a cement based
which has an advance mechanical
property and it also has an improved physical property due to which it has high durability,
it is one of type of ultra-high
performance concrete. Generally Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) is a light weight concrete so
the dead load of the structure
also reduces while applying RPC on the structure. Generally it is sad that concrete with higher
compressive strength had also a
poor ductility due to cement based material but due admixture in the RPC not reduces the quality
of ductility of the concrete. It
also has low porosity and have a quality to show compressive strength from 50MPA-250MPA.
Reactive Powder Concrete is
composed of very fine powder material not more than 800 µm materials are cement (OPC),
crushed quartz sand and micro silica
or we can also called as silica fume. Cement content of Reactive Powder Concrete goes from
750-1000 kg/m3 higher cement
content increases production cost and also cause shrinkage problem, replacing cement with
mineral admixture is one of the
solution of this type of problem. Reactive powder concrete is relatively a new concrete in
concrete family and the basic principal
due to which RPC is developed is explained by Richard1 and Cheyrezy1
We can also say that Reactive Powder Concrete is not a concrete because there is no coarse
aggregate inside the concrete it is
The main purpose of the present investigation is to compare the compressive strength between
the different types of mixes and
between different curing types and condition.

Project on Reactive Powder Concrete