Ultra High Performance Concrete Formulations
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) formulations must achieve compressive strengths exceeding 150 MPa while maintaining workability and durability. Current formulations often require cement contents above 800 kg/m³, creating both cost and environmental challenges. Research shows that optimizing particle size distributions and incorporating supplementary materials can reduce cement content to below 500 kg/m³ while still achieving the required mechanical properties.
The fundamental challenge lies in balancing matrix density and flowability while reducing cement content without compromising strength development or long-term durability.
This page brings together solutions from recent research—including nano-silica enhanced mixtures, red mud cement replacement strategies, sulphoaluminate cement systems, and optimized particle packing approaches. These and other formulation strategies demonstrate how UHPC can achieve exceptional performance while addressing sustainability and cost concerns.
1. Ultra-High Performance Concrete Incorporating Red Mud with Variable Cement Replacement
UNIV QINGDAO TECHNOLOGY, 2025
Early-strength and ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) with enhanced durability and resistance to environmental degradation. The UHPC combines a significant amount of red mud with other conventional components like silica fume, cement, and steel fibers. The red mud replaces up to 40% of the original cement, achieving improved early strength and rapid setting characteristics. The UHPC maintains excellent mechanical properties and durability despite the high red mud content, while meeting stringent environmental and safety standards for radioactivity and leachability.
2. Composition of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Incorporating Sulphoaluminate Cement, Activated Slag, and Nano Additives
Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2025
Modified slag sulphoaluminate cement-based ultra-high performance concrete with enhanced durability and reduced environmental impact. The composition includes a controlled amount of sulphoaluminate cement, ordinary Portland cement, activated blast furnace slag, anhydrite, quartz sand, nano alumina, rare earth polycarboxylic acid water reducer, and nano SiO2. The addition of a water-reducing agent and nano SiO2 enhances the concrete's mechanical properties while maintaining its hydration characteristics. The modified composition addresses the challenges associated with traditional UHPC production, including high cement content and environmental concerns.
3. Ultra-High Performance Concrete with Nano-Silicon Dioxide, Fly Ash, and Microbeads in Controlled Composition and Multi-Step Curing Process
SUZHOU RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CONCRETE AND CEMENT PRODUCTS CO LTD, 2024
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) with enhanced mechanical properties achieved through a novel composition and preparation approach. The material combines a high-strength cement matrix with supplementary materials that enhance matrix density, improve crack resistance, and optimize pore structure. The composition includes nano-silicon dioxide, fly ash, and microbeads, which are precisely controlled to achieve optimal performance while minimizing environmental impact. The material is prepared through a multi-step process that includes mixing the nano-silicon dioxide with fine aggregate, combining with cementitious material, and incorporating steel fibers. The curing sequence includes standard, steam, and dry heat curing to achieve the desired mechanical properties.
4. Concrete Composition with Integrated Fly Ash, Mineral Powder, and Silica Fume in Dense Cementitious Matrix
HUBEI GUANGFU CEMENT PRODUCTS CO LTD, 2024
High-performance concrete with enhanced durability and resistance to bending and cracking, achieved through a novel preparation process that integrates fly ash, mineral powder, and silica fume into a dense cementitious matrix. The process involves sequential addition of these components to the cement, aggregate, and water mixture, followed by specific mixing and curing conditions. This approach enables the creation of a concrete with superior mechanical properties and reduced cracking potential, while maintaining excellent workability and processability.
5. Concrete Composition with Specific Water-to-Binder Ratio for Enhanced Workability and Flow
TAISEI CORP, 2023
High-strength concrete with improved workability and flow characteristics. The concrete achieves enhanced workability and flow properties through a novel approach that balances the water-to-binder ratio to optimize the concrete's fluidity and workability. The novel ratio is between 140-180 kg/m³, which enables the concrete to achieve a higher compressive strength while maintaining optimal workability. This approach enables the production of high-strength concrete with improved flow characteristics, enabling more efficient construction processes.
6. Ultra High Performance Concrete Composition Including Fly Ash and Chemical Admixture
Jeong Dong-geun, JUNG DONGGEUN, 2023
Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) with improved physical properties, incorporating fly ash as a cement replacement. The UHPC formulation combines cement, fly ash, silica sand, silica fine powder, a high-performance chemical admixture, and water, achieving enhanced mechanical properties while maintaining homogeneity and fluidity. The fly ash enhances cement hydration and pozzolanic reaction mechanisms, while the chemical admixture ensures optimal processability. This innovative UHPC formulation addresses the challenges of early-age strength, durability, and carbonation resistance in conventional concrete while maintaining economic and environmental benefits.
7. High-Strength Concrete Composition with Mineral Powder Blend and Reduced Cement Content
UNIV LAVAL, 2023
High-strength concrete with reduced cement content that achieves ultra-high compressive strength through optimized mineral powder blend. The concrete contains less than 500 kg/m3 cement, with fine aggregates and mineral powder having diameters below 150 pm. The mineral powder, comprising granite or marble particles with diameters greater than 5% above the cement particle size, is mixed with water and superplasticizer to form a concrete with compressive strength of at least 55 MPa after 28 days. The cement content is maintained below 470 kg/m3 while achieving this exceptional strength.
8. Ultra-High-Strength Concrete Composition with Lightweight Aggregate and Simplified Curing Process
TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORP, 2022
Ultra-high-strength concrete with enhanced mechanical properties achieved through a simplified manufacturing process that eliminates traditional water absorption steps. The cement composition combines a low-heat Portland cement with ultrafine silica fume, inorganic powder, and lightweight aggregate B. The lightweight aggregate, which has a saturated water absorption rate of 15% or more, is added to the cement composition. This combination enables the production of ultra-high-strength concrete with reduced shrinkage strain while maintaining compressive strength. The process involves a normal curing step, a heat curing step, and a high-temperature drying step.
9. Ultra-High Performance Concrete Composition with Specific Machine-Made Sand Particle Size Distribution
广西路桥工程集团有限公司, GUANGXI ROAD AND BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP CO LTD, 2022
Machine-made sand ultra-high performance concrete with enhanced compressive strength and improved workability. The concrete combines cement, silica fume, machine-made sand, ground limestone powder, steel fibers, and water-reducing agent in a specific ratio. The machine-made sand is prepared using a unique crushing and screening process that produces a sand with a particle size distribution of 1.18-2.36mm, with no particles smaller than 0.15mm or larger than 0.6mm. This sand has a particle diameter greater than 2.36mm and a weight ratio of 1.18-2.36mm. The resulting concrete exhibits superior compressive strength above 180 MPa, while maintaining excellent workability.
10. Ultra-High Performance Concrete with Cementitious System and Water-Reducing Agent for Enhanced Mechanical Properties and Durability
UNIV CHINA GEOSCIENCES WUHAN, 2022
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for bridge expansion joints that combines enhanced mechanical properties with improved durability. The UHPC formulation incorporates a cementitious material system that enables rapid hardening and early strength, while controlling the hydration reaction to optimize performance. The system achieves exceptional compressive and flexural strengths, with enhanced impact resistance and durability compared to conventional concrete. The UHPC formulation is prepared using a cement compounding system that incorporates a water-reducing agent to minimize water consumption while maintaining optimal hydration properties. The resulting material offers superior performance characteristics for bridge expansion joints, particularly under high-impact conditions.
11. Concrete Composition Incorporating Lithium Silicate from Waste Ceramics
CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2021
Low-shrinkage, low-viscosity, ultra-high-strength concrete with improved workability. The concrete comprises a composite aqueous solution of lithium silicate and sodium silicate, wherein the lithium silicate is obtained from waste ceramics. The solution is prepared by grinding waste ceramics into a fine powder and mixing it with water to form a homogeneous solution. This solution provides excellent workability characteristics, including good slump and pumpability, while maintaining the high strength and durability of ultra-high-strength concrete.
12. Ultra-High Performance Concrete with Magnesium Composite Expansive Agent and Ultrafine Additives
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE, 2021
A low-heat and low-shrinkage ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) that achieves enhanced mechanical properties and durability through innovative composition and processing. The UHPC formulation combines a high cement content with specialized additives, including a magnesium composite expansive agent, silica fume, and ultrafine quartz particles. This composition enables the material to exhibit superior mechanical performance while minimizing thermal expansion and shrinkage. The formulation is optimized through advanced mix design and testing, resulting in a concrete with reduced hydration heat and shrinkage compared to conventional UHPC.
13. Concrete Preparation Method with Polysodic Acid-Based Water-Reducing Agents and Composite Additives
SHUI XIAO, 2021
High-strength concrete preparation method that enhances compressive strength through the addition of environmentally friendly polysodic acid-based water-reducing agents. The method incorporates cement, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, fly ash, silica fume, superfine slag, engineering fibers, calcium chloride/sodium nitrite compound agents, water-reducing agents, and water to achieve significantly improved compressive strength.
14. Ultra-High Performance Concrete with Normal Temperature and Pressure Curing Technique
SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, 华南理工大学, 2020
Normal temperature and pressure curing ultra-high performance concrete and a preparation method for achieving this type of concrete. The method enables the production of ultra-high performance concrete through a controlled curing process that combines normal temperature and pressure curing techniques. The concrete achieves high strength and durability characteristics while maintaining practical engineering requirements.
15. Composite Cementitious Material System with Sodium Sulfate Activator and Mineral Admixtures for Ultra-High Performance Concrete
SUCGM LTD, 2020
A composite cementitious material system for ultra-high performance concrete that enables the production of green concrete while maintaining its exceptional mechanical properties. The system combines cement, active mineral admixtures, and a sodium sulfate-based chemical activator in a molar ratio of 0.8-0.91:1. This composition enables the replacement of traditional cement with mineral admixtures while maintaining the material's high performance characteristics, including compressive strength, toughness, and durability. The sodium sulfate activator provides superior workability compared to conventional activators, making it an ideal choice for green concrete production.
16. Ultra-High Performance Concrete with Ultra-Fine Steel Fiber Reinforced Matrix and Controlled Fiber Distribution
SHANGHAI LOUCHENG CONCRETE CO LTD, 2020
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) with enhanced mechanical properties, particularly in high-temperature environments, achieved through a novel reinforcement approach. The UHPC formulation combines ultra-fine steel fibers with a specially optimized reinforcement matrix, allowing superior compressive, tensile, and flexural performance compared to conventional UHPC. The reinforcement matrix is created through a controlled fiber distribution process that ensures optimal fiber-matrix interaction and mechanical bonding. This matrix-based reinforcement system enables improved mechanical properties and durability in challenging environments.
17. Ultra-High Performance Concrete with Ultra-Fine Silica Fume and Optimized Cement-Binder Ratio
TIANJIN CEMENT IND DESIGN & RES INST CO LTD, 2020
Low-shrinkage ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) with improved durability through reduced early shrinkage. The UHPC formulation combines a high-performance cement with an ultra-fine silica fume admixture, which significantly reduces the conventional shrinkage of UHPC while maintaining its high strength and durability. The preparation method involves optimizing the cement-binder ratio and incorporating specialized additives that enhance the concrete's early strength and resistance to cracking, while maintaining its long-term performance.
18. Concrete Matrix with Controlled Fiber Reinforcement Integration for Enhanced Mechanical Properties
ZHANJIANG ZHENGXIN TECH SERVICE CO LTD, 2019
High-performance concrete for structural applications that combines enhanced mechanical properties with improved durability. The method involves the controlled incorporation of advanced reinforcement materials, such as high-strength steel fibers or ultra-high-performance fibers, into a conventional concrete matrix. The reinforcement is added through a series of controlled additions, allowing for precise control over fiber distribution and orientation. This approach enables the creation of high-performance concrete with superior mechanical properties, including enhanced toughness and resistance to chloride ion penetration, while maintaining optimal workability and flow characteristics.
19. Method for Preparing Concrete with Specific Ratios of Cement, Slag, Fly Ash, and Silica Fume
WUHAN MINGHUA HONGCHANG NEW BUILDING MAT CO LTD, 2019
A method for preparing high-performance concrete using silica fume that addresses conventional issues of high-strength concrete. The method combines cement, slag powder, fly ash, and silica fume in specific ratios to produce a concrete with improved workability, reduced segregation, and enhanced pumping characteristics. The concrete composition includes 300-330 parts of cement, 100-115 parts of slag powder, 40-45 parts of fly ash, 20-35 parts of silica fume, 643-683 parts of sand, 1063-1103 parts of crushed stone, 8.4-10.6 parts of water-reducing agent, and 155-168 parts of water. The precise formulation enables the production of high-performance concrete with enhanced workability and reduced pumping resistance.
20. Ultra-High Performance Concrete Formulation with Steel Fibers and Silica Fume for Hollow Component Construction
GUANGDONG REMAC EQUIPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD, 2019
Ultra-high performance concrete with enhanced mechanical properties for hollow components. The concrete formulation includes cement, silica fume, coarse and fine sands, steel fibers, water, and admixtures. The cement content ranges from 30% to 45%, while the silica fume content is between 5% and 15%. The coarse and fine sands contribute to the structural integrity, while steel fibers provide added strength. The water content is between 6% and 15%. The admixture level is between 0.2% and 1%. This formulation enables the production of hollow components with improved mechanical properties compared to conventional ultra-high performance concrete, particularly for applications requiring enhanced aesthetic and structural performance.
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