YANG Yuzhu1,2, HUANG Weirong1,2, GENG Jiaqing3, CUI Tong4, YAN Maohao2
1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China 2 Joint National Engineering Laboratory of Traffic Civil Engineering Materials, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China 3 Guangxi Lujian Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Nanning 530001, China 4 Poly Changda Engineering Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 511430, China
Abstract: Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is currently a hot spot for domestic and foreign scholars, but there is no explicit specification for the UHPC mix ratio design. This papercomes up with a semi-empirical UHPC mix design based on theoretical analysis and experiment. Firstly, the cement sand specimen was prepared according to the mix ratio of the cementitious material in reference, and then 28 d compressive strength was measured. Secondly, using Matlab fitting toolbox to fit UHPC the quantitative relationship between preparation strength and water-binder ratio and cementitious material strength. Thirdly, fitting the relationship between the strength of cementitious material and the strength of cement sand through Mathematica. Fourthly, the water-binder ratio is determined by the fitting formula. Then according to the maximum density theory to determine the proportion of aggregate addition. Finally, the UHPC mix ratio is determined by the whole product calculation method. After that, the semi-empirical UHPC mix ratio design method is verified; we tested the compressive strength and flexural strength of 28 d under stea-ming conditions. The results show that the theoretical strength calculated according to the fitting formula is close to the compressive strength mea-sured in practice. The difference is within the error range of compressive strength measurement. The mix ratio design method has good reliability. And this method provides a new way for workers to design UHPC.