High Performance Concrete for Transportation Structures

The use of High Performance Concrete (HPC) for Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) transportation structures was the subject of a three-year study that involved field investigation, laboratory experiments, analysis and modeling work. The field study was based on IDOT projects and involved instrumentation and analysis of six HPC bridge decks. The laboratory component used methods developed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for characterizing early age thermal, shrinkage, creep, and cracking behavior. Modeling included the use of material models to analyze and predict creep and shrinkage behavior and a finite element model to investigate structural and material interaction in IDOT bridges.

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