Preliminary Study of the Fresh and Hard Properties of UHPC That Is Used to Produce 3D Printed Mortar

[EN] Three-dimensional printed concrete (3DPC) is a relatively recent technology that may be very important in changing the traditional construction industry. The principal advantages of its use are more rapid construction, lower production costs, and less residues, among others. The choice of raw m...

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Autores: Gimenez-Carbo, Ester|||0000-0002-2856-4081, Coll Carrillo, Hugo, Serna Ros, Pedro|||0000-0001-8754-1165, Soriano Martinez, Lourdes|||0000-0002-5749-4609, Torres, Raquel, Roig-Flores, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/191802
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/191802
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:3D printed concrete
Silica fume
Setting time
Workability
Metallic fibers
Mechanical properties
INGENIERIA DE LA CONSTRUCCION
12.- Garantizar las pautas de consumo y de producción sostenibles
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Sumario:[EN] Three-dimensional printed concrete (3DPC) is a relatively recent technology that may be very important in changing the traditional construction industry. The principal advantages of its use are more rapid construction, lower production costs, and less residues, among others. The choice of raw materials to obtain adequate behavior is more critical than for traditional concrete. In the present paper a mixture of cement, silica fume, superplasticizer, setting accelerator, filler materials, and aggregates was studied to obtain a 3DPC with high resistance at short curing times. When the optimal mixture was found, metallic fibers were introduced to enhance the mechanical properties. The fresh and hard properties of the concrete were analyzed, measuring the setting time, workability, and flexural and compressive strength. The results obtained demonstrated that the incorporation of fibers (2% in volume) enhanced the flexural and compressive strength by around 163 and 142%, respectively, compared with the mixture without fibers, at 9 h of curing. At 28 days of curing, the improvement was 79.2 and 34.7% for flexural and compressive strength, respectively.