UHPC applications: what are the difficulties and gaps?
New UHPC applications require addressing several challenges, which include:
- Reducing the market and manufacturing costs of UHPC (local resources need to be regular and are not always optimal.)
- Further investigations are needed on ductility, buckling, combined exposure.
- Exclusive focus on compressive strength can lead to costly steps in a precast factory.
- Insufficient public documentation regarding the process engineering for fiber reinforcing.
- Developing impermeable connections, logistics, quality control of complex-shaped elements, tightness issues (marine applications)
- Developing optimal design solutions for specific applications.
If these challenges are met, then the outlook for UHPCs is promising
Source: Presans
Industrial innovators can explore these challenges alone or by joining their forces together
Expanding the range of applications for high technology UHPC ultimately requires a powerful change of design philosophy. Presans and the Presans Synergy Factory can support industrial innovators to fully exploit the durability potentials of HUPCs for structures in new environments.
