Designing and Building with UHPFRC

Jacques Resplendino, Centre d'Etudes Techniques de l'Equipement, France. François Toulemonde, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, France.

• Foreword xxviiUHPFRC’09 Scientific Committee xxxiUHPFRC’09 Sponsors xxxiiiPART I. GENESIS OF A NEW CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL 1Chapter 1. Introduction: What is a UHPFRC? 3Jacques RESPLENDINOChapter 2. UHPFRC: Science-driven Material Engineering Can Provide Sustainable Solutions 15Paul ACKER and Franz-Josef ULMChapter 3. UHPFRC Development: Review of a Determining Application 21Gérard BIRELLIChapter 4. UHPFRC Development: Experience with Ductal® Over the Past Two Decades 43Jean-François BATOZ and Mouloud BEHLOULChapter 5. UHPFRC Development: The Experience of BSI® Applications 63Thierry THIBAUXPART II. NOVEL ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS 77Chapter 6. The Enrico Navarra Gallery 79Rudy RICCIOTTI, Romain RICCIOTTI and Patrick MAZZACANEChapter 7. UHPFRC – A Material for Perforated Panels and Lattice Work: Controlling Shrinkage in Order to Experiment with Various Shapes 87Dominique STOEUX, Jean-François BATOZ, Laurence JACQUES and Louis GUINGOTChapter 8. The Jean Bouin Stadium 101Rudy RICCIOTTI, Guillaume LAMOUREUX and Romain RICCIOTTIPART III. NEW FRONTIERS FOR BRIDGES 109Chapter 9. The Passerelle des Anges Footbridge 111Patrick MAZZACANE, Romain RICCIOTTI and François TEPLYChapter 10. Gärtnerplatz – Bridge over River Fulda in Kassel: Multispan Hybrid UHPC-Steel Bridge 125Ekkehard FEHLING, Kai BUNJE and Michael SCHMIDTChapter 11. Construction of the PS34 UHPFRC Bridge 137Olivier DELAUZUN, Damien ROGAT, Laurent BOUTILLON, Lionel LINGER and Christian CLERGUEChapter 12. The Innovation and Application of UHPFRC Bridges in Japan  149Yoshihiro TANAKA, Koichi MAEKAWA, Yutaka KAMEYAMA, Akio OHTAKE, Hiroyuki MUSHA and Norio WATANABEChapter 13. Perspective on UHPCs from a Specialist Construction Company 189Mark REBENTROST and Gavin WIGHTChapter 14. Road Bridge “Wild”: Application of the UHPFRC Precast Segmental Construction Method for an Arch Structure 209Michael REICHEL, Bernhard FREYTAG and Lutz SPAROWITZChapter 15. UHPC in the US Highway Infrastructure 221Benjamin GRAYBEAL Chapter 16. ITE® Beams, a Cost-effective Enduring Alternative to Filler-beam Decks 235Ziad HAJAR, Marco NOVARIN, Alain SIMON, Thierry THIBAUX, Sandrine CHANUT and René-Gérard SALEChapter 17. UHPFRC Waffle Deck Concept for a Bridge at Livron-Loriol 249Ferry TAVAKOLI, Sébastien BOUTEILLE and François TOUTLEMONDEChapter 18. UHPFRC Prototype for a Flexible Modular Temporary High-speed Railway Bridge 263Michael REICHEL, Guido ALTERSBERGER and Lutz SPAROWITZChapter 19. Effective use of UHPC for Deep Foundation Piles 279Sri SRITHARAN, Tom VANDE VOORT and Muhannad SULEIMANChapter 20. Design of Prestressed UHPFRC Girder Bridges According to Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code 295Husham ALMANSOUR and Zoubir LOUNISPART IV. NEW EQUIPMENTS AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS 317Chapter 21. CRC: Precast Applications of UHPFRC 319Bendt AARUPChapter 22. Contribution of UHPFRCs in the Treatment of Thermal Bridges 331Thierry BURCKEL, Laurence JACQUES, Alain BIRAULT, Laurent HEINTZ, Jacques DALIPHARD and Mouloud BEHLOULChapter 23. UHPFRC Sunshades: An Elegant Solution for Regulating Heat Input in Buildings 349Laurence JACQUES, Yves FOURNIER, Jean-Yves JOUSSELIN and Jean-François BATOZChapter 24. Investigation of UHPFRC Slabs under Blast Loads 363Mark REBENTROST and Gavin WIGHTChapter 25. Experience with Prefabricated UHPFRC in the Netherlands 377Steffen GRÜNEWALD, Rik WEYNS and Jan DEKKERSChapter 26. Precast Bridge Parapets in Ultra High Performance Fiber-reinforced Concrete 391Jean-Philippe CHARRON, Eric NIAMBA and Bruno MASSICOTTEChapter 27. Using UHPFRC for Complex Façade Elements 405René SUTER, Lionel MOREILLON, Christian CLERGUE and Roger RACORDONChapter 28. Innovative Field Cast UHPC Joints for Precast Bridge Decks. Design, Prototype Testing and Projects 421Vic PERRY and Gary WEISSChapter 29. The High Performance Cementitious Material (HPCM), a Cousin of UHPFRC for Long-life Pavement 437François DE LARRARDChapter 30. Performance of UHPC Crossarms for High-voltage Transmission Lines 447Raafat EL-HACHA, Hani ABDELAZEEM and Ignacio CARIAGAChapter 31. Structural Evaluation of Hybrid FRP-UHPC Bridge Girders 467Ayman ELMAHDY, Raafat EL-HACHA, Nigel SHRIVE and Vic PERRYChapter 32. Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM): The Owner’s Ambition 481Gérard GAZONChapter 33. Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM): High UHPFRC Content Structure Design 487Rudy RICCIOTTI, Jacques PORTELATINE and Florence NICOLASChapter 34. Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM): Experimentation and Modeling of Straight and Y-shaped UHPFRC Prestressed Columns Under the Action of an Off-centeredVertical Load 501Philippe RIVILLON, Jacques PORTELATINE and Florence NICOLASPART V. EXTENDING THE LIFE OF STRUCTURES 529Chapter 35. Seismic Retrofitting of Bridge Piers with UHPFRC Jackets 531Bruno MASSICOTTE and Guillaume BOUCHER-PROULXChapter 36. Application of Ultra-high-strength Fiber-reinforced Concrete for Irrigation Channel Repair Works 541Tsuyoshi ONOChapter 37. Using UHPFRC for Structural Reinforcement of Buildings and Civil Works 553Thierry THIBAUXPART VI. MAJOR RESEARCH RESULTS 565Chapter 38. Ultra High Performance Concrete for Prestressed Elements. Interest of Creep Prediction 567Philippe FRANCISCO, Farid BENBOUDJEMA, Patrick ROUGEAU and Jean-Michel TORRENTIChapter 39. Rheology of Fiber-reinforced Cementitious Materials: Basic Concepts and Application to UHPFRC 575Laëtitia MARTINIE, Pierre ROSSI and Nicolas ROUSSELChapter 40. Behavior of UHPFRC at High Temperatures 579Pierre PIMIENTA, Jean-Christophe MINDEGUIA, Alain SIMON and Mouloud BEHLOULChapter 41. Ant Colony Optimization for Ultra High Performance Concrete Structures 601Martin FLINT, Steffen GRÜNEWALD and Jeroen COENDERSChapter 42. Investigation of Biaxial Stress States of UHPC Bridge Girders through Small Panel Testing and Finite Element Analysis 619Kacie D’ALESSANDRO, Carin ROBERTS-WOLLMANN, Thomas COUSINS and Elisa SOTELINOChapter 43. An Overview of Research Advances from 2002 Concerning UHPFRC, in View of Updating the AFGC Recommendations 639François TOUTLEMONDE, Bernard FOURÉ, Luca SORELLI, Florent BABY, Pierre MARCHAND and Franz Josef ULMPART VII. DURABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY 665Chapter 44. An Example of UHPFRC Recycling 667Thierry SEDRAN, Cédric DURAND and François DE LARRARDChapter 45. Ultra High Performance Concrete and its Contribution to Sustainable Development 681Jean-François BATOZ and Mathieu RIVALLAINChapter 46. Field Experience of UHPFRC Durability in an Air Cooling Tower 697François TOUTLEMONDE, Myriam CARCASSES and Maxime LIONPART VIII. UPDATED AFGC RECOMMENDATIONS 711Chapter 47. Ultra High Performance Concrete: New AFGC Recommendations 713Jacques RESPLENDINOChapter 48. New AFGC Recommendations on UHPFRC: Chapter 1 – Mechanical Characteristics and Behavior of UHPFRC 723Alain SIMONChapter 49. New AFGC Recommendations on UHPFRC: Chapter 2 – Design 743Pierre MARCHANDChapter 50. New AFGC Recommendations on UHPFRC: Chapter 3 – Durability 755Myriam CARCASSESChapter 51. Ultra High Performance Concrete and Sustainable Development: Synthesis of Available Data 765Pierre MARCHANDList of Authors 771Index 779Author Index 783French Summaries 785