Authors
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq.
Abstract
Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) is one of the new and most important concrete manufacturing advancements. A significant number of researchers have studied the mechanical properties of such type of concrete and the effect of different parameters on it. Some of these researchers presented questions to predict the properties of reactive powder concrete depends on its components and the method of curing. This research presents an experimental investigation on the mechanical properties of RPC such as compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength. The findings were compared to the previous studies’ experimental work and formulated equations.
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