Book description
This book contains the proceedings of the international workshop
“Designing and Building with Ultra-High Performance Fibre-Reinforced
Concrete (UHPFRC): State of the Art and Development”, organized by AFGC,
the French Association for Civil Engineering and French branch of fib,
in Marseille (France), November 17-18, 2009. This workshop was focused
on the experience of a lot of recent UHPFRC realizations.
Through more than 50 papers, this book details the experience of many
countries in UHPFRC construction and design, including projects from
Japan, Germany, Australia, Austria, USA, Denmark, the Netherlands,
Canada… and France. The projects are categorized as novel
architectural solutions, new frontiers for bridges, new equipments and
structural components, and extending the service life of structures.
The last part presents major research results, durability and
sustainability aspects, and the updated AFGC Recommendations on UHPFRC.
