Title:
High-Performance Concrete: Stretching the Paradigm
Author(s):
Stephen W. Forster
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
16
Issue:
10
Appears on pages(s):
33-34
Keywords:
creep properties; environments; heat transfer; loads (forces); high-performance concrete; pumped concrete; General
DOI:
Date:
10/1/1994
Abstract:
Over the last decade, the term "high-performance concrete" (HPC) has more and more come into popular use as an ideal we should all strive for. There seems to be universal agreement that production and use of HPC is a worthy goal; however, an additional systematic discussion of the concept may be in order to help clarify what it is we all are seeking. In the course of this discussion the author hopes to expand, or at least reposition, the paradigm or "box" each of us has constructed in our own minds to encompass, and often confine, HPC.