Ultra-High Performance Concrete UHPC: Fundamentals, Design, Examples

Selected chapters from the German concrete yearbook are now being published in the new English \\\”Beton-Kalender Series\\\” for the benefit of an international audience.
Since it was founded in 1906, the Ernst & Sohn \\\”Beton-Kalender\\\” has been supporting developments in reinforced and prestressed concrete. The aim was to publish a yearbook to reflect progress in \\\”ferro-concrete\\\” structures until – as the book\\\’s first editor, Fritz von Emperger (1862-1942), expressed it – the \\\”tempestuous development\\\” in this form of construction came to an end. However, the \\\”Beton-Kalender\\\” quickly became the chosen work of reference for civil and structural engineers, and apart from the years 1945-1950 has been published annually ever since.
Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a milestone in concrete technology and application. It permits the construction of both more slender and more durable concrete structures with a prolonged service life and thus improved sustainability.