STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS • Compressive Strength (cylinder)170-230MPa
• Flexural Strength (3 point bending test)40-50 MPa
• Youngs Modulus(E) 50-60 GPa
• Total Fracture Energy 20,000-30,000 J/m²
RHEOLOGY • Fluid to self compacting
• Flow (Abrams cone) 50-70cm
• Flow (ASTM shock table) 250mm
DURABILITY • Chloride ion diffusion (CI) 10-12 m²/s
• Carbonation penetration depth <0.5mm
• Freeze/thaw (after 300 cycles) 100%
• Salt-scaling (loss of residue) <10g/m
• Abrasion (relative volume loss index) 1.2
OTHER PROPERTIES • Density 2450-2550 kg/m³
• Entrapped air content 2-4%
• Freeze/thaw (after 300 cycles) 100%
• Total porosity 2-6%
• Post cure shrinkage <10-5
• Creep coefficient 0.2-0.5