EXAMPLES OF STRUCTURES

OF SUPER-HIGH-STRENGTH
CONCRETE IN ENGINEERING
PREPARED BY YASIN ENGIN
CIVIL ENGINEER, MSc

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Petronas Towers

PROPERTIES
Location

Malaysia

Completion year

1996

Height

452 m

Concrete strength

85 MPa (28-day)

Slump

200 mm

Water/binder

0.27

Cement content

260 kg/m3

Silica fume content

30 kg/m3

Fly ash content

260 kg/m3

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La Laurentienne Building
PROPERTIES
Location

Canada

Completion year

1986

Height

102 m

Concrete strength

120 MPa (91-day)

Water/binder

0.24

Cement content

500 kg/m3

Silica fume content

30 kg/m3

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National Grand Theater

PROPERTIES
Location

China

Completion year

2007

Floor area

219,400 m2

Concrete strength

100 MPa (21-day)

Slump

250 mm

Water/binder

0.26

Cement content

450 kg/m3

Min. additive content 150 kg/m3

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Times Square

PROPERTIES
Location

Hong Kong

Completion year

1994

Height

194 m

Concrete strength

115 MPa (28-day)

Slump

220 mm

Water/binder

0.22

Cement content

500 kg/m3

Silica fume replacement

10 %

Fly ash replacement

15 %

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Beijing Finance and Tax Building

PROPERTIES
Location

China

Completion year

1996

Length

494 m

Concrete strength

127 MPa (cube)(28-day)

Water/binder

0.23

Slump

202 mm

Cement content

540 kg/m3

Silica fume content

60 kg/m3

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Union Square Building

PROPERTIES
Location

Seattle, USA

Completion year

1988

Height

243 m

Concrete strength

135 MPa (56-day)

Water/binder

0.22

Modulus of Elasticity

50 GPa

Slump

250 mm

Binder content

885 kg/m3

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Smestad Tunnel

PROPERTIES
Location

Norway

Completion year

1983

Length

494 m

Concrete strength

140 MPa (cube)

Water/binder

0.23

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Grtnerplatz Bridge
PROPERTIES
Location

Germany

Completion year

2004

Length

132 m

Concrete strength

165 MPa (28-day)

Steel fiber content

1%

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The Millau Viaduct

PROPERTIES
Location

France

Completion year

2004

Length

2460 m

Concrete strength

199 MPa (28-day)

Water/cement

0.22

Steel fiber

195 kg/m3

Water content

195 kg/m3

Cement content

885 kg/m3

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10

On August 28th, 2013, the Ministry

of Science, ICT, and Future
Planning awarded Samsung C&T
the Minister Prize for outstanding
achievement. With the introduction
in 2002 of concrete with a design
strength of 80 MPa, Samsung C&T
has continued to innovate and push
the boundaries of concrete
strength.
Now, with Samsung C&T preparing
commercialize 200MPa super high
strength concrete for construction
projects, the world is a step closer
to realizing a 1mile-tall ultra highrise.

YASN ENGN
Civil Engineer, MSc.
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yasin.engin@gmail.com

Source: Pu Xincheng, Super-High-Strength High Performance Concrete, CRC Press, 2013

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