Hochdynamische Materialeigenschaften von Ultrahochleistungsbeton (UHPC)

Material Properties of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) at High Strain Rates

The presented paper is a contribution to the material description of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) under high-speed dynamical loading conditions. Based on a series of Hopkinson-Bar experiments dynamical material parameters such as the Tensile Strength, Young's Modulus and Fracture Energy are derived at high strain rates of 10m² · s^-1. A comparison with the results of these parameters for normal and high strength concrete leads to a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of UHPC at high strain rates. With the extension of the established RHT material model for UHPC by the material's Fracture Energy and Stress-Crack-Opening-Relation the Hopkinson-Bar experiments are simulated appropriately.