Use of UHPC as a building material in Northern climates

In this project different UHPC mixes will be proposed and tested for mechanical and physical material properties when subjected to extreme cold temperatures. The mixes which meet the required properties and are most economical will be used for further structural wall panel testing and will be proposed to the company. The proposed concrete mix will be used to build insulated sandwich wall panel specimens and structural strength test will be conducted on them. The results of this research will be provided to the company and help them in finding the most cost efficient, durable and lightweight sandwich wall panels solution for mass production in modular housing.
The partner organization will use the proposed UHPC mix in sandwich wall panel production which will ultimately be used in northern climates. Usually, UHPC mixes are proprietary and expensive to purchase but accessing to a UHPC mix design through research collaboration with UNB will be very economical for the company. In addition, by using UHPC instead of traditional normal weight concrete amount of material, volume and weight will be reduced resulting in less transportation cost and lifting and moving costs during assembly.

Faculty Supervisor:

Alan Lloyd;Michael Thomas

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Partner:

NUNAFAB Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of New Brunswick

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