Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) has a wide range of applications and huge potential for industry development.

Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is a composite material with ultra-durable properties that can adapt to the current development trend of complex and large-scale engineering structures. As a new material, ultra-high performance concrete has increasing application demand in modern engineering, and the industry has good development prospects.

Ultra-high performance concrete has become the focus of application in the field of civil engineering. Although my country’s research on ultra-high performance concrete continues to deepen, the current application is still in a relatively early stage, and there are still huge problems in practical applications, which restricts the development of the industry. The main factor currently limiting the large-scale development of the ultra-high performance concrete industry is that the current ultra-high performance concrete still uses traditional structures in applications, making it difficult to give full play to the performance advantages of UHPC and obtain excellent cost performance.

Ultra-high performance concrete has the characteristics of high durability, good toughness, light weight, and is consistent with sustainable development. It is currently used in bridge engineering, construction engineering, protection engineering, municipal administration, electric power, rail transit engineering and other fields. In bridge engineering, UHPC has been used in many aspects such as main beam structure, main arch of arch bridge, bridge deck structure, bridge joints and old bridge reinforcement.

As the research on diagnostic ultra-high performance concrete continues to deepen, its production and application technology has matured, and some companies have realized production and application. Currently, representative companies in the ultra-high performance concrete market include Hunan Guli Engineering New Materials Co., Ltd., Guangdong Guansheng Civil Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong Gatech New Material Technology Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Hongritai Nike New Material Technology Co., Ltd. Company, Jiangsu Subote New Materials Co., Ltd., China Railway Qiaoyan Technology Co., Ltd., Zhonglu Dura International Engineering Co., Ltd., etc.

According to the “Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center shows that, benefiting from the application of ultra-high-performance concrete in bridge engineering and construction, market demand continues to rise. In 2020, China’s ultra-high-performance concrete demand reached 42,000 cubic meters, of which more than 72,000 tons of ultra-high-performance concrete were used Concrete premix. In China, ultra-high performance concrete is mainly used in prefabricated components of bridges, bridge component connections, and building curtain walls.

Industry analysts said that compared with ordinary concrete, ultra-high performance concrete has higher strength and is more durable; compared with steel structures , ultra-high performance concrete structures have stronger fatigue resistance. Currently, ultra-high performance concrete materials and structures have become a hot research direction, and the number of related patents and papers has increased exponentially. As the production and application technology of ultra-high performance concrete matures, its application demand continues to rise, and the industry has good development prospects.