High-Performance Concrete for Transportation Structures

Research is reported that demonstrates the usefulness of special concretes to provide performance and placement advantages not attainable with conventional concretes. The special concretes reviewed are those containing slag, those with pozzolanic additions (silica fume or fly ash), latex modified concrete, concretes made with Pyrament-blended cement, and portland cement with low water-cement ratio for fast-track construction. Field applications and supporting laboratory investigations conducted by the Virginia Transportation Research Council of the Virginia Department of Transportation are reported that document the characteristics and superior performance levels of these special concretes.