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Preliminary Study of the Fresh and Hard Properties of UHPC That Is Used to Produce 3D Printed Mortar

Publicated to:Materials (Basel). 15 (8): 2750- - 2022-04-01 15(8), DOI: 10.3390/ma15082750

Authors: Gimenez-Carbo, Ester; Torres, Raquel; Coll, Hugo; Roig-Flores, Marta; Serna, Pedro; Soriano, Lourdes

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Univ Jaume 1, Dept Mech & Engn Construct, Castellon De La Plana 12071, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Concrete Sci & Technol ICITECH, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author

Abstract

Three-dimensional printed concrete (3DPC) is a relatively recent technology that may be very important in changing the traditional construction industry. The principal advantages of its use are more rapid construction, lower production costs, and less residues, among others. The choice of raw materials to obtain adequate behavior is more critical than for traditional concrete. In the present paper a mixture of cement, silica fume, superplasticizer, setting accelerator, filler materials, and aggregates was studied to obtain a 3DPC with high resistance at short curing times. When the optimal mixture was found, metallic fibers were introduced to enhance the mechanical properties. The fresh and hard properties of the concrete were analyzed, measuring the setting time, workability, and flexural and compressive strength. The results obtained demonstrated that the incorporation of fibers (2% in volume) enhanced the flexural and compressive strength by around 163 and 142%, respectively, compared with the mixture without fibers, at 9 h of curing. At 28 days of curing, the improvement was 79.2 and 34.7% for flexural and compressive strength, respectively.

Keywords

3d printed concreteAcceleratorBehavioConcreteConstructionMechanical propertieMechanical propertiesMechanismMetallic fibersSetting timeSilica fumeStrengthWorkability

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Materials (Basel) due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 20/79, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Materials Science (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-16:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 1
  • Europe PMC: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 37.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 45 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Giménez Carbó, Ester) and Last Author (Soriano Martinez, Lourdes).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Giménez Carbó, Ester.