Ultra-Lightweight ECC

Half the Weight, Still Ductile

Replacing aggregates with fly ash cenospheres and hollow glass microspheres, this ECC retains tensile strain capacity above 7.77% at densities as low as 1196 kg/m³, resolving the trade-off between lightweight and ductility.

Pan, Gao · Jianhu, Liu · Bai, Yulei · Mao, Weihao · Nishiwaki, Tomoya · Ding, Yao

Construction and Building Materials 2025

Specifications

Density range

{'zh': '', 'en': '~1414'} kg/m³

Compressive strength

{'zh': '', 'en': '~42.8'} MPa

Tensile strain capacity

{'zh': '7.77', 'en': '7.77'} %

PE fiber content

{'zh': '1', 'en': '1'} %