Sustainable High-Performance Hydraulic Concrete

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Concrete has always been indispensable as a material for the engineering and construction of hydraulic structures (e.g., dams, underwater tunnels, sluices, and other underwater buildings) [1]. Currently, a series of world-class huge hydropower stations, such as the Yebatan arch dam (located at the boundary between Sichuan and Tibet, 217 m), Wudongde arch dam (in Sichuan, 270 m), Liangjiangkou rockfill dam (in Sichuan, 295 m), Shuangjiangkou rockfill dam (in Sichuan, 315 m), etc., are being built in the southwest of China [2]. The construction of these hydraulic projects, especially the concrete dam, needs a huge amount of hydraulic concrete [3,4].