ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,444, issued on March 18, was assigned to SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).
"Crack-resistant ultra-high performance concrete for underground engineering in water-rich strata, preparation method, and application thereof" was invented by Fengling Zhang (Jinan, China), Kai Pang (Jinan, China), Xiangyu Meng (Jinan, China), Jinglong Li (Jinan, China), Jinghang Zhang (Jinan, China), Yupeng Cui (Jinan, China), Xiufang Zheng (Jinan, China), Tongchun Su (Jinan, China), Chenxu Yan (Jinan, China) and Min Tang (Jinan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a crack-resistant ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) f...