Application of UHPC thin-walled elements for multi-purpose use table

This paper deals with thin-walled elements made of high performance concrete and the application of these elements in practice. This material is nowadays used more often in civil engineering and also in architecture, it enables realization of lighter and thinner products. The paper presents design and manufacturing of a ping-pong table for multi-purpose use, which is assembled from thin-walled UHPC elements. The intention was to utilize the advantages of the material and design and construct a demountable table, which could be easily transported; hence the weight of each element will be lower than 100 kg. The thickness of the concrete board of the table was only 15 mm. The paper describes the whole development of the product – from the design and the software verification, the development of casting technologies and the development of suitable concrete composite to the final realization and testing of the manufactured table.