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Self Compacting Concrete: Prepared by - Waheed Ullah Uid - 18mce1435

Self-compacting concrete is a highly flowable concrete that can spread into place and fill formwork without any vibration or compaction. It was developed in Japan in the 1980s to improve concrete durability. Self-compacting concrete consists of cement, fine and coarse aggregates, water, and chemical admixtures like superplasticizers and viscosity modifying agents. It has good filling and passing abilities while also being resistant to segregation. Some common tests used to evaluate the properties of self-compacting concrete include the slump flow test and L-box test. Self-compacting concrete provides benefits like easier placement, better surface finish, and improved durability. While it can be more expensive than regular concrete, it is

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Self Compacting Concrete: Prepared by - Waheed Ullah Uid - 18mce1435

Self-compacting concrete is a highly flowable concrete that can spread into place and fill formwork without any vibration or compaction. It was developed in Japan in the 1980s to improve concrete durability. Self-compacting concrete consists of cement, fine and coarse aggregates, water, and chemical admixtures like superplasticizers and viscosity modifying agents. It has good filling and passing abilities while also being resistant to segregation. Some common tests used to evaluate the properties of self-compacting concrete include the slump flow test and L-box test. Self-compacting concrete provides benefits like easier placement, better surface finish, and improved durability. While it can be more expensive than regular concrete, it is

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Self Compacting

Concrete

Prepared by - Waheed ullah


UID - 18MCE1435
Content
• Introduction
• Development
• Material required
• Property of SCC
• Tests
• Advantages & disadvantages
• Application
Introduction
• Self compacting concrete is a highly flowable and
non-segregating concrete.
• Self compacting concrete is an innovative concrete
that does not require vibration for placing and
compaction.
• Self compacting concrete is a concrete that can be
compacted into every corner of a formwork by its
self weight, without using any external vibrators.
Development Of SCC

• Self-compacting concrete (SCC) developed by


professor Hajime okamura of kochi university of
technology, japan , in 1986
• During his research, okamura found that the main
cause of the poor durability performances of
Japanese concrete in structures was the inadequate
compacting of the concrete in the casting operations
• By developing self compacting concrete by him in
1988, he eliminate the main cause for the poor
durability performance of their concrete.
Development Of SCC
• By the year 2000, the SCC has become popular in japan for
prefabricated products and ready mixed concrete.
• Amount of SCC used in japan.
Materials Required
• Cement
• Fine aggregates
• Coarse aggregates
• Water
• Chemical admixtures such as super plasticizers,
viscosity modifying agents (VMA), Air entraining
agents (AEA)
• Mineral admixtures such as fly ash, GGBFS, silica
fume.
Materials Required
• Cement: ordinary Portland cement of 43 or 53 grade can
be used.
• Aggregates: well graded cubical or rounded aggregates
are desirable.
• Water Quality: maintained same as reinforced concrete.
• Chemical admixtures: super plasticizers particularly
carboxylate ethers are used in SCC. VMA and AEA are
also used.
• Mineral Admixtures :
• fly ash – it improves the quality and durability of concrete.
• GGBFS: it improves rheological properties (semi-solid &
liquid state)
• Silica fume: it improves mechanical properties.
Comparison Of Materials Used In
Normal Concrete And SCC
Properties Of SCC

In fresh state, SCC have the following properties


• Filling ability: flows easily at certain speed into
formwork.
• Passing ability: passes through reinforcement
without blocking.
• Segregation resistance: the distribution of aggregate
particles remains homogeneous in both vertical and
horizontal direction.
SCC Should have
• Low coarse aggregate content
• Increased paste content
• Low water powder ratio
• Increased super plasticizer dosage
• Viscosity modifying agents
Type of SCC
• Powder type : powder type SCC is made by
increasing the powder content.
• VMA type: in this type viscosity modifying agent is
added for segregation resistance.
• Combined type: both powder and viscosity
modifying agent is added.
Testing on SCC
Slump Flow Test
• This test is done to know the horizontal flow of concrete in
the absence of obstruction.
• This test can be done in the field itself.
Procedure:
• A Normal slump cone and a flat square plate is taken. Some
concentric circles are drawn on square plate. A firm circle of
500 mm dia is drawn.
• The slump cone is filled with about 6 litre of concrete and is
raised vertically and allow the concrete to flow free in
horizontal direction.
• Measure the final dia of concrete in 2 perpendicular direction
and note the average of two diameters.
Acceptability :
 The value of at least 650mm is required for SCC.
L-Box Test
• This test is used to know the passing ability of concrete.
Procedure:
• About 14 litres of concrete is taken and fill the vertical
section of L-Box.
• Lift the gate and allow the concrete to flow out into the
horizontal section.
• Start the stop watch and note down the time taken to reach
200 and 400mm marks.
• When the concrete stop flowing the heights H1 and H2 are
measured.
• Calculate blocking ration H2/H1
Acceptable:
 The minimum acceptable value is 0.8.
Advantages Of SCC
• Reduction in site manpower
• Problems caused by vibrators are reduced
• Easy to place
• Faster construction
• Better surface finish
• Improve durability due to better compaction and
homogeneity of concrete.
• Saving labour
• The cost of SCC is lower than normal concrete of
high strength
Disadvantages Of SCC

• Higher paste volume results in greater shrinkage


and creep.
• The mix design and procedure adopted is too
complicated for practical implementation .
• It requires more trial batches.
• Costlier than conventional concrete based on
material (except placement costs).
Application Of SCC

• Burj-Khalifa (2010) UAE


• Self-compacting concrete
is playing a greater role in
high-rise construction to
overcome the problem of
congested reinforcement
and ease of placement.
Application Of SCC

• Dragon Bridge (2012) in Spain


• The dragon’s body is made up of 4 meter high and 2 meter wide, of
self-compacting reinforced concrete.
Application Of SCC

• Sweden (Notably) was one of the largest infrastructure project that


used SCC.
References

• Concrete Technology (theory and practice) by


M.S.Shetty, S.chand publications.
• The European Guidelines for self-compacting
concrete specification, production and use.
http://www.brithishprecast.org/publications/docume
nts/scc_guideline_may_2005_final.pdf
• http://discovery.cul.ac.uk/19028/1/19028.pdf
• http://www.ijtre.com/manuscript/2014010902.pdf
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