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Study on Effect of Size of Aggregate on Self Compacting

Concrete of Grade M70

Mrs. Sumathi Rajan1 , Ramavath.Pandu2

Asst. Professor, Structural engineering, MREC, Dundigal
Structural engineering, MREC, Dundigal

Abstract- Concrete is a versatile widely used parameters of study include grade of concrete and effect
construction material. Ever since concrete has been of size of aggregate. The existing Nan S u [2001] method
accepted as a material for construction, researchers of mix design was based on packing factor for a
have been trying to improve its quality and enhance its particular grade of concrete, obtained on the basis of
performance. Recent changes in construction industry experimental investigation. SCC characteristics such as
demand improved durability of structures. There is a flow ability, passing ability and segregation resistance
methodological shift in the concrete design from a have been verified using slump flow, L box and V
strength based concept to a performance based design. funnel tests.
At present there is a large emphasis on performance I. INTRODUCTION
aspect of concrete. One such thought has lead to the The versatility and the application of concrete in the
development of S elf Compacting Concrete (S CC). It is construction industry need not be emphasized.
considered as “the most revolutionary development in
Research on normal and high strength concrete has
concrete construction”. S CC is a new kind of High
Performance Concrete (HPC) with excellent been on the agenda for more than two decades. As
deformability and segregation resistance. It can flow per IS: 456–2000[Code of Practice for Plain and
through and fill the gaps of reinforcement and corners Reinforced Concrete], concretes ranging 25 – 55
of moulds without any need for vibration and MPa are called standard concretes while those above
compaction during the placing process. The guiding 55 MPa can be termed as high strength concrete.
principle behind self-compaction is that “the Concretes above 120/150 MPa are called ultra-high
sedimentation velocity of a particle is inversely strength concrete. High strength concrete has
proportional to the viscosity of the floating medium in numerous applications worldwide in tall buildings,
which the particle exists”.
bridges with long span and buildings in aggressive
The other features of mix proportion of S CC include
environments. Building elements made of high
low water to cementitious material ratio, high volume of
powder, high paste to aggregate ratio and less amount strength concrete are usually densely reinforced. This
of coarse aggregate. One of the popularly employed congestion of reinforcement leads to serious
techniques to produce S elf Compacting Concrete is to problems while concreting. Densely reinforced
use fine materials like Fly Ash, GGBFS etc; in concrete, concrete problems can be solved by using concrete
besides cement, the idea being to increase powder that can be easily placed and spread in between the
content or fines in concrete. The original contribution in congested reinforced concrete elements. A highly
the field of S CC is attributed to the pionee ring work of homogeneous, well spread and dense concrete can be
Nan S u et al; who have developed a simple mix design
ensured using such a type of concrete.
methodology for S elf Compacting Concrete. In this
Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is a concrete, which
method, the amount of aggregate required is
determined first, based on Packing Factor (PF). This flows and compacts only under gravity. It fills the
will ensure that the concrete obtained has good flow mould completely without any defects. Usually self-
ability, self-compacting ability and other desired S CC compacting concretes have compressive strengths in
properties. The European Federation of Producers and the range of 60-100 N/mm2. However, lower grades
Applicators of S pecialist Products for S tructures can also be obtained and used depending on the
(EFNARC) [2005] have also laid down certain requirement. SCC was originally developed at the
guidelines for fresh properties of S CC. University of Tokyo in Japan with the help of leading
The present investigation is aimed at developing high
concrete contractors during 1980’s to be mainly used
strength S elf Compacting Concrete of M70 Grade. The
for highly congested reinforced structures in seismic

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regions. As durability of concrete structures was an 5. R.L. Sreenivasa, Ph.D. Thesis (2010) Experiments
important issue in Japan, an adequate compaction by were conducted to find out the axial compressive
skilled labours was required to obtain durable strength and stiffness of unfilled, concrete filled
concrete structures. This requirement led to the (M20) and RC filled GFRG wall panels. It is found
development of SCC. The development of SCC was that there is a substantial increase in Axial strength
first reported in 1989. High strength concrete can be and stiffness with filling of wall panels. Similar
produced with normal concrete. But these concretes increase.
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