MINI PROJECT SYNOPSIS

ON

SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:

Md Aarish Iqbal - 195065 Under the guidance of

Md Wasim Alam - 195013 Asst. Prof. Mithlesh kumar Jha,

Md Arshad Alam - 195011 Department of civil engineering.

Piyush Raj Singh - 195058

Ujjawal Kumar - 195016

Vivek Kumar - 195025

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 SYNOPSIS:

SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE.

INTRODUCTION:

Self consolidating or self compacting concrete (SCC) is a highly flowable , deformable, non-
segregating concrete that spreads and fill in the formwork under it’s own weight. Flowability
is maintained by using a high range of water reducing admixtures. Stability (Avoiding
segregation) is increased by using admixtures or increasing the number of fine aggregates in
the plastic concrete(Green concrete). This also change the viscosity of the mixture. SCC has a
more improved interface between aggregate and cement paste. It increases the strength of
concrete. Self compacting concrete = High deformability + High segregation – Resistance.
Self compacting concrete can also be defined as a mix balancing the fluidity and resistance to
segregation where those two properties are conflicting with each other. A balanced
equilibrium should be maintained between them.

WHY WE CHOOSE THIS PROJECT:

Self compacting concrete (SCC) can be used for casting heavily reinforced sections, places
where there can be no access to vibrators for compacting and in complex shapes of formwork
which may otherwise be impossible to cast. It is very helpful in circumstances where there is
also shortage of highly skilled labour to carry out the required compaction for such heavy
structures. Therefore we need it when we aim reducing labour, time and a possible source of
technical and quality control issues.

OBJECTIVE:

Self compacting concrete (SCC) should comply certain characteristics at the fresh stage.
Development of self compacting concrete which are having properties of filling , passing
resistance to segregation , open time , pumping ability . finishing ability and open time is
essential.

SCOPE:

To improve filling capacity through highly congested reinforcement by using the self
compacting concrete. And to reduce the construction time in the project.

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MATERIALS FOR SCC:

The materials are the same as used in the conventional control. However , to transform the
conventional concrete into self compacting concrete (SCC) Aggregates, shape, size, grading,
cement and water contents, and admixtures dosage all have to be carefully selected and
proportioned to ensure the self consolidating properties. Well graded cubical or rounded
coarse aggregates are desirable as they minimize cement paste content as well as admixture
dosage. The maximum size of aggregates is generally limited to 20 mm. For mass concrete,
the maximum size of coarse aggregate may be as large as 50 mm. However the aggregate
should be of uniform shape and grading. The particle finer than 150 um sieve are considered
as fines. Ordinary Portland cement either 43 or 53 grade cement can be used. The quality of
water is same that followed for reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete construction.
The mineral admixtures used can vary based on the mix design and properties required.
Examples of minerals admixtures are ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), fly ash,
silica fumes, stone powder. New generation superplasticizers are commonly used in SCC mix
design. In order to improve the freeze and thaw resistance of the concrete structure, air
entraining agents are used. To control the setting time, retarder are employed.

PROPERTIES OF SCC:

Due to the presence of mineral fillers and special admixtures, SCC is resistant to segregation.
It is also fluid enough to pass around congested reinforced areas withing structures, while
avoiding any honeycombing. The fluidity can be varied based on the SCC design. With a
properly designed SCC, the concrete can be placed at above 5 meters height without any
segregation whatsoever. SSC having similar water-cement ratio as of the traditional vibrated
concrete will result in higher strength, due to lack of vibration. This significantly improves
the interface between the aggregate and the hardened paste. However, it is important to
remember that SCC must be poured faster than regular concrete.

MECHANISM FOR ACHIEVING SELF COMPACT ABILITY OF FRESH

CONCRETE:

Okamura and Ozawa (1995) have utilized the following methods to achieve self-compact
ability of fresh concrete. Firstly, they limited the amount of aggregate content (coarse
aggregate 50% of the concrete volume and sand 40% of the mortar volume).Secondly, they
used low
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water/powder ratio, with higher dosage of superplasticizer admixture. According to SHETTY

(2005:573), using superplasticizer which is used with concrete components as an essential
chemical admixture, leads to increase the workability of fresh concrete without regard to
reducing water content in the concrete mixture. When concrete is placed in to the formwork,
the relative distance between the concrete particles will decrease. As a result, the frequency
of collision and contact can increase and consequently, internal frictions between concrete
particles also increase, especially near hindrances. Research has found that the energy which
is required for flowing the concrete during the casting is consumed by the increased internal
friction between particles, and resulting in blockage of aggregate particles to flow through
confined places. For this reason, limiting amount of coarse aggregate, whose consume more
energy, to a level lower than normal will increase the efficiency of concrete flow ability and
avoid concrete particles from this kind of blockage. To prevent the interlocking (blockage)
incidence of coarse aggregate when the concrete is poured through obstacles, highly viscous
past is required. Since the concrete which has a high viscosity prevents localized increases in
internal stress as a result of the approach of coarse aggregate particles (Okamura and Ouchi
2003:6).

METHODOLOGY:

A concrete mix can only be classified as self compacting concrete if the requirements for all
the following three workability properties are fulfilled. Which are filling ability, passing
ability and segregation resistance. Test methods to determine workability of self compacting
concrete are slump flow test, v funnel test, l box test, u box test and fill box test. slump flow
test is used assess the horizontal free flow of self compacting concrete in the absence of
obstructions. The test method is based on the test method for determining the slump. v funnel
test on self compacting concrete is used to measure the flowability. But the flowability of
concrete is affected by its other properties as well which may affect the flowability of the
concrete during testing. L box test assesses the flow of the concrete and also the extent to
which it is subjected to blocking by reinforcement. U box test is used to measure the filing
ability of self compacting concrete. U box test was developed by the Technology Research
Centre of the Taisei Corporation in Japan. Some time the apparatus is called a “box shaped”
test. Fill box test is also known as ‘Kajima test’ is used to measure the filling ability of self
compacting concrete with a maximum aggregate size of 20 mm.
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