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Self Compacting

Concrete
• When large quantity of heavy reinforcement is to
be placed in a reinforced concrete (RC) member,
it is difficult to ensure that the formwork gets
completely filled with concrete, that is, fully
compacted without voids or honeycombs.
• Compaction by manual or by mechanical
vibrators is very difficult in this situation. The
typical method of compaction, vibration,
generates delays and additional cost in the
projects.
• Underwater concreting always required fresh concrete, which
could be placed without the need to compaction; in such
circumstances vibration had been simply impossible.
• This problem can now be solved with self-compacting
concrete. This type of concrete flows easily around the
reinforcement and into all corners of the formwork.
• Self-compacting concrete (SCC) describes a concrete with the
ability to compact itself only by means of its own weight
without the requirement of vibration. Self-compacting
concrete also known as Self-consolidating concrete or
self levelling concrete.
• Self-compacting concrete is placed or poured in the same
way as ordinary concrete but without vibration.
• It is very fluid and can pass around obstructions and fill
all the nooks and corners without the risk of either
mortar or other ingredients of concrete separating out, at
the same time there are no entrapped air or rock pockets.
• This type of concrete mixture does not require any
compaction and is saves time, labour and energy. The
surface finish produced by self-compacting concrete is
exceptionally good and patching will not be necessary.
• The SCC, as the name suggests, does not require to be
vibrated to achieve full compaction.
• This offers many benefits and advantages over conventional
concrete. These include an improved quality of concrete and
reduction of on-site repairs, faster construction times, lower
overall costs, facilitation of introduction of automation
into concrete construction.
• An important improvement of health and safety is also
achieved through elimination of handling of vibrators and a
substantial reduction of environmental noise loading on and
around a site.
• The composition of SCC mixes includes
substantial proportions of fine-grained
inorganic materials.

• This offers possibilities for utilisation of


“dusts”, which are currently waste products
demanding with no practical applications
and which are costly to dispose of.
• Current Indian scenario in construction shows
increased construction of large and complex
structures, which often leads to difficult concreting
conditions.
• Vibrating concrete in congested locations may cause
some risk to labour in addition to noise stress. .
• There are always doubts about the strength and
durability placed in such locations. So it is worthwhile
to eliminate vibration in practice, if possible.
MATERIALS

• The Materials used in SCC are the same as in


conventional concrete except that an excess of
fine material and chemical admixtures are used.
• Also, a viscosity-modifying agent(VMA) will be
required because slight variations in the amount
of water or in the proportions of aggregate and
sand will make the SCC unstable, that is, water or
slurry may separate from the remaining material.
• The powdered materials are fly ash, silica
fume, lime stone powder, glass filler and
quartzite filler.

• The use of pozzolanic materials helps the SCC


to flow better. The pozzolanic reaction in SCC,
as well as in Conventional Slump Concrete
(CSC), provides more durable concrete to
permeability and chemical attacks.
• To achieve a high workability and avoid obstruction by
closely spaced reinforcing, SCC is designed with limits on
the nominal maximum size (NMS) of the aggregate, the
amount of aggregate, and aggregate grading.
• However, when the workability is high, the potential for
segregation and loss of entrained air voids increases.
• These problems can be alleviated by designing a concrete
with a high fine-to-coarse-aggregate ratio, a low water–
cementitious material ratio (w/cm), good aggregate grading,
and a high-range water-reducing admixture (HRWRA).
PRODUCTION OF SCC

•
Based on the original conception of Okamura and
Ozawa, in general three types of SCC can be
distinguished:
a) Powder type self compacting concrete:
• This is proportioned to give the required self
compatibility by reducing the water-powder ratio and
provide adequate segregation resistance.
Superplasticizers and air entraining admixtures give the
required deformability.
• b) Viscosity agent type self compacting
concrete: This type is proportioned to provide
self compaction by the use of a viscosity
modifying admixture to provide segregation
resistance.
• Superplasticizers and air entrainment
admixtures are used for obtaining the desired
deformability.
c)combination type self compacting concrete:
• This type is proportioned so as to obtain self
compatibility mainly by reducing the water
powder ratio, as in the powder type ,and a
viscosity modifying admixture is added to reduce
the quality of fluctuation of the fresh concrete
due to the variation of the surface moisture
content of the aggregates and their gradations
during the production .
• This facilitates the production control of the
concrete.
TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES OF SELF-
COMPACTING CONCRETE

Simple inclusion even in complicated formwork and tight


reinforcement
• Higher installation performance since no compaction work
is necessary which leads to reduced construction times,
especially at large construction sites
• Reduced noise pollution since vibrators are not necessary
• Higher and more homogenous concrete quality across the
entire concrete cross-section, especially around the
reinforcement
• Improved concrete surfaces (visible
concrete quality)
• Typically higher early strength of the
concrete so that formwork removal can
be performed more quickly.
• • SCC is made from the ingredients, which are
almost same used in producing in conventional
concrete. Thorough understanding of role played by
each of the ingredient of SCC is essential.
• Properties of fresh and hardened SCC should be
established in the laboratory before their use in the
field.
• Even though the initial cost of SCC is comparatively
higher than the conventional concrete.
• Considering the long service of the
structure, minimum maintenance, labour
cost, cost due to the vibrators required,
benefit cost ratio is very much in favour in
case of SCC.
• Self Consolidating Concrete, as well as
Conventional Slump Concrete, requires
proper mix proportion to become a durable
concrete.
• The uses of pozzolanic materials, such as slag, fly
ash, silica fume, etc., will help SCC more durable,
otherwise these are waste products demanding with
no practical applications and which are costly to
dispose of.
• The use of proper super plasticizing admixture in
combination with proper air entraining admixture is
the absolute key to durable concrete due to freeze-
thaw and scaling resistance.
• Advantage with respect to sound pollution.

• Considerable improvements in exposed


surface (Fair Faced Concrete)

• Self compacting concrete is ideal for


concrete parts with complicated shapes and
elements with high quality visible concrete.
• • Vibrating concrete in congested locations may
cause some risk to labour in addition to noise
stress. There are always doubts about the strength
and durability placed in such locations. So it is
worthwhile to eliminate vibration in practice, if
possible.
• In countries like Japan, Sweden, Thailand, U.K
and U.S.A, etc., the knowledge of SCC has moved
from domain of research to application. But in
India, this knowledge is to be widespread.

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