Properties of self-compacting concrete with different types of additives

Abstract

Self-compacting concrete is one of 'the most revolutionar development' in concrete research; this concrete is able to flow and to fill the most restacted places of the form work without vibration. There are several methods for testing it's properties in the fresh state: the most frequently used are slum-flow test, L-box and V-funnel. This work presents properties of self-compacting concrete, mixed with different types additives: fly ash, silica fume, hydraulic lime and a mixture of fly ash and hydraulic lime.

Keywords

• self-compacting concrete
• slum-flow test
• V-funnel fly ash
• hydraulic lime