Experimental studies on strength and workability of mineral admixture modified cement-based fibre-reinforced self-compacting concrete

Abstract

Mineral admixtures such as fly ash (FA), ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), metakaolin (MK), and silica fumes (SF) derived from industries are often referred to as secondary cementitious materials, as partial replacements for cement. Also, the use of fibres significantly enhances the flexural behaviour of concrete. Various kinds of literature highlight the performance of concrete with one or two types of admixtures. In this study, an attempt is made to explore the effect of the use of more than two admixtures viz. FA, GGBS and MK as a partial replacement to cement and fibrofor fibre (FF) on workability and strength properties of based Fibre-Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete (FRSCC). The FF in Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is varied from 1.0 to 2.0 kg/cum. The SCC samples are tested for three curing durations. Based on the experimental investigations, the workability of all the mixes is found to be within the EFNARC limits. The variation in the compressive strength of SCC for various fibre dosages is within 10%, after 28 days of the curing period. It is noted that A-10 mix with fibre dosage of 1.0 Kg/cum yielded the highest compressive, split tensile, and flexural strengths after 56 days of curing, as compared to that of all other variations including conventional SCC mix.

Keywords

• SCC
• fibrofor
• mineral admixture
• properties