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Durability of self-compacting concrete



Title: Durability of self-compacting concrete
Author(s): S. Assié, G. Escadeillas, G. Marchese
Paper category : conference
Book title: International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete
Editor(s): O. Wallevik and I. Nielsson
Print-ISBN: 2-912143-42-X
e-ISBN: 2912143713
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Publication year: 2003
Pages: 655 - 662
Total Pages: 8
Nb references: 5
Language: English


Abstract: There are few works on self-compacting concrete durability. This justified the research program undertaken by the LMDC laboratory in collaboration with CTG. The main goal of this project is to compare the durability properties of self-compacting concrete (SCC) and vibrated concrete (VC) with similar compressive strength. Therefore, several SCC and VC mixes were prepared with exactly the same materials (the SCC mix differs only from VC in containing additional powder). Many samples of each mix were cast and used for experiments relating to mechanical behaviour (mainly delayed deformations) and physico-chemical durability.Comparison of the results shows that SCC presents equivalent shrinkage rates (total and endogenous) to those of VC, but delayed deformations under load (creep) of SCC are assumed to be greater than for VC. Secondly, transport properties of self-compacting concrete and vibrated concrete seem to turn slightly to SCC advantage


Online publication: 2003-08-21
Publication type : abstract_only
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