Fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete with different mineral additions and fibers

  • Naima Haddadou National Center of Studies and Integrated Research on Building Engineering (CNERIB), Cité Nouvelle El-Mokrani, Souidania, Algiers
  • Rabah Chaid Research Unit: Materials, Processes and Environment (UR/MPE), University of Boumerdes, Cité Frantz Fanon, Boumerdes
  • Youcef Ghernouti Research Unit: Materials, Processes and Environment (UR/MPE), University of Boumerdes, Cité Frantz Fanon, Boumerdes
  • Naima Adjou National Center of Studies and Integrated Research on Building Engineering (CNERIB), Cité Nouvelle El-Mokrani, Souidania, Algiers
  • Malik Bouzoualegh National Center of Studies and Integrated Research on Building Engineering (CNERIB), Cité Nouvelle El-Mokrani, Souidania, Algiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34118/jbms.v2i2.19
Keywords: Self-compacting concrete, Mineral additions, Workability, Fibers, Hardened properties

Abstract

In this work, several reinforced self-compacting concretes were prepared by using three types of fibers made of steel, polypropylene and glass, and three different types of mineral additions (marble powder, metakaolin and limestone powder). The water to cement ratio was kept constant at 0.34 and fibers were used in combination, keeping the total fiber content constant at 60 kg/m3. Slump flow diameter, L-Box, stability and air content were performed to assess the fresh properties of the concrete. Compressive strength, flexural strength, splitting tensile strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity of the concrete were determined for the hardened properties.
Noteworthy performances were generally obtained, particularly in hardened properties for the self-compacting concretes prepared with steel fibers in association with polypropylene fiber and marble powder as mineral addition.

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Published
2016-03-04
How to Cite
Haddadou, N., Chaid, R., Ghernouti, Y., Adjou, N., & Bouzoualegh, M. (2016). Fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete with different mineral additions and fibers. Journal of Building Materials and Structures, 2(2), 41-50. https://doi.org/10.34118/jbms.v2i2.19
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Vol 2 No 2 (2015)
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