STUDY OF BEHAVIOUR OF SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE WITH PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT BY FLY ASH

Guided by: Mr. H. S. Narashimhan Presented by: Tharanath Salyan P. Adithya G.S. Shwetha L.P. Savinaya S.

SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE

SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE IS A SPECIAL TYPE OF CONCRETE WHICH HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMPACT ITSELF ONLY BY MEANS OF ITS OWN WEIGHT WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF VIBRATION. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS SELF CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE OR SELF LEVELING CONCRETE.

LITERATURE REVIEW
1986 - HAJIME OKAMURA FOUNDER A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY ON THE WORKABILITY OF CONCRETE BY OZAWA( 1989), OKAMURA(1993) AND MAEKAWA(1999). 2007 PERFORMANCE OF SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE CONTAINING FLY ASH BY J.M. KHATIB -UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON, UK. 2011-INTERNATIONAL PAPER ON SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE WITH FLY ASH FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT STRUCTURES BY R.PREETHA, C.S.PILLAI AND S.C.CHETHAL.

OBJECTIVE
TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF FLY ASH AS PARTIAL SUBSTITUTE OF CEMENT ON THE PROPERTIES OF SCC

IN
1) FRESH STATE
(FILLING ABILITY AND PASSING ABILITY)

2) HARDENED STATE
(COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH)

DIFFERENT TEST METHODS OF SCC

Test method
Slump flow by Abrams cone T50cm slump flow J- ring V- funnel V-funnel at T5 mins L- box U-box Fill-box Orimet GTM screen stability test

Properties
Filling ability Filling ability Passing ability Filling ability Segregation resistance Passing ability Passing ability Passing ability Filling ability Segregation resistance

Unit
mm Sec mm Sec sec H2 / H1 (H2 - H1 )mm % Sec %

Range of values
650 to 800 2 to 5 0 to 10 6 to 12 0 to +3 0,8 to 1,0 0 to 30 90 to 100 0 to 5` 0 to 15

METHODOLOGY
1) MATERIAL TESTING

2) CASTING OF THE SAMPLES

3) TESTING OF SAMPLES 4) COMPARISION OF RESULTS

MATERIALS
CEMENT 43 GRADE OPC. FLY ASH AS A PARTIAL SUBSTITE FOR CEMENT. FINE AGGREGATE RIVER SAND. COARSE AGGREGATE 20mm DOWN SIZE.

ADMIXTURE AURAMIX 400 VISCOSITY

MODIFYING AGENT COLLECTED FROM FOSROC

CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED, BANGALORE.

WATER.

CASTING OF SAMPLES
DETERMINATION OF MIX PROPORTION AND OPTIMUM

DOSAGE OF ADMIXTURE TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD.

CASTING OF CUBES OF 150mm*150mm*150mm SIZE. PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT BY 30%,40% AND 50% OF FLY ASH AND CASTING THE CUBES. CURING OF CASTED CUBES.

TESTING OF SAMPLES
TESTING OF CEMENT CONCRETE CUBES AFTER 7, 14, 28 AND 56 DAYS OF CURING IN COMPRESSION TESTING MACHINE. TESTING OF CONCRETE CUBES CONTAINING FLY ASH AS A PARTIAL SUBSTITUTE TO CEMENT AFTER 7, 14, 28 AND 56 DAYS OF CURING IN COMPRESSION TESTING MACHINE. COMPARISON OF RESULTS.

TESTS ON CEMENT AND FLY ASH

Sl. No. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES CEMENT FLY ASH RESULTS REQUIREMENT RESULTS REQUIREMENT AS PER IS AS PER IS 8112-1989 3812(PT1)-2000 7% <10% 43% 34%
3.15 30% 110min 425min 1mm 44.30 MPa 3.0 - 3.15 30% >30min <600min <10mm >43 MPa 2.31 2.20 2.50

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

FINENESS SPECIFIC GRAVITY CONSISTANCY INITIAL SETTING TIME FINAL SETTING TIME SOUNDNESS COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

TESTS ON COARSE AGGREGATES

Sl. No. 1. 2. 3. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES RESULTS OBTAINED REQUIREMENTS AS PER IS 2386(PT3)-1989

SPECIFIC GRAVITY FINENESS MODULUS SURFACE MOISTURE

2.76 7.35 0

2.60 - 2.80 6.0 - 8.0 -

4.
5.

WATER ABSORPTION CAPACITY

BULK DENSITY A) DENSE STATE B) LOOSE STATE

0.45%
1522.78 kg/m3 1354.01 kg/m3 27.94% 24.81%

< 0.60%

6. 7.

IMPACT VALUE CRUSHING VALUE

< 45% < 45%

TESTS ON FINE AGGREGATES

Sl. No. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES RESULTS OBTAINED REQUIREMENTS AS PER IS 2386(PT3)-1989

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

SPECIFIC GRAVITY FINENESS MODULUS BULKING SURFACE MOISTURE WATER ABSORPTION CAPACITY

2.67 2.72 36% 1.41% 1.43%

2.60 - 2.70 2.20 -3.20 < 40% < 2% < 2%

BULK DENSITY A) DENSE STATE 1564 .97 kg/m3 B) LOOSE STATE 1396.20 kg/m3

MIX DESIGN SELECTION

MIX PROPORTION RESULT

SL.NO

PROPORTION

W/C

CEMENT

F.A

C.A

ADMIXTUR E

RESULT

1 2

1:1.75:1.25 1:1.75:1.25

0.45 0.40

3.50 3.50

6.125 6.125

4.375 4.375

0.80% 0.80%

Bleeding Segregation

3
4 5 6

1:1.75:1.25
1:1.75:1.25 1:1.75:1.25 1:1.80:1.20

0.41
0.42 0.43 0.40

3.50
3.50 3.50 3.50

6.125
6.125 6.125 6.300

4.375
4.375 4.375 4.200

0.80%
0.80% 0.80% 0.80%

Light bleeding
Bleeding Bleeding Segregation

7
8 9 10

1:1.80:1:20
1:1.75:1.25 1:1.75:1.25 1:1.85:1.15

0.41
0.41 0.38 0.41

3.50
3.50 3.50 3.50

6.300
6.125 6.125 6.475

4.200
4.375 4.375 4.025

0.80%
0.90% 1.00% 1.20%

Bleeding
Segregation Segregation No slump flow

11
12 13 14

1:1.75:1.25
1:1.75:1.25 1:1.75:1.25 1:1.75:1.25

0.41
0.42 0.43 0.45

3.50
3.50 3.50 3.50

6.125
6.125 6.125 6.125

4.375
4.375 4.375 4.375

0.70%
0.70% 0.65% 0.60%

Slump-470mm
Slump-500mm Slump-550mm Slump-590mm

15

1:1.75:1.25

0.46

3.50

6.125

4.375

0.60%

Slump-645mm

FINAL MIX PROPORTION

C:FA:CA = 1:1.75:1.25
WATER/CEMENT RATIO = 0.46 ADMIXTURE DOSAGE = 0.6% BY WEIGHT OF TOTAL CEMENTATIOUS MATERIAL.

MATERIALS USED PER CUBIC METER OF CONCRETE

Sl. no. 1. 2. Mix identification Raw materials Cement (kg/m3) Fly ash (kg/m3) 423.91 0 289.13 123.91 242.55 161.70 193.88 193.88 MF0% MF30% MF40% MF50%

3.
4. 5. 6. 7.

Fine aggregate(kg/m3)
Coarse aggregate(kg/m3) Water/cement ratio Water content (kg/m3) Water/powder content

1140.09
736.0 0.46 195 0.80

1181.96
705.0 0.46 190 0.85

1190.75
705.0 0.47 190 0.85

1207.24
705.0 0.49 190 0.85

8.

% of C.A content by volume

32

30

30

30

Admixture used was 0.60% of weight of binder.

FRESH CONCRETE PROPERTIES

MIX SLUMP FLOW (mm) T50 cm SLUMP FLOW (sec) J-RING (mm) DENSITY (Kg/m3)

MF0% MF30% MF40% MF50%

645 635 630 620

3 4 4 5

8 10 10 11

2425 2326 2277 2207

SLUMP FLOW v/s % REPLACEMENT

650 645 640 635 630 625 620 615 0% 20% 40% 60%

T50 SLUMP FLOW v/s % REPLACEMENT

5 4.5

4
3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1

0.5
0 0% 20% 40% 60%

J-RING v/s % REPLACEMENT

12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0% 20% 40% 60%

DENSITY v/s % REPLACEMENT

2450 2400 2350 2300
2250 2200 2150 0% 20% 40% 60%

DISCUSSION
It is observed from both Slump flow v/s percentage of replacement and T50cm slump flow time v/s percentage of replacement graphs that the filling ability of the SCC decreases with the increase in the percentage of replacement of cement by fly ash. In the same way, from the graph of J-ring test, also it is observed that the passing ability of SCC decreases with the increase in the percentage of replacement of cement by fly ash. This may be due to the fly ash used in our project is less finer than cement, the fineness values are given in Table 3.1 and 3.7. But the values obtained are within the limits specified by EFNARC. Hence cement can be successfully replaced by fly ash in SCC up to 50%.

It is observed from the graph the density of concrete decreases with the increase in the percentage replacement of cement by fly ash. This is because of the lower specific gravity of fly ash i.e., lesser than the specific gravity of cement

HARDENED CONCRETE PROPERTIES

Sl. no Cement in Kg/m3 Fly ash In % In Kg/m3 W/C ratio Compressive strength in N/mm2 7 days 14 days 28 days 56 days

1.

423.91

0.46

37.06 40.55 49.05 53.69

2.
3. 4.

289.13
242.55 193.88

30
40 50

123.91
161.70 193.88

0.46
0.47 0.49

27.47 30.52 38.41 43.60

16.57 19.79 25.64 30.46 13.95 17.44 23.54 28.74

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH V/S % REPLACEMENT

60 50 40 7 Days

30
20 10 0

14 Days
28 days 56 days

0%

30%

40%

50%

DISCUSSION Here it is observed that as the percentage of Fly ash increases, compressive strength of the concrete decreases to a certain extent. From the table it has been seen that the strength at 7 days decreases as the percentage of Fly ash is increased. It is further observed that the 7 day strength obtained is almost 65%-75% of 28 days strength of the concrete mix. From the compressive strength test results it is also observed that, there is a marginal increase in strength of 28 days when percentage of Fly ash added is between 30%-50%. From the above graph it can be seen that the compressive strength for individual replacement is increasing from 7 days to 28 days but the compressive strength is decreasing from 0% replacement to 50% replacement

ADVANTAGES
EFFECTIVE USE OF FLY ASH. LESS CONSUMPTION OF CEMENT. LESS LABOUR REQUIREMENT. EFFECTIVE IN CONGESTED REINFORCEMENT. NO NEED OF ANY MACHINES FOR VIBRATION.

DISADVANTAGES
BRINGING FLY ASH TO THE REQUIRED LOCATION. MAINTAINING THE PROPORTION AND DOSAGE OF ADMIXTURE.

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