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 CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION
2. REQUIREMENTS FOR SCC
3. PROPERTIES
4. METHODOLOGY
5. TESTS CONDUCTED ON SCC
6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
7. CASE STUDY
8. REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
 By the early 1990's, SCC was first developed and used in
Japan.
 Self compacted concrete is highly engineered concrete
with much higher fluidity without segregation and is
capable of filling every corner of formwork under its self
weight .
 SCC eliminates the need for vibration for the compaction
of concrete without affecting its engineering properties.
 As of the year 2000, SCC was used for prefabricated
products (precast members) and ready-mixed concrete
(cast-in-place) in the Japan, USA, etc….
 MATERIALS USED IN SCC
 Cement
 Fine aggregate
 Coarse aggregate
 Water
 Admixture
 Fly ash
 Silica fumes
 Stone powder
 Fibres
 PROPERTIES
FRESH CONCRETE
1. Passing ability
2. Flowing ability
3. Segregation resistance

HARDENED CONCRETE
4. Compressive strength
5. Tensile strength
 METHODOLOGY
In 1997 Prof. Okamura classified it in two types based on
segregation preventing mechanisms.

1. Powder based
2. Viscosity enhanching agent based
MIX PROPORTION FOR ACHIEVING
SELF COMPACTION :
 Changes in the coarse aggregate content.

 Changes in the fine aggregate content.

 Use of super plasticizers.

 Combination of most suitable water cement ratio and

super plasticizer powder ratio.
Coarse aggregate content-50% of solid Fine aggregate content-40% of mortar
volume. volume.
ROLE OF SUPERPLASTISIZER:
 TEST ON SCC
TEST ON FRESH CONCRETE:

1. SLUMP FLOW TEST

2. J RING TEST
3. V FUNNEL TEST
4. L-BOX TEST
5. U-BOX TEST
6. FILL BOX TEST
TEST ON HARDENED CONCRETE
1. COMPRESSIVE TEST
2. SPLIT –TENSILE TEST
 ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES:
1. Faster construction
2. Reduction in site manpower
3. Better surface finishes
4. Easier placing
5. Improved durability
6. Greater freedom in design
7. Thinner concrete sections
8. Reduced noise levels, absence of vibration
9. Safer working environment.
DISADVANTAGES:

1. More stringent requirement on the selection of

materials.
2. Lack of globally accepted test standard and mix design.
3. Costlier than conventional concrete based on concrete
material cost (exception to placement cost).
4. Requires more trial batches at lab as well as at RMC
plants.
5. More precise measurement and monitoring of
constituent materials.
 APPLICATION
1. Bridges (anchorage blocks and piers)
2. Liquefied gas storage tanks
3. Tunnel linings
4. Building components like columns, foundations and
walls
5. Sandwich structures (steel concrete structures)
6. Repair works (girders, tunnel linings)
7. Prefabricated elements (panels, furniture, beams etc)
8. Piles and pile caps
9. Monolithic structures
 CASE STUDY
1.A typical application example of Self-compacting
concrete is the two anchorages of Akashi-Kaikyo (Straits)
Bridge opened in April 1998, a suspension bridge with the
longest span in the world (1,991 meters) . The volume of
the cast concrete in the two ahchorages amounted to
290,000 m3.

Akashi-Straits Bridge
2.The first application of self-compacting concrete was in
a building in June 1990. Self-compacting concrete was
then used in the towers of a prestressed concrete cable-
stayed Shin-Kiba Ohashi bridge in 1991. Lightweight self-
compacting concrete was used in the main girder of a
cable-stayed bridge in 1992.

Shin-Kiba Ohashi Bridge

 REFERENCE
 EFNARC, specification and guidelines for self-compacting
concrete, February 2002.

 Jagadesh vengala and R.V Ranganath (August 2004),Mixture

Proportioning Procedures For Self Compacting Concrete, Indian
Concrete Journal,.

 P.Kumar Metha (June 1997) Concrete Microstructure ,Properties

And Materials,page no 381 to 393.

 S. Nagataki (1995), Self Compacting Property Of Highly Flowable

Concrete, American Concrete Institute, sp 154 , page no. 301 to
304.