SEMINAR ON SHRINKAGE

COMPENSATING CONCRETE

PRESENTED BY: SAHABAAZ ANWER

 INTRODUCTION

• The use of shrinkage compensating concrete is

an effective way of minimizing the cracks
• It's proportioned so the concrete will increase
in volume after setting and during early-age
hardening
• When it's used in floor slabs, shrinkage-
compensating concrete permits greater joint
spacing’s
 DEFINITION

• “Shrinkage compensating concrete is

expansive cement concrete which, is
used to minimise cracking caused by
drying shrinkage in concrete slabs,
pavements and structures.”
 HOW SCC DIFFERENT FROM
NORMAL CONCRETE
• Shrinkage-compensating concrete is created
from expansive cement. This cement actually
expands through the formation of ettringite
crystals during the first week of curing
• Shrinkage-compensating concrete minimizes
and resists cracking and curling
• The expansive property controls the shrinkage
in such a way as to reduce or eliminate that
seen in normal cement.
CRACK AND SHRINKAGE OVERVIEW

• WHY DOES CONCRETE CRACKS?

Concrete cracks due to shrinkage,
external effects, and detrimental internal
expansion. Shrinkage cracking can be either a
result of plastic or drying shrinkage. The most
common type of cracks are drying shrinkage
cracks.
 PLASTIC SHRINKAGE

Quick drying of concrete at the surface results

in shrinkage. Concrete at the plastic state cannot
resist tension. Plastic shrinkage results in a crack
depth by about 5-10 cm and about 3mm wide
 DRYING SHRINKAGE

The loss of free water contained in hardened

concrete does not result in any appreciable
dimension changes. It is the loss water held in
gel pores that causes the change in volume
DRYING SHRINKAGE CRACK
 COMPOSITION OF SHRINKAGE
COMPENSATING CONCRETE
 The expansive cement used for the production of
shrinkage compensating concrete consists 15% of
Tetracalcium Trialumino Sulphate (C4A3S) which is
referred to as Type-K cement.
 Shrinkage compensating concrete is constituted and
proportioned such that the concrete will increase in
volume after setting and hardening. When properly
restrained by reinforcement. Because of the restraint,
compressive stresses will be induced in the concrete
during expansion. Subsequent drying shrinkage will
reduce these stresses. Ideally, a residual compression
will remain in the concrete, eliminating the risk of
shrinkage cracking.
 ADVANTAGES OF SHRINKAGE
COMPENSATING CONCRETE
• Shrinkage Compensating Concrete has lower
permeability, higher durability & abrasion resistance,
higher freeze-thaw resistance, and higher resistance to
sulphates than ordinary Portland cement concrete.
• It minimizes
1. Caulking
2. Cracking
3. Curling
• Joint maintenance
• Eliminate all control joints
• Floor flatness will remain same even after building is in
service
 REFERENCES
• Shrinkage compensating concrete floors,
Thesses concrete contracting, Inc.
• Shrinkage compensating concrete for use in
underground concrete structures- Matt
Jabbari, Civil Engineer, CTS cement
manufacturing corp, Cypress, California.
• Solutions for crack free, joint free and
maintenance free floors-www.slideshare.net