Design, Production and Placement of Self-Consolidating Concrete: Proceedings of SCC2010, Montreal, Canada, September 26-29, 2010

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Design and Flow of Powder-type SCC with Crushed Aggregates....Pages 3-11
“Structural Design with Flowable Concrete” - A fib -Recommendation for Tailor-Made Concrete....Pages 13-23
Effect of Material Constituents and Mix Design on Performance of SCC for Precast, Prestressed Girders....Pages 25-35
Robustness by Mix Design – A New Approach for Mixture Proportioning of SCC....Pages 37-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Smart Polycarboxylate Design for SCC in Precast Applications....Pages 53-63
Effects of Superplasticizer and Viscosity-Modifying Agent on Fresh Concrete Performance of SCC at Varied Ambient Temperatures....Pages 65-77
Selecting Admixtures to Achieve Application-Required Rheology....Pages 79-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Effect of Cement on Superplasticizer Adsorption, Yield Stress, Thixotropy and Segregation Resistance....Pages 91-101
Effect of Metakaolin on the Rheology of Self-Consolidating Concrete....Pages 103-112
Segregation of Coarse Aggregates in Self-Compacting Concrete....Pages 113-125
Estimating Measurement Artifacts in Concrete Rheometers from MRI Measurement on Model Materials....Pages 127-137
Evaluation of Fresh Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete under Long Transportation Time and Extreme Temperature....Pages 139-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Similarities and Differences of Pumping Conventional and Self-Compacting Concrete....Pages 153-162
Flow of SCC along Surfaces....Pages 163-173
Optimisation of the Mixing Process for Producing Self-Compacting High-Performance Concrete....Pages 175-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Computational Modeling of SCC Flow through Reinforced Sections....Pages 187-195
Simulation and Testing of the Grout Backfill Process in a Case-Study Related to a Nuclear Waste Disposal Gallery....Pages 197-208
Prediction of the Impact of Flow-Induced Inhomogeneities in Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC)....Pages 209-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Influence of Rheological Properties of Pourable Concrete on Formwork Pressure....Pages 219-230
Prediction of SCC Formwork Pressure in Full-Scale Elements....Pages 231-242
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Modeling Fresh Concrete Pressure of Normal and Self-Compacting Concrete....Pages 243-254
Formwork Pressure of Highly Workable Concrete – Experiments Focused on Setting, Vibration and Design Approach....Pages 255-267
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Drying Shrinkage of SCC – Influence of the Composition of Ternary Composite Cements....Pages 271-282
Properties of Low-Shrinkage, High-Strength SCC Using Shrinkage-Reducing Admixture, Blast Furnace Slag and Limestone Aggregates....Pages 283-293
Plastic Shrinkage Evaluation of Self-Consolidating Concrete as Repair Materials Based on Restrained and Free Strain Measurements....Pages 295-306
Acceleration of Hardening Kinetics of SCC....Pages 307-316
Time Evolution of Properties of SCC Mixtures Produced Using Crushed Limestone Aggregate and High Content of Limestone Filler....Pages 317-327
Effect of Freezing-Thawing Cycles on the Resistance of Self-Consolidating Concrete to Sulfate Attack....Pages 329-340
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Bond Behaviour and Shear Capacity of Self-Compacting Concrete....Pages 343-353
Top-Bar Effect in Self-Compacting Concrete Elements....Pages 355-366
Effect of Rheology of SCC on Bond Strength of Ribbed Reinforcement Bars....Pages 367-377
Development Length of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bars in Self-Consolidating Concrete....Pages 379-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Design with Highly Flowable Fiber-Reinforced Concrete: Overview of the Activity of fib TG 8.8....Pages 395-406
Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Materials: From Intrinsic Isotropic Behavior to Fiber Alignment....Pages 407-415
Flow-Induced Fiber Orientation in SCSFRC: Monitoring and Prediction....Pages 417-428
Shear Behavior of Self-Compacting Concrete and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Push-Off Specimens....Pages 429-438
Long-Term Behaviour of Fiber-Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete Beams....Pages 439-450
Back Matter....Pages 451-453