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EFFECT OF SUPERPLASTICIZER ON SELF-COMPACTABILITY OF FRESH CONCRETE

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00740636

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Abstract:

The effect of superplasticizer on the balance between flowability and viscosity of mortar in self-compacting concrete was investigated quantitatively. From experimental results, the ratio of funnel speed to flow area of mortar with a fixed amount of superplasticizer was found to be almost constant, independent of the water-powder ratio. A higher amount of superplasticizer resulted in a lower ratio of funnel speed to flow area. The ratio is proposed as an index for the effect of superplasticizer on mortar flowability and viscosity from the viewpoint of achieving self-compactability. This index is convenient for evaluating the amount of superplasticizer for proper flowability and viscosity of mortar using only one set of experimental results. The relationship between superplasticizer amount and its effect was found to differ depending on the type of powder or superplasticizer. The difference can be indicated quantitatively by the proposed index.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1574, Advances in Concrete and Concrete Pavement Construction.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Ouchi, M
Hibino, M
Okamura, H

Pagination:

p. 37-40

Publication Date:

1997

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1574
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309059739

Features:

Figures (10) ; References (4)

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Subject Areas:

Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Sep 8 1997 12:00AM

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