Self compacting concrete (SCC), developed by Hajime Okamura, has proved to be an excellent concrete in terms of its compactability, flowability and durability apart from strength studies have proved that the effienciency of the SCC can be further increased by introduction of fibres like steel fibres, glass fibres etc. further enhances their toughness, tensile strength, resistance to crack propa...

Self Compacting Concrete offers many advantages over conventional concrete. It is mainly used when a great fluidity is required (For example sections with high percentage of reinforcement). Self Compacting Concrete has excellent applicability for elements with complicated shapes and congested reinforcement. An experimental study was made on cylinders and specimens with square sections confined ...

Increasing trend in urbanization and industrialization has necessitated production of high rise buildings with an innovation to make an optimized use of reduced available land in thickly populated areas, which is not possible by standard conventional concrete. Such a different concrete can be created only through different types of admixtures, which when added at various stages of concrete prod...

Self-compacting Concrete is one of the new innovative types concrete, and it used widely in construction several industries. This type concrete can be made by using different admixtures their combinations. The main aim SCC to improve durability structure also improves workability structure. Nowadays large structures, isn't easy compact reinforced without voids. overcome self-compacting concrete...

Cement substitution in self compacting concrete (SCC) is emphasized to conserve environment, reduce cost and utilize waste materials. This paper focuses on comparing the permeability and drying shrinkage of SCC containing Wollastonite micro fiber (WMF), a cheap pozzolanic fiber with respect to flyash. Microsilica was added for providing required viscosity to maintain homogeneity of the mixes. T...

At highly congested reinforcement regions, which is common at beam-column joint area, clear spacing between parallel bars becomes less than maximum normal aggregate size (20mm) which has not been addressed in any design code and specifications. Limited clear spacing between parallel bars (herein after thin cover) is one of the causes which affect anchorage performance. In this study, an experim...