ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express our sincere gratitude and indebtedness to the guide C.
KRISHNAMA RAJU, Associate Professor for giving valuable suggestions and moral support
towards completion of project work. We express our deep gratitude to Dr. G.
SREENIVASULU, Professor and HOD, School of Civil Engineering, RGMCET for his
continuous help and support towards the project.

We will highly grateful to Dr. T. JAYACHANDRAPRASAD, Principal, R.G.M.

We will remain grateful to Dr. M. SHANTHIRAMUDU, Chairman, and Sri M.

We would like to express our sincere thanks to Project Coordinators of R.G.M College
of Engineering for providing an opportunity for doing this project work.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the Teaching and Non-Teaching staff members of
R.G.M College of Engineering for their valuable help for the project.

At the end, we proudly acknowledge our father and mother for their constant motivation
which have been valuable assets of our life.

G. ASIF HUSSAIN
J.S. IBRAHIM
T. MANOJ PRABHAKAR
P. HAREESH
V.HARITHA

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 ABSTRACT

Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is a high workability concrete that can flow under its
own weight to completely fill the form work and self-compacts without any mechanical
trembling. Since its first development in Japan in 1988, SCC has gained wider acceptance in
Japan, Europe and USA due to its inherent distinct advantages. The major advantage of this
method is to minimize concrete placement problems in difficult conditions. Construction and
placing becomes faster & easier. SCC provides better quality especially in the members having
reinforcement congestion, decreasing the permeability and improving durability of concrete.
Such concrete can speed up the placement, reduce the labour requirements needed for
compaction, finishing and conserves energy.
High Strength Concrete is required in the construction of Highway Bridges, Dams and
to build Massive Structures etc.,
In the light of the above, the present work titled “Properties of M60 High Strength Self-
Compacting Concrete with Different Proportions of Silica Fume” is considered. In this the
cement is partially replaced with silica fume in different proportions and properties of concrete
are to be determined.
The “Nan-su” mix design method is used. Fresh properties are to be determined to
satisfy European Federation of National Association Representing for Concrete (EFNARC)
guidelines. Compressive Strength of mixes is to be determined at ages of 3, 7 & 28 days.
KEYWORDS: High Strength Concrete; SCC; Silica fume; Super Plasticizer; Admixtures.

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 CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i
ABSTRACT ii
LIST OF FIGURES vi
LIST OF TABLES vii
GLOSSARY viii
NOTATIONS ix

1. INTRODUCTION 01
1.1 Introduction of Self Compacting Concrete 01
1.2 Aim and Scope of the Project 02
1.3 Organization of Report 02
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 03
3. MIX DESIGN METHODS OF SCC, FRESH & HARDENED PROPERTIES OF
SCC 06
3.1 Basic Principles and requirements of SCC 06
3.1.1 General Purpose Mix Design Method 06
3.1.2 University College London 07
3.1.3 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Method 07
3.1.4 EFNARC 2002 Method 08
3.1.5 EFNARC 2005 Method 08
3.1.6 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Method 09
3.1.7 Nan-Su Method 09
3.2 Simple Mix Design Method by Nan-Su 09
3.3 Workability 13
3.4 Tests on Fresh Properties of SCC 14
3.4.1 Filling Ability 14
3.4.2 Passing Ability 14
3.4.3 Segregation Resistance 14
3.5 Workability Tests on SCC 15
3.6 Tests on Filling Ability 15
3.6.1 Slump Flow Test 15
3.6.2 T50 Slump Flow Test 15
3.6.3 V-Funnel Test 15
3.7 Tests on Passing Ability 16
3.7.1 L-Box Test 16
3.7.2 J-Ring Test 17
3.7.3 U-Box Test 17
3.8 Tests on Segregation Resistance 18
3.9 Tests on Hardened Properties of SCC 18
3.10 Tests on SCC Specimens 19

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 3.10.1 Compressive Strength of Concrete 18
3.10.2 Split Tensile Test 18
3.10.3 Flexure Test on Concrete 19
3.11 Non Destructive Tests 19
3.11.1 Rebound Hammer Test 19
4. MATERIAL PROPERTIES 21
4.1 Materials 21
4.1.1 Cement 21
4.1.2 Coarse Aggregate 22
4.1.3 Fine Aggregate 22
4.1.4 Silica Fume 23
4.1.5 Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag 24
4.1.6 Super Plasticizer 24
4.1.7 Water 25
5. MIX DESIGN OF M60 HPSCC 26
6. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 29
6.1 Workability & Compressive Strength Tests 29
6.1.1 Mixing of Materials 29
6.1.2 Proportioning 29
6.1.3 Workability Tests 29
6.1.4 Casting of Cubes 30
7. CONCLUSIONS 32
REFERENCES 33

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 LIST OF FIGURES

S.NO DESCRIPTION PG NO
3.1 Slump Flow test 15
3.2 V-Funnel Test 16
3.3 L-Box test 16
3.4 J-Ring Test 17
3.5 U-Box Test 17
6.1 Fresh Properties of HPSCC 30
6.2 Mould 31
6.3 Hardened Properties of HPSCC 31

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 LIST OF TABLES

S.NO DESCRIPTION PG NO
3.1 JSCE limits for SCC 7
3.2 EFNARC 2002 Guidelines for SCC 8
3.3 EFNARC 2005 Guidelines for SCC 8
3.4 Suggested Powder content ranges 9
3.5 Typical Ranges of Materials for SCC 9
4.0 Chemical Composition of Cement 21
4.1 Test Results on Cement (IS 12269-1987) 21
4.2 Test Results on Coarse aggregate (IS 383-1970) 22
4.3 Test Results on Fine aggregate (IS 383-1970) 23
4.4 Physical Properties of Silica Fume 23
4.5 Chemical Properties of Silica Fume 23
4.6 Chemical Properties of GGBS 24
4.7 Properties of Super plasticizer 25
5.0 Mix proportions as per Nan-su 28
6.1 Fresh Properties of HPSCC 30
6.2 Rebound Hammer Test Results 31
6.3 Test Results on Hardened Concrete Cubes 31

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 GLOSSARY
SCC Self-Compacting Concrete
HPSCC High Performance Self Compacting Concrete
EFNARC European Federation of National Association Representing for Concrete
GGBS Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag
W/P Water-Powder ratio
SP Super Plasticizer
HRWRA High Range Water Reducing Admixtures
ASTM American Standard of Testing Materials
PF Packing Factor
OPC Ordinary Portland cement

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 NOTATIONS
W Mass of water (Kg/m3)
C Mass of cement (Kg/m3)
WCA Mass of coarse aggregate in SCC (Kg/m3)
WFA Mass of fine aggregate in SCC (Kg/m3)
WF Mass of fly ash in SCC (Kg/m3)
WB Mass of GGBS in SCC (Kg/m3)
WSP Mass of SP content in SCC (Kg/m3)
ϒCA Bulk density of coarse aggregate (Kg/m3)
ϒFA Bulk density of fine aggregate (Kg/m3)
s/a Volume ratio of fine aggregate to total aggregate (%)
ϒW Density of water (Kg/m3)

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