Self-Compacting Concrete: Geert de Schutter, Peter J. M. Bartos, Peter Domone and John Gibbs

Self-Compacting Concrete
Geert De Schutter, Peter J. M. Bartos,

Peter Domone and John Gibbs
Whittles Publishing
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Whittles Publishing,
Dunbeath,
Caithness KW6 6EY,
Scotland, UK
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Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA
© 2008 G. De Schutter, P. J. M. Bartos, P. Domone and J. Gibbs
ISBN 978-1904445-30-2
USA ISBN 978-1-4200-6833-7
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Preface
Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is an important and significant advance within

concrete technology which is having a major impact on concrete practice. Originally
developed in Japan with the first significant applications in the early 1990s, it has
rapidly been adopted worldwide in construction. SCC is a ‘new’ material requiring
new placing techniques, and is providing novel insights and innovative developments
to ‘classical’ concrete technology. Starting from this basis, we explain how and why
the new concept of SCC requires a re-evaluation of traditional material models. This
process of rethinking relates SCC technology to classical concrete technology.
This book provides essential information for readers who do not yet have an
adequate knowledge of SCC and experience of its applications. However, it is also
aimed at experienced readers who can benefit from some fundamental background to
rheology, hydration and microstructure, which strongly influence the engineering
properties and durability of SCC. Information on the selection of the constituent
materials, key characteristics, test methods, mix proportioning, construction
processes, engineering properties, production and conformity checking of SCC will
all be of use. Practical guidance is also given as to how to select and specify SCC and
the key properties required for some typical applications are explained extensively.
Throughout the book it is assumed that the reader has some experience of
traditional vibrated concrete (TVC) and has a basic knowledge and understanding of
classical concrete technology. Many of the chapters can easily be understood without
a very detailed knowledge of cementitious materials, and are therefore accessible to
all readers, from practitioners who are involved in daily casting operations on-site to
doctoral students desiring an introduction into modern, state-of-the-art concrete
technology. For other chapters, for example those dealing with hydration,
microstructural aspects and durability, a more advanced knowledge is required,
However, the advanced parts of the book are presented such that they may be
bypassed without impairing the reader’s understanding and the basic principles of
SCC.
It is clear from worldwide experience that there is no such thing as an ideal SCC
mix. However, this book will be helpful to those who wish to make an SCC
appropriate for their specific application with their local materials. The readers who
are new to the field will find sufficient information to get acquainted with the subject
and to start developing mixes. Those readers who already have experience of using
SCC will find additional information on both practical and fundamental issues
relevant to SCC.
Unlike many SCC ‘guidelines’, Self-Compacting Concrete not only shows how
fresh and hardened SCC behaves, it also explains why it does so, whenever such
information is available. This combination of practical guidance and a review of
underlying principles and explanations makes this book suitable for a wide readership
of practitioners, students, architects, engineers, contractors, public authorities and
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Self-Compacting Concrete

Geert De Schutter, Peter J. M. Bartos,

Distributed in North America by

© 2008 G. De Schutter, P. J. M. Bartos, P. Domone and J. Gibbs

All rights reserved.

Typeset by Compuscript Ltd., Shannon, Ireland.

Printed by Athenaeum Press Ltd.

Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is an important and significant advance within

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