Rheology of High-Volume Fly Ash Self-Compacting Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 33, Issue 10
Abstract
Effect of selected volumetric replacement (0%, 20%, 40%, and 60%) of cement with class-F fly ash in a binary binder and of three water-cementitious material ratios (0.40, 0.34, and 0.28) on rheology of self-compacting concrete (SCC) has been investigated using a coaxial concrete rheometer. The effects of the same parameters have also been studied on self-compacting recycled aggregate Concretes (SCRACs) made with 100% volumetric replacement of natural coarse aggregates with coarse recycled concrete aggregates. Data obtained from the flow-curve tests were used to calibrate selected rheological models, and it was noted that degree of shear-thinning in the SCCs and SCRACs was inversely proportional to fly ash dosage. Shear-thinning rheology transitioned to shear-thickening as the water-cementitious material ratio decreased from 0.40 to 0.28, and other mix characteristics remaining unchanged. Degree of shear thinning further decreased (in terms of increase in flow index of HB model and c/μ parameter of MB model) upon substitution of the natural coarse aggregates of SCCs with the coarse recycled aggregates in the SCRACs. Predictive efficacies of the selected rheological models are shown to be similar, and useful correlations between them have been proposed.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code generated or used in the study are available from the corresponding author upon request.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank technical staff/laboratory staff of structural Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, for their support in conducting the experimental work presented in this paper.
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