Engineering Properties and Bonding Behavior of Self-Compacting Concrete Made with No-Cement Binder
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 3
Abstract
This study explores the engineering properties of a new self-compacting concrete (SCC), named as SFC-SCC, produced with a no-cement SFC binder and the bonding behaviors of embedded steel bar confined by this SFC-SCC using the pull-out test. The no-cement SFC binder was purely made from the mixture of slag (S), Class F fly ash (F), and circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC) fly ash (C). Experimental results showed that the 28-day compressive strengths of no-cement SFC-SCCs were in range of 32.3–42.6 MPa with the flowability of 620–650 mm at the fresh state. With equivalent 28-day compressive strength, the similar bonding strength of SFC-SCCs to that of the ordinary portland cement (OPC) concretes was observed with the required covering thickness of SFC-SCCs being lower than that of OPC concretes. The analysis on relationship between bonding and compressive strengths shows that the bonding quality of the SFC-SCCs is similar to that of the plain OPC concretes implying that the former also has a high potential of application as an alternative reinforced concrete for practical infrastructural construction.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge the financial aid from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) (Taiwan Tech) and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, through research Grant 103-2221-E-011-078-MY3 for this investigation.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30 • Issue 3 • March 2018
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Received: May 19, 2017
Accepted: Jul 13, 2017
Published online: Dec 16, 2017
Published in print: Mar 1, 2018
Discussion open until: May 16, 2018
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