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greater settlement
fluctuations in behaviour while setting
presence of voids, high permeability
and poor distribution of pores if
vibration is insufficient
WHAT IS DURABILITY?
"CAPACITY OF A WORK TO WITHSTAND
AGGRESSIVE AGENTS OF VARIOUS
NATURE, KEEPING THE MECHANICAL AND
FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES UNCHANGED".
organic acids
organic substances
chloride attack (on the reinforcement rods)
others (ammonium salts, magnesium, etc)
The physical causes of concrete deterioration are:
HISTORY OF
DEVELOPMENT
Characteristics of the
mechanism of self-compaction
Effect of VMA
REQUIREMENT OF
CONCRETE MIX DESIGN
PROPER MIXING OF CONSTITUENT
MATERIAL
MAINTAINING W/C RATIO FOR STRENGTH
TESTING WORKABILITY PARAMETERS
ADJUSTMENTS FOR ADMIXTURES AND
MINERAL FILLERS
ENSURING STRENGTH
S.No.
Method
Property
1 Slump-flow by Abrams cone Filling ability
2 T50cm slump flow
Filling ability
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
J-ring
V-funnel
V-funnel at T5minutes
Passing ability
Filling ability
Segregation resistance
L-box
U-box
Fill box
GTM screen stability test
Orimet
Passing ability
Passing ability
Passing ability
Segregation resistance
Filling ability
Min
Max
1
2
Method
Slump-flow by Abrams cone
T50cm slump flow
650
2
800
5
3
4
5
J-ring
V-funnel
V-funnel at T5minutes
mm
sec
sec
0
6
0
10
12
+3
L-box
(h2/h1)
0.8
1.0
(h2 - h1)mm
0
90
0
0
30
100
15
5
S.No.
7
8
9
10
U-box
Fill box
GTM screen stability test
Orimet
%
%
sec
V funnel test
ORIMET TEST
U-Box Test
L-Box Test
Advantages SCC