The Effect of Silica Fume on the Properties of Self-Compacted Light weight Concrete
Yaghuob Mohammadi1 * , Seyyed Sajjad Mousavi1 , Farnam Rostami2 , Akbar Danesh3 and Nasim Irani Sarand1
1
Department of Civil Engineering,
Mohagheghe Ardabili University,
Ardabil,
Iran
2
Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Tehran,
Tehran,
Iran
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.10.Special-Issue1.48
This paper is aimed to study the effect of silica fume on properties of self-compacting lightweight concrete (SCLC) containing perlite and leca. For this purpose, silica fume has been replaced by different contents. In this study, all mixtures total cementitious materials (cement + silica fume) were kept at 450 kg/m3. Additionally, workability of SCLC mixtures was assessed by means of Slum flow, L-box, U-box, V-funnel and J-ring. This research shows that mixtures without silica fume were not satisfactory. Besides, bleeding and segregation of this mixture were observed. For all tests added the silica fume demonstrated acceptable values. However, for the SCLC mixture containing 15% silica fume significant results were attained.
Copy the following to cite this article:
Mohammadi Y, Mousavi S. S, Rostami F, Danesh A, Sarand N. I. The Effect of Silica Fume on the Properties of Self-Compacted Light weight Concrete. Special Issue of Curr World Environ 2015;10(Special Issue May 2015). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.10.Special-Issue1.48
Copy the following to cite this URL:
Mohammadi Y, Mousavi S. S, Rostami F, Danesh A, Sarand N. I. The Effect of Silica Fume on the Properties of Self-Compacted Light weight Concrete. Special Issue of Curr World Environ 2015;10(Special Issue May 2015). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org
