Estudo da influencia de diferentes composições de agregados na obtenção e caracterização do concreto autoadensável

Abstract

In the face of technological advances in concrete science emerged so-called special concretes and, among these, the self-compacting concrete (SCC), developed in Japan in the 1980s. This concrete is currently considered one of the greatest advances in concrete technology in view of its numerous advantages (decrease of construction duration, decrease of concreting labor, improvement of the working environment, improvement of the quality and durability of structures etc.). The production of SCC requires different mix design methods related to those applied for conventional concrete. Among these differences are highlighted the determination of the aggregate compositions and the addition of fine materials and chemical admixtures. In the case of determining the aggregate composition, the method of unit mass has been applied in SCC. However, it is common the use of this method in binary combinations, but for ternary and quaternary combinations it is quite limited. Thus, this work aimed to analyze the influence of different combinations and compositions of aggregates, determined by the method of unit mass and void ratio, to obtaining and characterization of SCC. For this, initially the procedures of the method was standardized. It was used two types of natural fine and coarse aggregates with different physical characteristics. It was produced 9 different aggregate compositions, four binary, ternary and quaternary four. For each composition, one SCC was formulated, based on previous dosage studies. The selfcompactability properties of the concrete were analyzed by spreading, V funnel test and L box test. In case hardened state the compressive strength was determined. The results showed that different methods of execution procedures showed no differences. The method of unit mass proved to be efficient in determining aggregate compositions to supply the SCC. For the same volume and paste composition (cement, water, chemical and mineral admixtures) the quaternary composition was the most efficient in meeting the properties of selfcompactability and compressive strength.