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Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index

Author and affiliation details
  • Aboubakeur Boukhelkhal Corresponding author Civil Engineering Research Laboratory, University of Laghouat, PO Box 37G, Laghouat 03000, Algeria. a.boukhelkhal@lagh-univ.dz
  • Said Kenai Geomaterials and civil engineering Laboratory, University of Blida 1, Algeria.
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07
Pages
89-101
Published
Licence
CC BY 4.0
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Abstract

Construction industry consumes a large amount of natural resources and energy and produces high amount of CO2 emissions and waste materials. For more sustainable construction industry, various waste materials are used as natural aggregates substitution or as cement replacement materials. In this paper, marble powder (MP) is used as a substitution to ordinary Portland cement and its effects on some fresh and  hardened properties of self-compacting concrete (SCC) are investigated. The tests at the fresh state were slump flow, L-box and sieve segregation. To assess the fluidity retention, slump flow loss was measured after 30, 60 and 90 minutes. At hardened state, two tests were realized: compressive strength and static segregation. The results indicate that adding MP improved the fresh properties, but decreased the compressive strength of SCC. Adding MP allows to maintain the fluidity of SCC until 90 minutes. Production cost can be reduced by using MP. The performance approach showed that a substitution level of MP of 20% is adequate to produce an eco-efficient SCC with high fluidity and acceptable strength.

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Article history

  1. ReceivedUntil the next stage: 74 days
  2. Revision requestedUntil the next stage: 30 days
  3. RevisedUntil the next stage: 1 day
  4. AcceptedUntil the next stage: 65 days
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How to cite

APA

Boukhelkhal, A., & Kenai, S. (2022). Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 16(60), 89–101. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07

IEEE

A. Boukhelkhal and S. Kenai, “Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 16, no. 60, pp. 89–101, 2022, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07.

MLA

Boukhelkhal, Aboubakeur, and Said Kenai. “Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 16, no. 60, 2022, pp. 89–101. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07.

Chicago

Boukhelkhal, Aboubakeur, and Said Kenai. 2022. “Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 16 (60): 89–101. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07.

Harvard

Boukhelkhal, A. and Kenai, S. (2022) ‘Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 16(60), pp. 89–101. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07.

Vancouver

Boukhelkhal A, Kenai S. Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2022;16(60):89-101. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07

BibTeX

@article{boukhelkhal2022, author = {Boukhelkhal, Aboubakeur and Kenai, Said}, title = {Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2022}, volume = {16}, number = {60}, pages = {89--101}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Boukhelkhal, Aboubakeur AU - Kenai, Said TI - Assessment of fluidity retention, mechanical strength and cost production of blended cement self-compacting concrete using the concept of a performance index JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/25 VL - 16 IS - 60 SP - 89 EP - 101 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.07 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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