Pumpability of Manufactured Sand Self-compacting Concrete

Abstract

By the addition of superplasticizer and air entraining agent, manufactured sand self-compacting concrete (MS SCC) with slump flow varying from 500 to 700 mm and air content varying from 2.0% to 9.0% were prepared and the pumpability of MS SCC was studied by a sliding pipe rheometer (Sliper). According to the Kaplan’s model, the initial pump pressure and the pump resistance of MS SCC were obtained. Meanwhile, rheological properties including the yield stress and the plastic viscosity of MS SCC were measured by a rheometer. The experimental results show that the increase of slump flow contributes to a higher pumpability and a proper air content, i e, 6% is beneficial for the pumpability of MS SCC. Due to the existence of stone powder and stronger angularity of MS, the initial pump pressure of MS SCC is only about 60%–88% that of river sand (RS) SCC with the same slump flow and air content, indicating that MS SCC possesses a higher pumpability than RS SCC.

Keywords

manufactured sand / self-compacting concrete / pumpability / sliding pipe rheometer / rheology

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