Production of Self-Compacting Lightweight Concrete with Pumice Aggregate

Hicran Açıkel; Murat Günaydın

doi:10.3139/120.110427

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Production of Self-Compacting Lightweight Concrete with Pumice Aggregate

Hicran Açıkel and Murat Günaydın

Published/Copyright: August 26, 2013

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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 55 Issue 3

Abstract

This study aimed to produce self-compacting normal weight concrete by the use of lightweight aggregate, which has become more widespread, as Turkey has many natural lightweight aggregate sources. Nevşehir pumice aggregate was used in the tests. The characteristics of fresh concrete incorporating additives as fly ash and super plasticizer were determined via self-compacting concrete tests such as slump flow, V-funnel and L-box flow. Compression, flexure and split tests were conducted on cube, cylinder and girder samples produced with the concrete. The test results and strength data showed that self-compacting lightweight concrete could be produced by the methods used in this study.

Kurzfassung

Die diesem Beitrag zugrunde liegende Studie hatte zum Ziel, selbstverdichtenden Beton mit üblichem Gewicht unter Verwendung von Leichtzuschlag zu produzieren, was sich zunehmender Anwendungsbreite erfreut, zumal die Türkei über viele natürliche Resourcen von Leichtzuschlägen verfügt. In den Untersuchungen wurde Bimssteinzuschlag Nevşehir verwendet. Die Charakteristika von frischem Beton gemischt mit Flugasche und Superverflüssiger wurden mittels Selbstverdichtungstests untersucht und zwar hinsichtlich Ausbreitfließen, sowie Fließverhalten durch einen V-Trichter und in einem L-Kasten. Druckfestigkeits-, Biegefestigkeits- und Spaltversuche wurden an kubischen, zylinderförmigen und trägerförmigen Proben aus dem entsprechenden Beton durchgeführt. Die Versuchsergebnisse und Festigkeitswerte zeigten, dass selbstverdichtender Leichtbeton mittels der in der Studie verwendeten Verfahren produziert werden kann.

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