M. Fareed Ahmed and M. Fadhil Nuruddin and Nasir Shafiq
Compressive Strength and Workability Characteristics of LowCalcium Fly ashbased SelfCompacting Geopolymer Concrete
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2011
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International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3527
https://publications.waset.org/vol/50
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Due to growing environmental concerns of the cement
industry, alternative cement technologies have become an area of
increasing interest. It is now believed that new binders are
indispensable for enhanced environmental and durability
performance. Selfcompacting Geopolymer concrete is an innovative
method and improved way of concreting operation that does not
require vibration for placing it and is produced by complete
elimination of ordinary Portland cement.
This paper documents the assessment of the compressive strength
and workability characteristics of lowcalcium fly ash based selfcompacting
geopolymer concrete. The essential workability
properties of the freshly prepared Selfcompacting Geopolymer
concrete such as filling ability, passing ability and segregation
resistance were evaluated by using Slump flow, Vfunnel, Lbox and
Jring test methods. The fundamental requirements of high
flowability and segregation resistance as specified by guidelines on
Self Compacting Concrete by EFNARC were satisfied. In addition,
compressive strength was determined and the test results are included
here. This paper also reports the effect of extra water, curing time and
curing temperature on the compressive strength of selfcompacting
geopolymer concrete. The test results show that extra water in the
concrete mix plays a significant role. Also, longer curing time and
curing the concrete specimens at higher temperatures will result in
higher compressive strength.
Open Science Index 50, 2011