SMART DYNAMIC CONCRETE

Civil Engineering

Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) has tremendous benefits increasing productivity and overall efficiency and was poised to be very successful since its evolution in Japan (‘80s). However, the cost per cubic metre of SCC became a deterrent in the matured markets of Australia, Japan; or, the emerging markets of China, India and ASEAN countries, Hence SCC could never dominate traditional vibratable or pumpable concrete. In today’s context, almost 65% of the traditional vibratable concrete classes are between 20-32 MPa. By default, classical SCC requires high fines content and any SCC specified by the consultant and subsequently produced by the concrete producer is an “overdesign”. Today, low fines self-consolidating concrete, i.e. <340 – 380 kg / m3 of cementitious content has become a reality for the lower grades of concrete. Low fines yet self-consolidating concrete. Low fines yet self-consolidating concrete uses a new state of the art synthetic viscosity modifying agent (VMA) incorporated in special Polycarboxylate ether (PCE) based hyperplasticizer. This low fines, self-consolidating, sustainable solution will help boost productivity and efficiency to help engineers, owners, and concrete producers, realize their respective dreams. Low fines SCC (referred to as smart Dynamic Concrete) realizes a host of benefits – economic (reduction of fines), enduring (durable), ecological (low fines) and ergonomic (almost negligible vibration).

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