CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

End-Sem B.Tech Term Project Final Presentation

Hydro-Mechanical Behavior of Plastic

Concrete
Dr. Janaki Ramaiah
Kaushal Kumar Dhaingar
Dr. Bijily Balakrishnan CE18B029
 INTRODUCTION
● Seepage of water under the
earthen dam foundation results
in the failure of the system.
● Practically this problem is
addressed by introducing cut-off
wall.
● To control the failure of Cut-off
wall, It should possess high
deformability and low
permeability.
 INTRODUCTION

● One of the material which helps to achieve the

required properties of cut-off wall is called plastic
concrete.
● Plastic concrete known by its particular combination of
the properties such as low strength, low stiffness, low
permeability, high water-binder ratio, self consolidating
and self-hardening properties with high deformable
capacity.
 OBJECTIVES

● To arrive at an optimal mix design for plastic concrete.

● To compare the stress-strain behavior of normal and
plastic concrete using experimental study for various
confinement pressure.
● To formulate a constitutive model for plastic concrete.
 METHODOLOGY
● Characterisation of materials used in the plastic
concrete.
● A mix design is will be arrive for normal concrete and
plastic concrete.
● Experimental studies on normal and plastic concrete
cylinders using a deformation or strain control test.
● Experimental studies on normal and plastic concrete for
different confinement pressure.
● Collection of experimental stress-strain graph of plastic
concrete available in literature.
 Material Characterization
● Plastic concrete is composed of five basic ingredients
namely cement, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate,
bentonite and water.
● To find material characteristic of plastic concrete some
laboratory tests are conducted as follows:-
1) Sieve analysis
2) Specific gravity
3) Water absorption
 Sieve Analysis Test:-

Reference:- IS 2386(Part I)
IS 383 (2016)

● To determines the
distribution of aggregate
particles by size within a
given sample.
Importance:- Particle size distribution can affect a wide range
of properties such as the strength,the solubility, their surface area
properties.
Specific Gravity and Water absorption:-

Reference:- IS 2386(Part III)

● Specific gravity is the ratio of a material's density with
that of water.
● Water absorption gives an idea on the internal
structure of aggregate.
 EXPERIMENTAL DATA

A1 = Saturated weight in water (sample+basket)

A2 = Weight of basket in water
A3 = Wire Basket Weight in air S.G. = W3/(W2-W1)
W1 = Weight of saturated aggregates in water (A1-A2) W.A. = 100*(W2-W3)/W3
W2 = Weight of saturated surface dry aggregates in air
W3 = Weight of oven dry aggregates in air
 EXPERIMENTAL DATA

W1 = Weight of saturated surface dry

sample S.G. = W4/{W1-(W2-W3)}
W2 = Weight (pycnometer+sample+water) W.A.= 100*(W1-W4)/W4
W3 = Weight of (pycnometer+water)
W4 = Weight of oven dry aggregates in air
 MIXING SEQUENCE

1) Slurry Preparation :- Bentonite is prehydrated for 6 hours. After

prehydration, the bentonite absorbs water and expands in
volume.
2) Mixing of Dry Compounds
3) Addition of Bentonite Slurry
4) Addition of Water
5) Workability :- The slump cone test and flow table test both are
performed to measure workability. Generally, for placing the
plastic concrete material tremie method is used.
Future Plan
 REFERENCES

1) Ms. R.JHANSI,M.tech student of IIT Tirupati,(2019). Study

of mechanical properties and permeability of plastic
concrete for seepage barrier application.
2) Shepherd, D. A., Kotan, E., & Dehn, F. (2020). Plastic
concrete for cut-off walls:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119248.
3) Kahl, T. W., Kauschinger, J. L., & Perry, E. B. (1991).
Plastic concrete cutoff walls for earth dams.
Thank You