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Emerging Lecture 4 (Light Weight Con)
Emerging Lecture 4 (Light Weight Con)
Semester I
2020/21
Prepared by: Biyadglign T
1. LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE.
Definition: Concrete having a 28-day
compressive strength greater than 17 Mpa and an air
dried unit weight not greater than 1850 kg/m³
Light weight concrete is a special concrete which weighs
lighter than conventional concrete.
Density of LWC is considerably low (300kg/m3 to 1850
kg/m3 when compared to normal concrete (2200kg/m3-
2600kg/m3)
INTRODUCTION .
Composition: Similar to normal concrete except that it is
made with lightweight aggregates or combination of light weight
and normal weight aggregate
Basically there is only one method for making concrete light i.e.
by inclusion of air in concrete. This is achieved in actual
practice by there different ways
By introducing gas or bubbles in mortar-aerated concrete
By replacing the usual aggregate by cellular porous or Light
weight aggregate
By omitting sand fraction from the aggregate no fines concrete
AERATED CONCRETE: .
Type of LWC Produced by introducing air into the concrete
It is also called cellular concrete having voids between 0.1mm to
1mm size.
Two ways are there to induce the air in concrete.
Gas concrete
Foamed concrete
Gas concrete is produced by chemical reaction in which gas is
produced in the concrete.
Finely divided aluminum powder is generally used as gas
producing agent.
Its quantity is about 0.2% of weight of cement.
AERATED CONCRETE: .
Powdered zinc, aluminum alloy or hydrogen peroxide can also
be used as gas producing agents.
Foamed concrete is produced by adding foaming agent, usually
hydrolyzed protein or resin soaps, during mixing.
In some cases, stable preformed foam is also added during
mixing.
Concrete of densities 300kg/m3 to 1100kg/m3 can be obtained.
Aerated concrete has higher thermal movement, higher
shrinkage and higher moisture movement compared to light
weight aggregate concrete of same strength.
TYPES OF LWC .
Light weight concrete on the purpose for which
it’s used such as:
Structural light weight concrete
Non-load bearing concrete
Insulating concrete
LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE .
Basically there are two types of light weight aggregates :
Natural aggregates
Artificial aggregates
Artificial aggregates are usually produced by expanding the
rocks such as Shale, Slate, Perlite, Vermiculite, etc.,
Most of the light weight aggregates have rapid absorption
quality. This is one of the difficulties in normal mix design
procedure to light weight concrete
But it is possible to water-proof the LWA by coating it with
bitumen.
The coating of aggregate by bitumen may reduce the bond
strength between aggregate and paste, it result in degree in
compressive strength of concrete
NATURAL LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE
. concrete roof slab, mainly for
Pumice: is used for reinforced
industrial roofs
Scoria: the most important and widely used light weight
aggregate
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE
.
Brick bats
Cinder, Clinker and breeze
Foamed slag
Bloated clay
Pulverized fuel ash
Expanded perlite
LWC can be classification based on a minimum strength :-
Advantage
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C. Aggregates :
The maximum size of aggregate is generally limited to 20
mm. Aggregate of size 10 to 12mm is desirable for
structures having congested reinforcement
Aggregate should come from same source. There should
not be much variations in size, shape and moisture
content
Materials for SCC
Fine aggregate:
can be natural or manufactured. The grading
must be uniform throughout the work. The
moisture content or absorption
characteristics must be closely monitored as
quality of SCC will be sensitive to such
changes.
Water :
Water quality must be established on the
same line as that for using reinforced
concrete or pre stressed concrete.
Materials for SCC
Chemical admixture:
super plasticizers are an essential component
of SCC to provide necessary workability. The
new generation super plasticizers termed poly-
carboxylated ethers (PCE) is particularly useful
for SCC. Sometimes retarders are recommended
for Control of Setting time:
Other types may be incorporated as necessary,
such as Viscosity Modifying Agents (VMA) for
stability, air entraining agents (AEA) to improve
freeze-thaw resistance, and retarders for
Control of Setting.
After and before addition of
super plasticizer
Production and placing of SCC
MIXING: any suitable mixer could be used -
Generally, mixing time need to be longer than
for conventional concrete. Time of addition of
admixture is important
PLACING: Formwork must be in good
conditions to prevent leakage. Though it is
easier to place SCC than ordinary concrete, the
following rules are to be followed to minimize
the risk of segregation.
limit of vertical free fall distance to 5 meter.
limit the height of pour lifts (layers) to 500 mm