Experimental Validation of Splitting Tensile Strength of Self Consolidating Concrete

Abstract:

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) code of concrete design ACI 318, and many other concrete codes report expressions for estimating splitting tensile strength as a function of the specified concrete compressive strength. However, for self-consolidating concreate, research is still needed to develop reliable expressions for the prediction of splitting tensile strength. Mohamed et al. [1] proposed an expression for splitting tensile strength of sustainable self-consolidating concrete in which cement was partially replaced with fly Ash, silica fume, and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS). This paper presents validation of the splitting tensile strength expression using additional test data in which concrete mixes were prepared using various water/cement ratios. expression developed by Mohamed et. al. [1] exhibits excellent correlation with test data as demonstrated in this paper.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 864)
• Pages: 308-312
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.864.308
• Online since: April 2017
• Authors: Osama Ahmed Mohamed*, Omar Fawwaz Najm
• Keywords: Fly Ash, GGBS, High Performance Concrete, Integral Absolute Error, Regression Analysis, Silica Fume, Splitting Tensile Strength

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