SLUMP LOSS: A SINGLE RULE FOR ORDINARY CONCRETE

Using superplasticizers and additions, engineers can deal with a great range of materials combinations to design concrete. But one can never be sure that all the possible compositions will perform as well on site. For example, even with the same cement, the same plasticizer and the same initial slump, these compositions may not have the same slump loss. The testing of 46 ordinary concretes made with different cement content, addition content (fly ash or limestone filler), superplasticizer content or effective water content has shown, with the materials tested, that slump loss depends essentially on water content.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Concrete Institute (ACI)

  38800 Country Club Drive
  Farmington Hills, MI  United States  48331
• Authors:
  • Pollet, B
  • Lavaud, R
  • Baron, J
• Conference:
  • Fly Ash, Silica Fume, Slag and Natural Pozzolans in Concrete
  • Location: Bangkok, Thailand
  • Date: 1998-5-31 to 1998-6-5
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 411-416
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cement content; Concrete; Fly ash; Limestone fillers; Moisture content; Slump test; Superplasticizers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Slumps
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00754877
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SP 178-23
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 2 1998 12:00AM