Mechanical and durability characteristics of high performance self-compacting concrete containing flyash, silica fume and graphene oxide

Abstract

Abstract The fundamental requirement to reduce the carbon footprint by reducing the consumption of cement in construction industry has been forcing researchers to look for alternate binder materials or mineral admixtures. The use of mineral admixtures as partial replacement of cement in concrete has proved its efficacy with enhanced performance characteristics. In the recent period, the use of ternary and quaternary blended cements in concretes has increased due to the synergistic effect produced by the simultaneous use of multiple mineral admixtures. The present work focuses on studying the properties of high performance self-compacting concretes containing ternary and quaternary blended cements using flyash (FA), silica fume (SF) and graphene oxide (GO). The mechanical and durability characteristics were assessed by evaluating compressive strength, split tensile strength, resistivity, absorption characteristics and rapid chloride penetrability.