Shrinkage properties of self-compacting rubber lightweight aggregate concrete: Experimental and analytical studies

Abstract

The shrinkage properties of self-compacting rubber lightweight aggregate concrete (SCRLC) were investigated by experimental and analytical studies in this paper. Rubber particles were used to substitute the sand in SCRLC by volume and rubber particles substitution percentages were 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%. The experimental results showed that the shrinkage strains of SCRLC increased with an increase of rubber particles substitution percentage. On the basis of China Academy of Building Research model and experimental data, a predictive model for describing the shrinkage strains of SCRLC was established. After analytical study, it was revealed that rubber particles substitution percentage of 80% in SCRLC might be the upper limit of substitution percentage. if the rubber particles substitution percentage was larger than 80%, the shrinkage strains of SCRLC would exceed the limiting value stipulated in JGJ51-2002 and the durability of SCRLC would drop to a worse status.