A review on waste materials usage as partial substitution in self-compacting concrete

Abstract

Concrete is the main component in construction which made with the present of cement, water, fine and coarse aggregate. However, conventional concrete suffer from certain deficiencies due to commercial application in construction. In order to overcome the constructability of highly congested reinforced concrete elements, self-compacting concrete is developed. Self-compacting concrete is a type of special concrete which designed to flow into the formwork without any mechanical vibration and possess the ability to consolidate by its own weight without suffering segregation. Common solution for waste disposal is the utilization of waste materials in concrete. Thus, in this review paper the advancements in developing self-compacting concrete by using waste materials such as silica fume, ground granulated blast furnace slag, fly ash, plastic wastes and recycled concrete aggregates were studied to evaluate their effect on concrete behavior.