The Effect of the Use of Residues (Metallic Shavings) in the Formulation of Self-Compacting Concrete in Fresh and Hardened State

Abstract

Self-Compacting Concretes (SCCs) have brought promising insight into the concrete industry to generate environmental impact and reduce costs. the absence of SCC vibrations generates a significant reduction in noise pollution in urban areas, ease of implementation, possibility of concreting heavily reinforced areas or areas with complex geometry and obtaining better quality concrete on the one hand, reduction of working time on site, of personnel during installation and reduction of the costs of industrial processes, on the other hand. Metal chips resulting from the modification of metal parts obtained by turning present problems of environmental pollution and storage. The recycling of this waste in the construction industry is an adequate solution for the production of concrete and can improve some of its properties. An experimental study to study the properties of SCC containing metal shavings with the study of the properties of SCC in the fresh state: flow, L-box and sieve stability. Properties in the hardened state of concretes: compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity. The metal waste in the form of shavings, incorporated in a dosage of 0.5% of concrete volume in the mixtures of SCCs produced, which makes it possible to evaluate the effect of the addition of metal shavings on the characteristics of SCCs in the state fresh and hardened and to recover metal waste, the results confirm the advantage of adding metal shavings in the fresh state the SCCs studied keep their characteristics of self-plasticity, in the hardened state the results show an improvement in the compressive strength of the SCCs studied.