Durability Performance of Self-consolidating Concrete

Self-consolidating concrete is emerging as a new generation of high-performance concrete with the aim of building durable concrete structures without any skilled laborers for concrete placement. An extensive literature survey was conducted to explore the present state of knowledge on the durability performance of self-consolidating concrete. This paper mainly presents the durability performance of self- consolidating concrete with respect to corrosion, freeze-thaw cycles, sulfate attack, and alkali-aggregate reactions. In addition, this paper briefly discusses the effects of porosity, electrical resistivity, transport properties, drying shrinkage, segregation resistance, and air content on the durability performance of self- consolidating concrete.

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