AN ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE BEAM

Abstract

A relatively new concrete material used in civil engineering is Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC). This kind of concrete is easy to work with and can be made to a high grade. As a result, self-compressing concrete (SCC) members behave very differently from conventional concrete members. For the purpose of modeling the behavior of a self-compacting concrete beam, the ABAQUS Simulia V6.12.3 program is utilized. The concrete damaged plasticity approach was used for the finite element modeling. The primary objective of this project is to investigate the flexure behavior and deflection of SCC beams when fly ash in place of cement, M-sand, and dolomite powder (DP) are used in a concrete mix. The results of numerical studies of the flexural behavior of self-compacting concrete beams that are only supported and subjected to two-point loading are presented in this project. The finite element method (FEM) was utilized during the numerical analysis process. In the course of this project, it was discovered that the proposed modeling approach is capable of accurately capturing the behavior of self-compacting concrete members. The conventional beam and the results of the SSC beam's numerical analysis were contrasted. There is less deformation with SSC.