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. 2020 Mar 9;13(5):1233. doi: 10.3390/ma13051233

Table 1.

Compositions of concretes under investigation and their constitutive mortars as well as the concretes’ properties in the fresh and hardened states.

Materials Density (kg/m3) Dosage (kg) for 1 m3 of Concrete
C42 C47 C52 C47c S37 S42 S47 S42c
Constitutive mortar CEM III/A 42.5 N 2990 425 388 351 388 392 361 330 361
Fly ash 2200 - - - - 239 220 201 220
Quartz powder 2680 57 52 47 52 52 48 44 48
Quartz sand 0.06–0.2 * 2650 57 52 47 52 52 48 44 48
Quartz sand 0–1 * 2650 456 416 376 416 420 387 354 387
Water 1000 211 192 173 192 180 166 152 166
Superplasticizer (SP) 1056 3.48 3.18 2.87 3.18 11.14 10.26 9.38 10.26
Aggregates Quartz sand 1–2 * 2650 210 235 260 260 185 210 235 210
Quartz sand 2–4 * 2650 210 235 260 260 185 210 235 210
Quartz gravel 4–8 * 2650 290 325 360 360 255 290 325 290
Quartz gravel 8–16 * 2650 403 451 500 - 355 403 451 -
Basalt 8–11 * (crushed) 2900 - - - 197 - - - 176
Basalt 11–16 * (crushed) 2900 - - - 300 - - - 268
w/b (-) 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
SP % bwob ** 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77
ϕ of agg. (> 1mm) (-) 0.42 0.47 0.52 0.47 0.37 0.42 0.47 0.42
ϕ/ϕc (> 1mm) (-) 0.585 0.654 0.724 0.667 0.515 0.585 0.654 0.596
FT/SF for concrete (mm) 640 545 450 530 720 680 600 650
FT for constitutive mortar (mm) 260 260 240 240 300 290 250 250
Air content (%) 1.7 2.7 1.3 1.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.0
Density (kg/m3) 2340 2320 2390 2370 2320 2360 2370 2410
Compressive strength at 28 d (MPa) 54.3 ± 1.3 50.8 ± 1.0 48.6 ± 1.1 53.7 ± 0.6 76.9 ± 1.6 78.6 ± 2.0 72.1 ± 0.7 81.1 ± 1.1

* The numbers indicate the range of the particle size in mm. ** Superplasticizer, percentage by the weight of binder. Flow table spread (FT) for conventional vibrated concrete (CVC) based on DIN EN 12350-5 [29] or slump flow (SF) for self-compacting concrete (SCC) based on DIN EN 12350-8 [30]. Flow table spread (FT) for constitutive mortars based on DIN EN 459-2 [31], with 15 strokes for conventional mortars and without stroke for self-compacting mortars.