The Effect of Accelerators and Mix Constituents on the High Early Strength Concrete Properties

Abstract EN

The present research study focused on the high early strength concrete properties that can be produced with large replacement of cement by fly ash.

Also, the effects of adding fibres on the compressive strength gain and early age strength gain properties are determined.

Tests were conducted on different high strength concrete specimens, where fly ash was substituted for cement up to 50%.

Different types of concrete specimens were casted and tested for different fine-to-coarse aggregate ratio, metallic fibre content, cement-to-total-aggregate ratio, and accelerator dosage.

The test results indicated that high early strength concrete (50.7 MPa at 7 days) was obtained for higher F/C ratio of 0.8, C/TA ratio of 0.24, and higher dosage level of steel fibre at 1.5%.