Mechanical behavior of self-compacting concrete containing nano-metakaolin

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This paper presents the influence of nano- metakaolin addition for production self-compacting concrete (SCC).

Nano-metakaolin material was used at four percentages (0, 1, 3 and 5) % as partial replacement by weight of cement [Reference mix (PC), (1%, 3%, 5% nano-metakaolin)(1, 3, 5 NMK)].

This research studied the influence of nano-metakaolin material on the fresh and mechanical properties which represented by the different tests were slump flow, T50cm, L-Box, V-funnel, compressive and flexural strength.

From the results of this study, found that the SCC with 5% of nano-metakaolin material as partial replacement by weight of cement give the best results of fresh and mechanical properties of SCC mixes.