Coupled Effect of temperature and additions on the rheological behavior of concrete equivalent mortars (CEM)

Abstract

The aim of this work is to study the influence of mineral additions on the rheological behavior of low impact environmental concrete with its concrete equivalent mortar (CEM) at different temperatures.The experimental study is carried out on cement-based CEM substituted by two additions namely, natural pozzolana (PZ) and marble powder (PM), with a substitution rate of 5 to 20%, a ratio of water on binder E / L = 0.5 and a percentage of superplasticizer based on polycarboxylates SP = 0.30%. The rheological parameters, the workability and the flow time of the mixtures were tested by a coaxial rheometer, a mini cone and the LCPC maniabilitimetre respectively at 10 ° C, 20 ° C and 30 ° C. The results show that the substitution of cement by natural pozzolana and marble powder in binary system generally improved viscosity and yield stress at 20°C and 30°C, while at 10°C natural pozzolana negatively affected the rheological parameters and workability.