This document discusses research on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) being conducted at Kochi University of Technology (KUT) in Japan. KUT is considered the world's leading research center for SCC, which was originally developed in 1986 by Professor Okamura at KUT. The document outlines KUT's history with SCC research, including hosting the first international conference on SCC in 1998. It also describes some of the current research topics at KUT, such as developing testing methods for SCC and using expansive agents to prevent cracking.
This document discusses research on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) being conducted at Kochi University of Technology (KUT) in Japan. KUT is considered the world's leading research center for SCC, which was originally developed in 1986 by Professor Okamura at KUT. The document outlines KUT's history with SCC research, including hosting the first international conference on SCC in 1998. It also describes some of the current research topics at KUT, such as developing testing methods for SCC and using expansive agents to prevent cracking.
This document discusses research on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) being conducted at Kochi University of Technology (KUT) in Japan. KUT is considered the world's leading research center for SCC, which was originally developed in 1986 by Professor Okamura at KUT. The document outlines KUT's history with SCC research, including hosting the first international conference on SCC in 1998. It also describes some of the current research topics at KUT, such as developing testing methods for SCC and using expansive agents to prevent cracking.
This document discusses research on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) being conducted at Kochi University of Technology (KUT) in Japan. KUT is considered the world's leading research center for SCC, which was originally developed in 1986 by Professor Okamura at KUT. The document outlines KUT's history with SCC research, including hosting the first international conference on SCC in 1998. It also describes some of the current research topics at KUT, such as developing testing methods for SCC and using expansive agents to prevent cracking.
Prof. Hajime OKAMURA Prof. Hiroshi SHIMA Asso. Prof. Masahiro OUCHI
Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is the concrete that can be compacted into every corner of the formwork by means of its self-weight only. SCC was developed by Professor Okamura in 1986 for the first time in the world and has been spread to all over the world as the original of J apan.
Kochi University of Technology (KUT) is now the center of the research on SCC in the world. The first international conference on SCC was held at KUT in 1998 and as much as 150 researchers and engineers from 15 countries participated. The international network for research on SCC was established. Since then, many researchers and engineers for SCC have visited KUT. Okamura and Ouchi have been invited to many international conferences all over the world to lecture on SCC in addition to the international symposiums organized by themselves:
Since the development of SCC, the purpose of the research work have been mainly to make SCC standard concrete rather than special one. The followings are the current research topics on SCC at KUT.
1) Evaluation method for chemical admixture for SCC Chemical admixture such as superplasticizer is indispensable for SCC. Unified evaluation method for the effect of the chemical admixture is necessary in terms of its effect on the self-compactability of fresh concrete. That method can be effective for the developed new type high performance admixture as well as the mix-proportioning method of SCC.
2) Testing method for self-compactability More simple and efficient testing method for self-compactability of fresh concrete is desirable, especially to detect the segregation between mortar and coarse aggregate in SCC. That may be useful for quality inspection & assurance of SCC.
3) Prevention of cracking by using expansive agent Expansive agent is effective in preventing cracking of concrete. Now we are trying to apply the agent into SCC together with the studies on the shrinkage and creep.
4) Development of new type of structure using SCC New types of structure making full of the performance of SCC are being developed by combining with steel.
Many attractive research topics on SCC are waiting for you.
Lattice wall using SCC Akashi-kaikyo bridge using SCC