The authors have carried out experiments to identify the effects on fluidity, separation resistance, strength, Young's modulus, drying shrinkage and durability of high-strength concrete when sand-total aggregate ratio was varied. In high-strength concrete while water-cement ratio and cement-paste volume was fixed, that is, volumetric ratios of coarse aggregate and fine aggregate were varied.
Three types of cement, normal portland cement, moderate-heat portland cement and low-heat portland cement, were used. Limestones and sandstones were adopted as coarse aggregate. Water-cement ratio was fixed as 35%. Unit water content was fixed as 170kg/m3.
Analysis were carried out in concern with properties of fresh concrete, properties of concrete hardening, and tendency of properties of concrete where sand-total aggregate ratio was varied.
As a result of the experiments, If sand-total aggregate ratio is smaller than general range, impression of state of fresh concrete tends to be somewhat impaired, but even if sand-total aggregate ratio is somewhat larger than general range, impression of state of fresh concrete is it was not compromised. However, when sand-total aggregate ratio is large as addition rate of high-performance AE water-reducing agent is significantly large, impression of state is impaired due to separation of fresh concrete in addition to increase in bleeding and delay of settling-time. In hardened concrete, influence of sand-total aggregate ratio on compressive strength is small, As sand-total aggregate ratio is larger, tendency of young's modulus to slightly decrease, tendency of length change by drying to slightly increase, tendency of carbonation depth to slightly increase.
Based on the above, high-strength concrete may possibly obtain hardened concrete of required quality even if sand-total aggregate ratio is increased somewhat within range where separation resistance is not impaired in consideration properties of fresh concrete.
