Self-Compacting Concrete: Materials, Properties and Applications

Dr. Rafat Siddique is a Senior Professor of Civil Engineering & Dean of Research and Sponsored Projects Affairs at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India. He is the Editor of Journal of Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier) and Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. He also served as Associated Editor of Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials (Taylor & Francis) for five years (2012-2017). He is also on the Editorial Board of Journal of Building Engineering (Elsevier) ad Journal of Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Elsevier)His major thrust areas of research are Self-Compacting Concrete, Utilization of Waste Materials and Industrial By-products in Construction Materials, Supplementary Cementing Materials, Behaviour of Concrete at Elevated Temperature, and Microbial Concrete.He is the author of over 130+ research articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored four books including two books by Springer on “Waste Materials and By-products in Concrete” and “Supplementary Cementing Materials”. He is rated amongst top 10 researchers in the area of sustainable construction materials and concrete technology in terms of Citations (10000+ with H-Factor of 54) as per Google scholar. He has been to France, Germany, Finland, U.K., USA, and Mexico Universities as visiting/invited Professor.He has also edited books on “Waste and Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Concrete: Characterisation, Properties and Applications” (June 2018) and Self-Compacting Concrete: Materials, Properties and Applications (Nov 2019), both published by Elsevier and Woodhead Publishing.

• 1. Mix design procedure, tests, and standards2. Rheology and workability of SCC3. Production and placement of self-compacting concrete4. Strength Properties of SCC5. Permeation properties of self-compaction concrete6. Shrinkage and Creep of SCC7. Carbonation and Corrosion of SCC8. Properties of SCC at Elevated Temperature9. Properties of self-compacting concrete with recycled concrete aggregates10. Properties of SCC with Industrial By-Products as Aggregates11. Properties of SCC with Supplementary Cementing Materials12. Properties of Fibre Reinforced SCC13. Structural performance of self-compacting concrete