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To ensure the quality of concrete construction, the workability of fresh mix measured by rational test methods is critical to be controlled. With the presence of steel fibers, whether the test methods and evaluation indices of fresh self-compacting concrete (SCC) are adaptable for self-compacting steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) needs to be systematically verified. In this paper, seven groups of self-compacting SFRC, referenced with one group SCC, were prepared by using the mix proportion design method based on the steel fiber-aggregates skeleton packing test. The main factors included the volume fraction and the length of hooked-end steel fiber. Tests for filling ability, passing ability, and stability of fresh self-compacting SFRC and SCC were carried out. Results indicate that the adaptability was well for the slump-flow test with indices of slump flow and flow time T  500 to evaluate the filling ability, the J-ring flow test with an index of PA level to evaluate the passing ability, and the static segregation test with an index of static segregation resistance to evaluate the stability of fresh self-compacting SFRC. By the repeated tests and measurements, the slump cone should be vertically lifted off to a height of 300 mm within 3 s at a constant speed, the spacing of the rebar in the J-ring test should be adjusted to be two times the fiber length. If the table jumping test is used, the dynamic segregation percent should be increased to 35% to fit the result of the static segregation test. Good workability of the self-compacting SFRC prepared in this study is presented with the general evaluation of test results.

Study on Adaptability of Test Methods for Workability of Fresh Self-Compacting SFRC