Estudo de concreto auto-adensável com a utilização de materiais da região de Manaus e resíduo de vidro como modificador de viscosidade

Abstract

Currently concrete performs a very important role in contemporary society´s development. Their benefits to society come from its variety of applications, being used in diverse types of constructions. Among the many kinds of existing concretes, the self-compacting one is highlighted once it is of a superior technology if compared to the ordinary one, once it doesn´t need a specific equipment to be compacted, having a self-compacting ability due to gravity. The aim of this work was studying the use of materials commercialized in Manaus and nearby locations for the production of self-compacting concrete with addition of ground glass´ waste. In this process great and tiny aggregates, cement, viscosity modifier of physical effect (ground glass´ waste) and superplasticizer additive were characterized according to Brazilian Standards (NBR). It was also analyzed the best dosage method for the ordinary concrete´s production, which also was adapted to the self-compacting production. 10 After choosing the best method for the ordinary concrete, this work developed a method so that self-compacting concrete could be produced using ground glass´ waste and local materials from Manaus city. The results showed that it is possible to obtain a self-compacting concrete from materials commercialized in Manaus and nearby locations, moreover, that the ground glass´ waste is a material which holds the self-compacting concrete properties in the cured stage having gains in resistance, and in the fresh state with viscosity increase, in which shortens its static and dynamic segregation.