Featuring a self-compacting concrete (SCC) high capacity to fill the mold and
passing ability through barriers under the influence of self-weight without vibration,
thereby reducing the required labour and reduces the noise associated with vibratio
n.
Modern applications focused on improving the specifications of high performance,
resistance and speed of construction. The research presents an experimental study for an
(SCC) mix produced from local materials, including the necessary tests on the proposed
concrete mix, which approved in the global codes. These experiments determine the basic
characteristics of (SCC) in fresh case were also identified pressure resistance of (SCC) and
determine the value of the modulus of elasticity (E) and the behavior curvatures. All mixes
have been achieved global standards and conditions, and the required experiments were
done in the laboratory of civil engineering faculty at Tishreen University.
Using different alternative materials in concrete mix, and expanding the area of using these materials, is considered very important from scientific, economic, and environmental point of view. Especially the diversity in number of used aggregates. As
a result, reduction in the cost of transportation saving the environment, and improving the properties of concrete mix may occur Basalt lava, and volcanic cines are widely present in Syria, but using lava is limited because the
studies about Syrian basalt were not enough. The lack of proper mills or crushers to grind basalt to be good to prepare concrete mix. As a result, the investment of using Syrian basalt in preparing concrete mix was very limited.
Investigating, and classifying the basalt quarries, is needed to find out if the Syrian basalt is convenient to prepare concrete mix, or bitumen mix.
The purpose of this research in to use the natural resources in different Syrian areas in better engineering,environmental,and economical ways through the improvement of engineering
sides, increasing the capability of concrete structures, better investment of quarries in Syria, and to get more economical benefit with minimum cost. In this research, an experimental study was achieved to evaluate the basalt in north Syria according to international standards and codes. The composition of basalt Ore was determined by petrogrphic study, with focus on the content of olivine in basalt, and the degree of deterioration.
