ABSTRACT
This final chapter essentially projects the advantages of using self-compacting concretes in different scenarios, be it for the very high strengths required in high-rise buildings of over 100 floors on the one side or for the extremely intricate repair and rehabilitation of applications in the various circumstances where conventional repair strategies are almost impossible. The advantages of using such high-performance repair strategies, not only the effectiveness of its cladding and sealing effects but also its effectiveness in terms of re-alkalization, chloride binding, and even chloride extraction due to reverse diffusion, are all explained generally. The advantages of using this material in tunnel lining and grouting interspecies between the lining and the rock face to bind and integrate the lining with the rock face are also explained. Apart from these facts using self-consolidating characteristics along with distributed fibrous reinforcement presents several advantages. Given the scenario that earlier chapters contain optimum methodologies for the use of high-end pozzolanic admixtures with significantly lower water–cementitious materials ratios, it is possible to extend the failure of self-compaction to the levels of ultra-high performance concrete composites. The research and developmental needs in these particular directions are also explained.
