1/29 Shrinkage and Creep of SCC - the Influence of Paste Volume and Binder Composition Andreas Leemann a, *, Pietro Lura a , Roman Loser a a Empa, Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Testing and Research, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland, corresponding author*: andreas.leemann@empa.ch, Phone: ++41 44 823 44 89, Fax: ++41 44 823 40 35 Abstract In this study, the stress-strain-behaviour of self-compacting concrete (SCC) and conventionally vibrated concrete (CVC) is compared. The influence of the paste volume and the cement type on E-modulus, flexural and compressive strengths, drying shrinkage, creep and stress development under restrained conditions is investigated on three SCC mixtures and three mixtures of CVC with identical water-to-cement-ratio. SCC reaches lower values for E- modulus, compressive and flexural strengths but higher values for shrinkage, creep and strain under restrained conditions. Besides the paste volume, the cement type plays a fundamental role regarding creep. Composite models were applied for comparisons and were able to predict the differences in E-modulus and shrinkage between CVC and SCC. Keywords: Self-Compacting Concrete, Shrinkage, Creep, Paste Volume, Cement Type, Composite Models A. Leemann, Pietro Lura, Roman Loser, Shrinkage and Creep of SCC - the Influence of Paste Volume and Binder Composition, Construction and Building Materials 25 (2011) 2283–2289, doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.019