An experimental investigation was conducted to study the effect of pouring techniques on the structural performance of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) beams. The shear strength and cracking behavior of large-scale concrete beams made with various SCC types were investigated under different pouring techniques. Thirteen SCC and normal concrete (NC) beams without shear reinforcement were tested to shear failure under simply supported four-point loading conditions. SCC beams were poured in two different techniques: the first technique was to pour the concrete from one side of the formwork only, while the second technique was to move the pouring point along the full beam length. The variables were: the concrete type, length and depth of beams, and the viscosity and yield stress of SCC mixture. The results obtained from this investigation proved that different pouring techniques, viscosity and/or yield stress of SCC mixtures did not have a significant effect on the structural performance of SCC beams in terms of shear strength and cracking behavior. The results also showed that SCC beams exhibited slightly higher average shear strength compared to their NC counterparts.
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