EFFECT OF CURING METHODS ON THE PROPERTIES

OF PLAIN AND BLENDED CEMENT CONCRETES

 

Presented by
D.V.L.HARSHITHA
I/II M.Tech, Engineering Structures
Roll No: CE 091030
CONTENTS
 
METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
MATERIALS
SPECIMEN PREPARATION
EXPOSURE
TEST TECHNIQUES
RESULTS
  PLASTIC SHRINKAGE STRAIN
  DRYING SHRINKAGE STRAIN
  COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
  PULSE VELOCITY
DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSIONS
 INTRODUCTION

 Curing of concrete is very essential for its strength gain and

durability.

 Proper curing becomes very difficult under hot weather conditions

as low humidity and high ambient temperature greatly assist in the
evaporation of the mix-water
 Curing becomes even more important if it contains supplementary
cementing materials, such as fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace
slag, or silica fume

 Concrete is mostly cured by covering it with wet burlap. In some cases

it is also done by coating the freshly cast surface with a curing
compound
 Acrylic compounds
 water based compounds
 MATERIALS

 Plain Cement

 very fine fly ash (VFFA)

 silica fume

 fly ash

 Type 1 cement

 Crushed limestone

 Dune sand
Constituent (wt.%) Type I cement Very fine fly ash (VFFA) Silica fume Fly ash

SiO2 20.52 53.5 93.7 52.8

Al2O3 5.64 34.3 0.16 34.3

Fe2O3 3.8 3.6 0.12 3.6

CaO 64.35 4.4 0.65 4.4

Mgo 2.11 1 0.39 1.1

SO3 2.1 -- 0.23 0.1

Loss on ignition 0.7 -- 5.14 0.8

K2O 0.36 0.8 0.02 0.5

Na2O 0.19 -- 0.02 0.4

Na2O equiv 0.43 -- --

MnO2 -- -- 0.1

TiO2 -- 1.7 -- 1.6

C3 S 56.7 -- -- --

C2 S 16.05 -- -- --

C3 A 8.25 -- -- --

C4AF 11.56 -- -- --
 The concrete mixtures were proportioned on a weight basis.
The following parameters were kept constant in all the
mixtures

 Cementitious material content: 370 kg/m3.

 Coarse/fine aggregate ratio: 1.64.

  
 Effective water to cementitious materials ratio: 0.45.
 Specimen preparation

Specimen size (mm) Property

100 × 100 × 300 Plastic shrinkage

100 × 100 × 300 Drying shrinkage

100 × 100 × 100 Compressive strength

100 × 100 × 100 Pulse velocity

50 × 100 × 300 Moisture retention

The concrete specimens were tested for the following:

 Plastic shrinkage.

 Drying shrinkage.

 Pulse velocity, according to ASTM C 597.

 Compressive strength after 3, 7, 14, 28 and 90 days,

according to ASTM C 39.
 Results

 Plastic shrinkage strain in the plain cement concrete specimens.

 Drying shrinkage strain
Curing Efficiency Index (CEI)
 TheCEI varied from 86% to 91% in the concrete
specimens cured by the application of acrylic-based
curing compound.

 In
the concrete specimens cured by applying the
water-based curing compound the CEI ranged from
84% to 89%

 The CEI with regard to the pulse velocity was in the

range of 95–97%, indicating that the application of
either acrylic-or water-based
 CONCLUSIONS
 The curing compounds investigated in this study, namely
acrylic-and water-based, were effective in decreasing the
plastic and drying shrinkage strain in both the plain and the
blended cement concretes

 Thecuring compounds investigated, namely the acrylic-and

water-based curing compounds were effective in retaining
the moisture required for the development of denseness and
compressive strength of both plain and blended cement
concretes
 Thedata developed in this study have indicated that curing
compounds could be utilized for curing plain and blended
cement concretes without any negative effect on plastic and
drying shrinkage and strength development and denseness

 This
is a positive implication for regions with scarcity of
water or in situations where curing with water is difficult.

 Among the two curing compounds investigated, acrylic-

based curing compound performed better than the water-
based curing compound.
REFERENCES

 www.wikipedia.com
 Concrete technology by M.S.SHETTY
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