MINIMUM FORMWORK STRIPPING TIMES—IN SITU CONCRETE, Hecniliie |) Aree | Gallien Formed surface | Clasifcation conditions aaa ste eiantitiows | “Sine swe Classes 4.5 9 hours 12 hours 18hours ‘A minimums of ene day applies othe ripping of veal Tees where rot eam and slab | Forms says Gays Faas sols Supping das Busy 2d NOTES: 1 The siping tins for beam and sla afits fr members cured in conditions let than $~C sal te intened by tal iy foreach day which the dally average lemperalue wes betwee 2-C aed $C. by a whole day for cach day on wich the daily average tempers was below 2-C 2 whore ool 53 Inthe sbsene af st eanding, lel lrpeaties are ually avalable rom the Astaion Rares oF Meteorologs 54.3, Stage III of construction—Formwork stripping and after placement of concrete SA3.1 Consiruction loads cl i speci itis adisble ostrip forms ely sett the tations ven Loads on the newly poured concrete (e.g. stacked materials and equipment) shall not exceed those nominated in the project documentation and the formwork documentation, See (Clause 2.3(b) and Clause 4.7-1(). 54.3.2. Stripping times Stripping of formwork from in sity conesete shall not be undertaken earlier than as speci in the documentation. In the absence of such specified minimum times, Table 5.4.1 may be used in the ease of stripping forms from beam oF slab sofMits provided that there is ‘compliance with the following conditions: (a The ratio of span between supports tothe overall depth ofthe member is less than 280 (D+ 100) ‘where D isthe overall depth ofthe section in millimetres83 AS 36101998 (>) The conerete is of normal class as defined in AS 3600, and the mean compressive strength at the designated early age, fas, shall be not less than the appropriate value given in Table 5.4.2, Where these early concrete strengths are not achieved, the times given shall be increased by a factor of 1.5, (c) In the case of slabs, the superimposed loads do not exceed 2.0 kN/ If these conditions can not be accommodated, additional project documentation shall be obtained. When standard beam or cylinder tests are used to determine stripping times, test specimens shall be cured under conditions which are not more favourable than the most unfavourable conditions for the portions of the conerete which the test specimens represent TABLE 5.4.2 EARLY-AGE MEAN STRENGTHS FOR NORMAL-CLASS CONCRETE Minimum mean compressive strength (fia), MP2 At3 days AtT days Grade designation ude designation | fon N20E3 9 N20E7 15 N2SE3 2 N2sE7 19 NS2E3 is N32E7 24 N4OE3 18 N40E7 x0 NSOE3 23 NSOE? ”