Department of Civil Engineering

DESIGN OF ANDROID APPLICATION FOR CURING AND IRRIGATION

Prepared by
B.Harika (21kq5a0107)
A.Kusuma (21kq5a0106)
K.Maneesha (21kq5a0105)
K.Anusha (21kq5a0104)
T.Nandhini (21kq5a0103)
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Abstract ●
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Introduction ●
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Objectives ●
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Methodology ●
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Project description ●
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Requirements ●
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Project ●
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Implementation
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Advantages ●
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Conclusion ●
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Future Work ●
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Reference ●
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 DESIGN OF ANDROID
APPLICATION FOR
CURING AND IRRIGATION
 Abstract
 In the present world due to the rising of the construction field at a rapid rate
the demand for manpower and resources has increased over a period of
time.
 In this particular project the major concentration will be given to understand
the behavior of the concrete and the soil for different water supplies from
least to the excess.
 Based on the observations made on this behavior suitably a device will be
developed and will be connected to an application so as to have an
automation i.e. in order to perform scientific curing and scientific
irrigation.

Keywords : Android, Curing and Irrigation, agriculture.

 Introduction
 In the construction industry, there is a rapid growth due to the urbanisation.
So, there will be a maximum demand for manpower and resources.Due to
the limitations of manpower and resources, their minimum wages are also
increasing day by day.
 When coming to the structural issues the strength of the concrete or cement
will attain very high when it is cured at a perfect time along with good
water properties.
 To overcome this problem, we can use the technology and make a sensor-
based curing system which will automatically supply the water when the
water is below the required content & We can even build an android
application so that we can monitor it from anywhere.
 Objectives
 Minimize the consumption of the water used for the curing purpose.
 Save the power which will be exhausted for the curing purpose.
 Reduce the manpower involved in the curing of the concrete structure.
 Introduction of IT to the field of civil engineering to allow the future research
and development in this field.
 Provide an ease and comfortable method for the curing purpose to the owner
or the contractor or the engineer.
 Methodology
 In this project for curing and irrigation we did different experiments in order
to determine the efficient method of curing and minimum amount of
water required for use.
 So for curing us casted 2 mould and fixed 3 temperature sensors to know the
heat of hydration and for irrigation we irrigated one land and took the
readings before and after the irrigation then after 24hrs after that
readings are taken at temporary and permanent wilting point.
 Based on these value we prepared one device that will be monitored and
controlled by the android device.
 Project Description
 In this project, the Arduino UNO microcontroller board is used. A water
content sensor is connected to the board. This board will regulate the
water flow, based on the water content.The problem which is being faced
during concrete curing is that the water is spent in excess.
 The work conducted is a step towards introducing automation in the field of
civil engineering and agriculture. This is an entirely different concept
which is attempted by using the very basic technology and demonstrates
its intended efficiency.
The temperature of the concrete is monitored by using a temperature
sensor (LM 35) and a moisture sensor (HL- 05) for soil moisture content.
When the values shoot up the predefined threshold values, the
microcontroller (Arduino UNO) will trigger the respective motors for
pumping the water and will operate for predetermined periods.

Moisture sensor (HL- 05) Temperature sensor(LM 35)

• The equipment is cost effective and helps in efficient use of man power
and energy. The device also helps in better management of time and
water which is a major advantage.
• Most importantly it gave ease and comfort to the user as the user needn’t
go to the site for performing the curing and irrigation operation.

The microcontroller (Arduino UNO)

 Requirements
 Water content measuring sensor Wi-Fi module for sending and receiving the
data.
 One way relay for turning on the water source.
 Project Implementation
 Setup the water content measuring sensor in the respective place.
 Connect the Arduino to the sensor.
 Setup the limit for the water sensor using the Arduino.
 Connect the relay to Arduino.
 Connect the wi-fi module to the Arduino so that the Arduino can be controlled
using an android application.
 Now you can regulate the water flow based on sensor data and also, we can
supply water whenever needed remotely using an android application.
 Advantages
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 Less use of workers.

 Can regulate the water supply remotely.
 Minimization of water consumption.
 Used for irrigation purpose.
 Save some money in less using of workers.
 Conclusion
 By comparing the above outputs it is clear that the temperature of surface of
the concrete will be reduced after curing in each method is almost same.
 So this method can be taken as most efficient one because the water
consumption in this process is very less comparatively.
 As we know that too much is too bad, the water which is the easily available
water Content for the plant is 450. So maintain that level in the root zone
of the plant.
 Future Work
 In curing only by using temperature we cannot judge the requirement of
water so if we use the moisture sensor then it will we more accurate. And
the temperature may differ from season to season.
 So the reading should be taken with respect to season.
 References
 Shubham Ganesh Bangale, Department of Computer Engineering, JSPM’s
Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune, India.
 Kumar, Rayan Benzen Nazareth and Arjun B K, “ Design device to monitor
concrete curing, irrigation”.
 Kwang, Zongtao Chi (2016). “System of Wireless Temperature and Humidity
Monitoring Based on Arduino Uno platform.” Sixth International
Conference on Instrumentation & Measurement 2016.
 Ahmed Imteaj, Tanveer Rahman, Muhammad Kamrul Hossain and Saika Zaman
(2016). “IoT based Autonomous Percipient Irrigation System using
Raspberry Pi.” December 18-20, 2016.
 Reference
 Kumar Sahu, Pramitee Behera (2015). “A Low Cost Smart Irrigation Control
System.” IEEE SPONSORED (ICECS 2015).
 .K. K. Namala, Krishna Kanth Prabhu A. V., Anushree Math, Ashwini Kumari,
Supraja Kulkarni (2016). “Smart Irrigation with Embedded System.”
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