Experimental Study on Curing Methods of Concrete

  D.Gowsika,  P.Balamurugan,  R.Kamalambigai

This paper is directed to evaluate effectiveness of different curing methods and study the persuade of climate on the strength properties of concrete. Normal concrete was prepared with a water-cement ratio of 0.45. The specimens were cast for testing the compressive strength at 7, 14 and 28 days of curing respectively using seven curing methods namely Ponding, Air Drying, Immersion, Oven curing, calcium chloride (miscellaneous), Membrane curing and Pack (Plastic sheeting) curing to cure the specimens until the day of testing. Test results indicates that water curing (WAC) Immersion , Ponding as well as Membrane curing provide much better results than Plastic Sheeting method of curing. The rate of drying was important when the specimens were subjected to Oven method of curing. The overall finding of this paper suggests that concrete should be cured by water curing to attain a better compressive strength.

Keywords- Ponding, Air Drying, Immersion, Oven curing, Membrane curing, Plastic Sheeting method, compressive strength.

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1701040
Page Number(s) - 257-260
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 1 | February 2017
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  D.Gowsika,  P.Balamurugan,  R.Kamalambigai,   "Experimental Study on Curing Methods of Concrete", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 1, pp.257-260, February 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1701040.pdf