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THE EFFECT OF CURING CONDITION ON COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH IN HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE | ||
| DIYALA JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES | ||
| Article 5, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-48 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Ali H. Hameed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The paper shows the effect of curing condition on compressive strength in high strength concrete in three cases (Group A(moist curing in water for 7 days followed by air curing ) ,Group B(curing until the age test in water) and Group C(curing at high temperature 60ºC±2ºC for six days ) and two types of specimen of cubes (150 x150 and 100 x 100) used in the test age (7,28and 90 day) respectively in four mix proportion (Mix No.1(40 Mpa ,Mix No. 2(fcu 60 Mpa) ,Mix No. 3 (fcu 70 Mpa) and Mix No. 4 (fcu 80 Mpa) ). Results demonstrate that, in general, concrete specimens moist cured until testing ages (Group B) give compressive strength greater than specimens moist cured for 7 days in water then followed by air – drying (Group A). The percentage of increase in strength is (5 and12%) for mix No.3 and 6% for mix No.4, as compared with 3% for mix No.1 and (2 and4%) for mix No.2. When the curing temperature (group C ) increases, the compressive strength increases at different ratios ,the percentage of increase in compressive strength at 7,28 and 90 days for mix No.1 , mixes No.2 and 3 are (20,15 and 14% ), ( 7,11 and 5% ) and (13,12 and 5% ) respectively, while mix No4. shows an increase of 4 and 10% in compressive strength at 7 and 28 days where there is a reduction in the strength at 90 days by about 2%. Generally, as the size of specimen decreases, the effect of temperature curing (group C)on the compressive strength increases. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| curing; compressive strength; Concrete; high strength | ||
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