SELF-CURING CONCRETE, WHY NOT? IN: INVESTIGATING CONCRETE. SELECTED WORKS OF BRYANT AND KATHARINE MATHER

This paper asks the question, "Will there be a self-curing concrete?" The author's opinion is there will be for three reasons. First, most of the concrete that is produced and placed each year all over the world already does self-cure. Some of it wasn't intended to have anything done to its exterior surface. But finishing did in fact take place, and yet the concrete's ability to service its intended purpose had not been significantly reduced. Second, most of the concrete n the world is placed in quantities that are of sufficient thickness such that most of the material will remain in satisfactory conditions of temperature and moisture during its early stages. This is so regardless of what steps are taken, or not taken, to ensure that such conditions are maintained in the exterior layer. Third, there are cases in which concrete has been greatly assisted in moving toward a self-curing status either inadvertently or deliberately through actions taken in the selection and use of materials.

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• Authors:
  • Mather, B
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 245-246
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  • Publication of: American Concrete Institute
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete curing; Deterioration; Moisture content; Service life; Temperature; Thickness
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00988715
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0870311581
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 18 2005 12:00AM