EFFECTS OF CURING AND MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION ON MEASURED STRENGTH OF CONCRETE

FLEXURAL STRENGTH TESTS ARE BEING USED TO AN INCREASING EXTENT AS A BASIS FOR SPECIFYING CONCRETE QUALITY AND ACCEPTABILITY. CURING IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THROUGH ITS INFLUENCE ON STRESSES INDUCED WITHIN THE SPECIMEN BY NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF MOISTURE. TEST SERIES WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING RELATIONSHIPS: (1) EFFECT OF DRYING ON MEASURED FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF MOIST CURED CONCRETE; (2) EFFECT OF RESATURATION ON MEASURED FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF DRY CONCRETE; (3) AGE-STRENGTH RELATIONSHIPS FOR DIFFERENT CURING CONDITIONS.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 36, pp 334-346, 13 FIG, 8 TAB. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • WALKER, S
  • Bloem, D L
• Publication Date: 1957

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 7-11, 1957
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 36
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete curing; Concrete tests; Drying; Flexural strength; Moisture content; Motion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Moisture movement
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00213976
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 5 1972 12:00AM