Why concrete structures needs curing?

Curing: It is the process in which moisture, temperature and evaporation are controlled to prevent shrinkage and contraction of freshly poured concrete which may affect on strutural strength of concrete.

Problems in uncured concrete

Due to increase of temperature, thermal stresses will cause minor cracks in concrete

Loss of water due to evaporation in concrete will stop hydration of cement which decrease compressive strength.

Start of curing

Curing start after setting the concrete, three or four hours after placing the concrete is adequate.

Importance of curing:

Experiments shows compressive strength of concrete structures increase with curing as shown in attached graph. Curing for 3 days reach 75% of cubic strength of concrete.

Chart for concrete structures curing time and percent of compressive strength

Factors affecting on curing

Evaporation in concrete is a main factor need to be controlled in curing, evaporation is affected by Temperature, wind and moisture, generally increasing evaporation above 0.5kg/m2 per hour will cause plastic cracks in fresh concrete.

Temperature also shall to be maintained above 5 Celsius degree to continue hydration reactions, otherwise increase temperature has a negative impact on cubic strength of concrete

Chart for concrete structures curing temperature and percent of compressive strength

Methods of concrete curing

5 types of Portland Cement

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