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http://dx.doi.org/10.4334/JKCI.2006.18.3.331

Influence of Curing Conditions on Volumetric Changes in Concrete  

Lee, Kwang-Myong (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
SunWoo, Joo-Yeun (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Lee, Hoi-Keun (Research Institute of Technology, Samsung Construction & Engineering)
Khayat, Kamal H. (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Universite de Sherbrooke)
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Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute / v.18, no.3, 2006 , pp. 331-338 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents the experimental results on volumetric changes in ordinary portland cement concrete made with various water-to-cement ratios(W/C's) ranging from 0.32 to 0.50 and cured in low different conditions. Curing regimes employed in this work were designed to exhibit autogenous and drying shrinkage as well as swelling of concrete. The concrete avoided any moist evaporation(Regime f showed only autogenous shrinkage and the lower the W/C, the feater the autogenous shrinkage. The concrete exposed to air drying conditions at $20{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ and $60{\pm}3%$ RH after 6-day water curing at $20{\pm}1^{\circ}C$(Regime II) swelled and then started to shrink. The maximum swelling value of concrete developed in water curing was between 15 and $40{\pm}10^{-6}$, and the greatest total shrinkage(autogenous+drying shrinkage) was obtained for the mixture made with W/C of 0.32. The concrete let to air drying conditions(Regime III) showed greater total shrinkage compared to the concrete cured in Regime II. The concrete exposed to air drying condition after 6-day sealed curing(Regime IV) exhibited slightly smaller total shrinkage than that of the concrete cured in Regime III. Net drying shrinkage that can be derived from the results of Regime I, III, and IV increased as the W/C increased despite of similar total shrinkage. This result indicated that drying shrinkage governs total shrinkage of high-W/C concretes. In other words, a portion of autogenous shrinkage in total shrinkage increased in low-W/C concretes. Therefore, it should be controlled in terms of cracking potential. Finally, total shrinkage of high-strength and high-performance concrete made with low W/C can be effectively reduced by appropriate early moisture curing.
Keywords
autogenous shrinkage; drying shrinkage; swelling; W/C; curing;
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