Emine Ebru Demirci and Remzi Sahin
Effect of Strength Class of Concrete and Curing Conditions on Capillary Water Absorption of SelfCompacting and Conventional Concrete
1191 - 1198
2014
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International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000067
https://publications.waset.org/vol/95
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
The purpose of this study is to compare Self
Compacting Concrete (SCC) and Conventional Concrete (CC) in
terms of their capillary water absorption. During the comparison of
SCC and CC, the effects of two different factors were also
investigated concrete strength class and curing condition. In the
study, both SCC and CC were produced in three different concrete
classes (C25, C50 and C70) and the other parameter (i.e. curing
condition) was determined as two levels moisture and air curing. It
was observed that, for both curing environments and all strength
classes of concrete, SCCs had lower capillary water absorption values
than that of CCs. It was also detected that, for both SCC and CC,
capillary water absorption values of samples kept in moisture curing
were significantly lower than that of samples stored in air curing.
Additionally, it was determined that capillary water absorption values
for both SCC and CC decrease with increasing strength class of
concrete for both curing environments.
Open Science Index 95, 2014