期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2017
卷号：6
期号：5
页码：9935
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2017.0605340
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：As water is becoming a scarce material day-by-day, there is an urgent need to do research work insaving of water for making concrete. Curing of concrete is very important for maintaining satisfactory moisture contentin concrete during its early stages in order to develop the desired properties. Good curing is not always practical inmany cases. Curing of concrete plays a major role in developing the concrete microstructure and pore structure andhence improves its durability and performance. Weight of concrete leads to more weight on structure.Design of heavyload structures are not economical. Keeping importance to this, an attempt has been made to develop self- curingconcrete by using water-soluble Polyethylene Glycol (PEG 400) as self-curing agent and partial replacement of coarseaggregates with fly ash pellets. The main aim of this investigation is to study the strength properties of concrete usingwater-soluble Polyethylene Glycol (PEG 400) as self-curing agent and find the optimum dosage required for maximumstrength. The function of self-curing agent is to reduce the water evaporation from concrete, and hence they increasethe water retention capacity of concrete and it will absorbs the water from the atmosphere. The use of self-curing agentis very important from the point of view that saving of water is a necessity everyday (each one cubic meter of concreterequires 3m3 of water in a construction, most of which is used for curing).In this study, compressive strength and splittensile strength, flexural strength of concrete containing self-curing agent is investigated and compared with those ofconventionally cured concrete.
