SELF CURING CONCRETE

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted in partial fulfilment for the J-COMPONENT

Technical Answers for

Real Life Problem
(CLE 3999)

(Under the guidance of Prof.SENTHIL KUMAR )

ANANT JAIN 16BCL0127

KUNDAN KUMAR 16BCL0344
HARSHVARDHANA MISHRA 16BCL0173
DIGVIJAY SINGH 16BCL0359
RIBBIN RAPHEL 16BCL0036

School of Civil and

Chemical Engineering

OCT-2019
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project work entitled “SELF – CURING

CONCRETE” that is being submitted for Technical Answers for Real Life problems
(CLE3999) is a record of bonafide work done under my supervision. The contents of
this Project work, in full or in parts, have neither been taken from any other source nor
have been submitted for any other CAL course.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It has been our privilege to understand the meaning of research and education
through this J component program. We wish to express our profound sense
of gratitude to Prof. SENTHIL KUMAR, School Of Civil and Chemical
Engineering, VIT University, who taught the fundamentals of this research
and supervised our project work. We greatly benefited by his inspiring
guidance and constant support throughout our research work. We have no
words to express our gratefulness towards our parents, local guardians and
management of the University for their support and encouragement which
spurred us to carry on with our project work successfully
 TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION Page 1

LITREATURE Page 1
REVIEW

OBJECTIVE Page 1

SCOPE Page 1

METHODOLOGY Page 2

RESULTS (TESTS Page 4

ON CEMENT)

RESULTS (FINE Page 4,5

AND COARSE
AGGREGATES,
FRESH AND HARD
CONCRETE)

RESULT- TABLE Page 6,7,8

AND GRAPH (MIX 6,7,8
DESIGN,
COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH, SPLIT
TENSILE
STRENTGTH)

TIMELINE OF Page 9,10

WORK DONE 9,10

PHOTO GALLERY Page 11,12

11,12

CONCLUSIONS Page 13
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 TEST FOR COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

 Average compressive strength of conventionally cured concrete

 Average compressive strength of external self cured concrete.

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  COMPARISON BETWEEN AVERAGE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF
EXTERNAL SELF CURED CONCRETE AND CONVENTIONALLY CURED
CONCRETE
It is observed that the increase in compressive strength of external self cured concrete is about 22.10%
at the age of 3 days, 5.24% at the age of 7 days and 3.32% at the age of 28 days as compare to
conventional cured concrete.

TEST FOR SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH

 Average split strength of external self cured concrete

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  Average split strength of conventional cured concrete

COMPARISON BETWEEN AVERAGE SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH OF

EXTERNAL SELF CURED CONCRETE AND CONVENTIONALLY CURED
CONCRETE
It is observed that the increase in split tensile strength of external self cured concrete is about 4.95% at
the age of 3 days, 11.11% at the age of 7 days and 20.94% at the age of 28 days as compare to
conventional cured concrete.

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TIMELINE OF WORK DONE

TESTS ON COARSE AND FINE AGGREGATES

Specific Gravity 12th-Aug
Fineness modulus 13th-Aug
Grading zone 14th-Aug

TESTS ON CEMENT
Specific Gravity 12-Aug
Normal Consistency 13-Aug
Setting time 14-Aug

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CEMENT

Size of the specimen=70.6mm X 70.6mm X 70.6mm
Day of testing – 3rd Day/28st Aug
7th Day/1th Sep
28th Day/22th Sep

DESIGN OF CONCRETE MIX (conventionally cured concrete)

28th Aug

TESTS ON FRESH CONCRETE (conventionally cured concrete)

Slump Test – 29th Aug

TESTS ON HARDCONCRETE (conventionally cured concrete)

Compression test -> (Cubes 150 x 150 x 150) - 3rd Day/1st Sep
7th Day/5th Sep
28th Day/26th Sep
Split tension test -> (Cylinder 100 ᴓ x 200 depth) - 3rd Day/1st Sep
7th Day/5th Sep

28th Day/26th Sep

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DESIGN OF CONCRETE MIX (external self-cured concrete)
23rd Sep

TESTS ON FRESH CONCRETE (external self-cured concrete)

24thSep

TESTS ON HARDCONCRETE (external self-cured concrete)

Compression test -> (Cubes 150 x 150 x 150) - 3rd Day/27th Sep
7th Day/1st Oct
28th Day/22nd Oct

Split tension test -> (Cylinder 100 ᴓ x 200 depth) - 3rd Day/27th Sep
7th Day/1st Oct
28th Day/22nd Oct

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PHOTO GALLERY
Specific Gravity COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE

DESIGN OF CONCRETE MIX

(conventionally cured concrete)

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TESTS ON FRESH CONCRETE
(conventionally cured concrete)

TESTS ON HARDCONCRETE (conventionally cured concrete)

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CONCLUSION
The following conclusions are drawn based on the present investigations.

 The variation between concrete cured conventionally and with self curing compound is
about 3.32% for compression strength and 20.94% for split tensile strength. Hence self
curing technique may be economically and efficiently adapted in remote as well as in water
scarcity areas.
 The surface of the self cured cement paste is less permeable to water vapour than that of
normal cured cement paste.
 Curing compound increases early strength of concrete than normal cured concrete.
 Concrete with curing compound gives smooth and fine finished surface than concrete
without curing compound.
 About 100% of results have been attained in compressive strength with small amount of
water this method can be implemented in construction field.

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