Curing of concrete in hot climate
Curing of concrete in hot climate
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I'm working as a civil engineer in Middle east (U A E). here the day temperature is around 44 to 50 o C. What is the most pratical curing I can adopt at this temperature and days of curing for mass concrete,pile caps, Column and slabs. BS 8110 gives some values for curing days but it is limited to two class one between 0 to 10 and second one for 10 to 25 oC. Please help me with your comments. I will be obliged.






RE: Curing of concrete in hot climate
RE: Curing of concrete in hot climate
RE: Curing of concrete in hot climate
CIRIA has a publication called "The CIRIA guide to concrete construction in the Gulf region" written specifically for your neck of the woods.
It provides considerable information about the problems and possible mitigating measures for concrete work in such extreme heat. The best part is the recommendations are simple and it works.
RE: Curing of concrete in hot climate
A reference paper that may be of interest is "Plastic Shrinkage Cracking and Evaporation Formulas", ACI Materials Journal 95, 1998, pp 365-375.