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Durability Characteristics of High Early Strength Concrete


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1 Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil 626 126, India
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
 

High early strength concrete (HESC) is a type of high performance concrete, which attains its specified strength earlier than normal concrete. This type of concrete is normally used in precast and prestressed concrete industries. Many studies have been performed on the production of high early strength concrete, but information on performance of high early strength concrete in durability tests is limited. This article deals with evaluation of durability index characteristics of high early strength concrete mixtures made with two different cements. Durability index tests such as oxygen permeability, sorptivity, rapid chloride permeability and water absorption tests were performed on three HESC mixtures made with two different cements and compared with a reference concrete. Our results reveal that high early strength concrete using steam curing is better than concrete produced using accelerator. The microstructural studies also revealed that steam-cured concrete is better than accelerator-cured concrete supporting the durability index properties of concretes tested.

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Chloride Permeability, High Early Strength Concrete, Oxygen Permeability, Sorptivity, Water Absorption.
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Authors

Ramesh Babu Chokkalingam
Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil 626 126, India
Manu Santhanam
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai 600 036, India

Abstract


High early strength concrete (HESC) is a type of high performance concrete, which attains its specified strength earlier than normal concrete. This type of concrete is normally used in precast and prestressed concrete industries. Many studies have been performed on the production of high early strength concrete, but information on performance of high early strength concrete in durability tests is limited. This article deals with evaluation of durability index characteristics of high early strength concrete mixtures made with two different cements. Durability index tests such as oxygen permeability, sorptivity, rapid chloride permeability and water absorption tests were performed on three HESC mixtures made with two different cements and compared with a reference concrete. Our results reveal that high early strength concrete using steam curing is better than concrete produced using accelerator. The microstructural studies also revealed that steam-cured concrete is better than accelerator-cured concrete supporting the durability index properties of concretes tested.

Keywords


Chloride Permeability, High Early Strength Concrete, Oxygen Permeability, Sorptivity, Water Absorption.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi08%2F1568-1577