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Maturity method to estimate early age concrete strength in cold weather: alternative activation energy calibration
Many critical concreting activities require the determination of the in-place concrete strength. It can be costly to wait too long to execute these activities, but acting too early can have a negative impact on structural performance. Conventional moulded concrete cylinders and alternative strength assessment methods such as the maturity method are commonly used to assess concrete’s in-place strength. This study is focused on a special case when the maturity method is applied for evaluating concrete strength in cold weather at an early age. Specifically, the study proposes an alternative method for calibrating the activation energy, an input for the maturity method. Concretes cured at two different temperatures are used to calibrate the activation energy. The maturity method based on this activation energy predicted the cold weather concrete’s compressive strength satisfactorily. It was also found that for a successful application of the proposed activation energy calibration, the two temperatures should represent the expected minimum and maximum temperature at the site. Furthermore, the results showed that the maturity method based on the proposed activation energy calibration method performed better than the conventional cylinder method.
Maturity method to estimate early age concrete strength in cold weather: alternative activation energy calibration
Many critical concreting activities require the determination of the in-place concrete strength. It can be costly to wait too long to execute these activities, but acting too early can have a negative impact on structural performance. Conventional moulded concrete cylinders and alternative strength assessment methods such as the maturity method are commonly used to assess concrete’s in-place strength. This study is focused on a special case when the maturity method is applied for evaluating concrete strength in cold weather at an early age. Specifically, the study proposes an alternative method for calibrating the activation energy, an input for the maturity method. Concretes cured at two different temperatures are used to calibrate the activation energy. The maturity method based on this activation energy predicted the cold weather concrete’s compressive strength satisfactorily. It was also found that for a successful application of the proposed activation energy calibration, the two temperatures should represent the expected minimum and maximum temperature at the site. Furthermore, the results showed that the maturity method based on the proposed activation energy calibration method performed better than the conventional cylinder method.
Maturity method to estimate early age concrete strength in cold weather: alternative activation energy calibration
Tekle, Biruk Hailu (Autor:in) / Al-Deen, Safat (Autor:in) / Anwar-Us-Saadat, Mohammad (Autor:in) / Willans, Njoud (Autor:in) / Zhang, Y. X. (Autor:in) / Lee, Chi King (Autor:in) / Ribakov, Yuri (Autor:in)
Australian Journal of Civil Engineering ; 22 ; 1-12
02.01.2024
12 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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