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Concrete and winter
Summary of difficulties of winter concreting and methods to overcome them; winter shutdown is undesirable and easily avoidable; need for thawing of frozen ground before concreting; use of calcium chloride to increase strength; protection of exposed plastic castings by rock wool or other materials; covering whole construction site with polyethylene film; utilization of hydration heat in protection; chart shows temperature of plastic concrete at various exposures.
Concrete and winter
Summary of difficulties of winter concreting and methods to overcome them; winter shutdown is undesirable and easily avoidable; need for thawing of frozen ground before concreting; use of calcium chloride to increase strength; protection of exposed plastic castings by rock wool or other materials; covering whole construction site with polyethylene film; utilization of hydration heat in protection; chart shows temperature of plastic concrete at various exposures.
Concrete and winter
Concrete Construction
1961
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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