Title : NOVEL APPROACHES FOR CONCRETE CURING
Authors : K. Kovler National Building Research Institute – Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, cvrkost@technion.ac.il
Publication : December 19-21, 2013
Volume :
Pages : 74-83
Price : 250
Abstract : The paper discusses the novel approaches to curing of concrete, such as internal and carbonation curing. Internal curing is a novel method of concrete curing has been developed to counteract self-desiccation and autogenous shrinkage of high-strength/high-performance concrete. RILEM distinguishes between two categories of internal curing: (a) internal water curing (sometimes called “water entrainment”), when the curing agent performs as a water reservoir, which gradually releases water, and (b) internal sealing, when the curing agent is intended to delay/prevent loss of water from the hardening concrete.