Equipment for the investigation of the accelerated curing of concrete using direct electrical conduction

Wilson, John Gibb; Gupta, Narendra Kumar

Abstract

The need for accelerated curing of concrete in precast civil engineering components is discussed, and the techniques available to achieve this are presented, with particular emphasis on the use of direct electrical conduction.

The principles of the design of automatic laboratory equipment to investigate accelerated curing of concrete using this technique are described, and results are presented for trial experiments, including an assessment of the input energy necessary to achieve a particular degree of curing in a given time.

Citation

Wilson, J. G., & Gupta, N. K. (2004). Equipment for the investigation of the accelerated curing of concrete using direct electrical conduction. Measurement : journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 35(3), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2003.11.002

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2004-04
• Deposit Date: Apr 25, 2008
• Journal: Measurement
• Print ISSN: 0263-2241
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 243-250
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2003.11.002
• Keywords: Concrete; Accelerated curing; Curing; Heating; Direct electrical conduction; Laboratory equipment; Power usage
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/1868
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2003.11.002