Concrete : Heat Cured Concrete

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Text Box: Curing Cycle for 'Heat cured concrete'
 
                       
 
 
  Inputs        
  ambient temperature 25 deg C      
  max rise per hour 10 deg C / hr      
  maximum temperature allowed 60 deg C warning - not to exceed
  delay before heating 2 hrs    
  cool off period 1 hrs    
  total maturity 900 hr.deg from I&O page  
  event hrs temp under covers temp + 10oC maturity in hr.deg  
  concrete is mixed 0.0 25 35 0  
  heating under covers starts 2.0 25 35 70  
  heat reaches maximum 5.5 60 70 183.75  
  test cubes are removed to cool 14.0 60 70 593.75  
  cube is tested, covers removed 15.0 25 35 52.5  
      total maturity 900  
 
 
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Values used to make up graph outputs  
  (DegC-10) x (hrs) MPa w: c  
  660 28 0.306  
  940 36 0.471  
  900 34.9 0.447 transfer to I&O page