Documente Academic
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Documente Cultură
By
Prof. B. L. Rajput
Assistant Professor
NICMAR, Pune
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General precautions
Wind breakers shall be erected to shield mixing and
batching plant, tarpaulin, plastic sheets and other
covering materials may be made available at the
site and the steam generating plant or other
necessary equipments may be installed and
checked for correct functioning
Concrete will be delivered to the point of
placement at not less than 50c. It is necessary to
place concrete quickly and cover the top of
concrete.
Before placing concrete remove all the ice, snow
and frost.
Temperature reduction of
concrete
Lowering of temperature of aggregates and water
are most effective methods.
Aggregates should be stockpile in shade. Cooling
of aggregates can be done by sprinkling of water.
Refrigeration is another method. Aggregates can
be kept in water tank or cool air can be circulated
through storage bins or insulated tunnels.
Addition of ice flakes will reduce the temperature
of concrete.
Slump retention
admixtures (Retarders) are
most suitable for hot
weather concreting.
Retarder plasticizers
Plastic cracking
Cracking occurs when rate of evaporation exceeds 0.5
kg/m2/hr
Sub grade and formwork is required to be moistened
Aggregates if dry and absorptive must be moistened
Keep the temperature of concrete as low as possible by
cooling aggregates and mixing water or by using ice.
Install wind breakers
Erect temporary shed to protect concrete surface.
Protect concrete by polyethylene sheets when there is
delay between placing and finishing.