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Use of concrete in sea water is a vital issue for the scientists/ technologists to evaluate its effective performance in such environment. The existing literature reveals that if properly designed, structural concrete with stone chips as coarse aggregate shows adequate durability characteristics in sea water. This paper investigates the effect of pre-curing on the performance of brick aggregate concrete exposed to artificially created sea water. Concrete specimens of size 100 mm cube were cast and pre-cured for 0,7,14, and 28 days in plain water before exposure to different artificially created seawater environments. Strength behaviors of these specimens have been studied in plain water and seawater of different concentration over the periods of 30, 90, 120 and 270 days. After conducting compressive strength test, it is seen that gain in strength of concrete in sea water is lower than that in plain water. Higher grade concrete suffers lesser strength deterioration as compared to lower grade concrete. Concrete specimens directly exposed to sea water (SW) without pre-curing suffer 18 to 30% more strength deterioration than pre-cured specimens.
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Alam, M.T., Islam, M.S., Islam, M.M. (2022). Effect of Pre-curing on Strength Development of Brick Aggregate Concrete in Sea Water Environment. In: Arthur, S., Saitoh, M., Pal, S.K. (eds) Advances in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 184. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5547-0_25
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