Compressive strength of silica fume concrete by accelerated curing

ABSTRACTMSc. THESISCOMPRESSIVE STRENGTH PREDICTION OF SILICA FUMECONCRETE BY ACCELERATED CURINGAlper DEM RDEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERINGINSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCESUNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVASupervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Duran AT ŞYear : 2005, Pages: 92Jury : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Duran AT ŞAssoc. Prof. Dr. Alaettin KILIÇAssist. Prof. Dr. A. Hamza TANRIKULUIn this laboratory research, influence of the use of Silica Fume (SF), which isprovided from Antalya Etibank Elektrometalurji Plant, on compressive strength ofconcrete was investigated. A linear relationship was established between normalcuring and warm water curing to predict compressive strength of silica fumeconcrete. It was observed that silica fume increased compressive strenth of concrete.It was concluded that 3, 7, 28 and 6 months compressive strength of silica fumeconcrete could be predicted by using the relationship established between normalcuring and warm water curing compressive strength.Keywords: Silica Fume, Concrete, Compressive Strength, Warm water curingII