Effect of Microwave Curing on the Strength Development of Mortars Produced with Fly Ash and Plasticizer, İlker Bekir Topçu, Hüseyin Hakan İnce, Cenk Karakurt, ), İzmir, 24 – 27 Nisan 2018, Paper ID 294, Vol. 1, p. 619.

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Topçu İ. B., İnce H. H., Karakurt C.

3. International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering, (ICOCEE – Çeşme 2018), İzmir, Türkiye, 24 - 27 Nisan 2018, cilt.1, ss.619

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 1
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İzmir
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.619
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The microwave curing method increases the strength gaining of mortars and concrete at early ages due to the accelerated hydration reactions of the cement. The early age strength values obtained from microwave cured cementitious composites can be associated with the strength values at later ages. Thus, it is possible to estimate the strength of the concrete at the later ages. In this study, two different types of cement, two different types of plasticizer admixtures and F-type fly ash were used for specimen production. The compressive strength tests were carried out after a portion of the prepared mortar specimens had been exposed to microwave accelerated curing while the rest of them had been cured in water for 7 days as well as 28 days. Any linear relationship determined between the compressive strengths of the plasticizer added specimens, and also the 7 and 28-day compressive strengths were evaluated and thereby, estimation of the 7 and 28-day day compressive strengths of the specimens were aimed. Taking the reliability levels and margins of error into account, it was observed that the microwave accelerated curing method yielded more reliable results especially in terms of estimating the compressive strengths in polycarboxylate added mortar specimens.