ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We avail this opportunity to express our deep sense of gratitude and sincere
thanks to our Vice chancellor Dr. ASHOK SHETTAR and our principal Dr.
P.G.TEWARI for giving us an opportunity to take up this project work.

We thank the department Of Civil Engineering for giving us the necessary

infrastructure facilities and inputs to do the necessary work. We further more thank
our HOD, Dr. S.S. QUADRI for creating an atmosphere and encouraging us to go
ahead with our project. We are bound to the entire staff of the department for their
stimulating support, for sparing their time, knowledge and technical expertise; this
project would not have reached this state without immense help from them.

We deeply thank our guide Dr. M.V.CHITAWADAGI whose help,

suggestions and encouragement, helped us in all time of project and in completion of
this project.

We wish to take the opportunity to express, that as a part of B.E. curriculum

that the project has not only provided us the exposure to the real world, but has made
us to ponder upon the connection between theoretical and practical real world. This
exposure has also helped us as students, in adapting practical work situation with
ease. We would like to thank all the people who have helped directly or indirectly in
doing this project.
 CONTENTS

ABSTRACT
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Type of Curing
1.2 Methods of Self curing
1.3 Mechanism of Internal curing
1.4 Significance of Self curing
1.5 Advantages of Self cured concrete
1.6 Potential materials for Internal curing
2. LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Summary of Literature review

2.2 Grey areas identified in the Literature review

2.3 Limitations observed in Literature review

3. PROBLEM DEFINITION

4. OBJECTIVES

5. SCOPE

6. METODOLOGY

6.1 Materials

6.2 Mix design tests

6.3 Procedure

6.4 Tree diagram of Methodology

7. EXPECTED OUTCOMES

8. REFERENCES
 ABSTRACT

Today concrete is the most widely used construction material due to its good
compressive strength and durability. Depending upon the nature of work, the cement, fine
aggregate, coarse aggregate and water are mixed in specific proportions to produce plain
concrete. Plain concrete needs congenial atmosphere by providing moisture for a minimum
period of 28 days for good hydration and to attain desired strength. Any negligence in curing
will badly affect the strength and durability of concrete.

As water is becoming a scarce material day-by-day, there is an urgent need to do

research work pertaining to saving of water in making concrete and in constructions. Curing
of concrete is maintaining satisfactory moisture content in concrete during its early stages in
order to develop the desired properties. However, good curing is not always practical in many
cases. Curing of concrete plays a major role in developing the concrete microstructure and
pore structure and hence improves its durability and performance. Keeping importance to
this, an attempt has been made to develop internal-curing concrete by using Poly Ethylene
Glycol (PEG-400). Self-curing concrete is one of the special concretes in mitigating
insufficient curing due to human negligence scarcity of water in arid areas, inaccessibility of
structures in difficult terrains and in areas where the presence of fluorides in water will badly
affect the characteristics of concrete.

In this experimental investigation the strength characteristics of concrete with the

self-curing agent PEG-400 will be studied and compared with the corresponding
conventionally cured concrete. IS method of mix design is adopted, for the normal strength
internal curing concrete of grade M40. For producing internal-curing concrete trial dosage of
1%, 2% and 3% of PEG-400 by weight of cement is used and tested.