eprintid: 43 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/00/43 datestamp: 2023-11-09 15:10:36 lastmod: 2023-11-09 15:10:36 status_changed: 2023-11-09 15:09:40 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Shafiq, N. creators_name: Cabrera, J.G. title: Effects of initial curing condition on the fluid transport properties in OPC and fly ash blended cement concrete ispublished: pub keywords: Air permeability; Blending; Cements; Curing; Diffusion; Durability; Flow of fluids; Fly ash; Porosity, Flow rates; Initial curing condition, Concretes note: cited By 53 abstract: This paper presents an experimental study of the influence of two initial curing conditions, wet (fog room) and dry (65 RH and 20 °C), on the transport properties of fluid in normal concrete (100 OPC) and blended cement concrete (OPC/FA). After 28 days initial curing, concrete samples were dried at different relative humidities at 20 °C for about 12 weeks when the equilibrium moisture condition was achieved. Transport properties that include oxygen permeability, water permeability and oxygen diffusion were measured at the equilibrium condition of the samples, and total porosity and degree of saturation were also determined. The initial curing condition has significant effects on the transport properties; in particular the most prominent effects were observed on fly ash blended cement concrete, which performed extremely well when initially cured in wet conditions. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. date: 2004 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-1842471011&doi=10.1016%2fS0958-9465%2803%2900033-7&partnerID=40&md5=18706ad90007fac9ff47d40986f5829c id_number: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00033-7 full_text_status: none publication: Cement and Concrete Composites volume: 26 number: 4 pagerange: 381-387 refereed: TRUE issn: 09589465 citation: Shafiq, N. and Cabrera, J.G. (2004) Effects of initial curing condition on the fluid transport properties in OPC and fly ash blended cement concrete. Cement and Concrete Composites, 26 (4). pp. 381-387. ISSN 09589465