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    Cold weather negatively impacts concrete strength gain due to effects on cement hydration and freezing of water. Chemical admixtures can mitigate these effects. This document reviews literature on cold weather concreting and the use of antifreeze admixtures. It outlines the scope of research to optimize antifreeze admixtures for concrete mixing and placement in temperatures from -5 to 5 degrees Celsius. The research will assess how admixtures affect fresh and hardened concrete properties under cold conditions.

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    Cold weather negatively impacts concrete strength gain due to effects on cement hydration and freezing of water. Chemical admixtures can mitigate these effects. This document reviews literature on cold weather concreting and the use of antifreeze admixtures. It outlines the scope of research to optimize antifreeze admixtures for concrete mixing and placement in temperatures from -5 to 5 degrees Celsius. The research will assess how admixtures affect fresh and hardened concrete properties under cold conditions.

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    Cold weather negatively impacts concrete strength gain due to effects on cement hydration and freezing of water. Chemical admixtures can mitigate these effects. This document reviews literature on cold weather concreting and the use of antifreeze admixtures. It outlines the scope of research to optimize antifreeze admixtures for concrete mixing and placement in temperatures from -5 to 5 degrees Celsius. The research will assess how admixtures affect fresh and hardened concrete properties under cold conditions.

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    Cold weather negatively impacts concrete strength gain due to effects on cement hydration and freezing of water. Chemical admixtures can mitigate these effects. This document reviews literature on cold weather concreting and the use of antifreeze admixtures. It outlines the scope of research to optimize antifreeze admixtures for concrete mixing and placement in temperatures from -5 to 5 degrees Celsius. The research will assess how admixtures affect fresh and hardened concrete properties under cold conditions.

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    Introduction

    • Cold weather has effect on the cement hydration process which in turn affect the
    strength gain.

    • Damage and deterioration of Fresh concrete.


    • Freezing of mechanically bound water.
    • Mass transfer.
    • Disruption of solidity of concrete.

    • Desired attributes if achieved can mitigate the negative effect of Cold weather to
    concreting.
    Literature Review

    • ACI 306R-88 • Moller G, Summary report prepared for RILEM


    Committee on winter concreting, RILEM- 1960.

    • Early Freezing of Concrete, Swedish Cement and


    Concrete Research Institute, Moller G-1962.

    • Publication by Boris A. Krylov on Cold Weather


    Concreting-1997.
    • Publication by Boris A. Krylov on Cold Weather
    Concreting-1997. • Damage to Fresh Concrete due to Freezing ACI
    Journal, paper published by C J Bernhardt-,1956.
    • Publication by Mehta and Monteiro on Concrete
    Microstructure, Properties and Materials-2014.

    • Thesis by Sameer Damle on Optimisation of


    Anti-freeze Admixture-2009 • Assessment of concrete Mechanical properties
    by Ayman Nassif et al- 2013.
    Literature Review

    • Analysis of Concrete Internal Deterioration Due to


    Frost Action by George Wardeh et al- 2010.

    • Quantitative Damage Evaluation of Concrete


    Suffered Freezing–Thawing by Shuguang Li et al-
    2014.
    • Publication by Boris A. Krylov on Cold Weather
    Concreting-1997.
    • Publication by Mehta and Monteiro on Concrete
    Microstructure, Properties and Materials-2014.
    • ACI code 306 R-88 .
    • Prevention of Frost Damage to Green concrete
    by TC Powers, 1962.
    • Malhotra and Berwanger-1973.
    Literature Review

    Use of chemical Admixture

    • Behaviour of fresh and hardened concrete with Antifreeze


    admixtures in Deep freeze Low temperature and exterior winter
    condition was carried out by Fatima Karagol et al-2014.

    • Concrete Admixture Handbook Properties, Science and Heat Evolution during Hydration
    Technology (Second edition), Noyes Publication, by
    Ramachandran. • Experimental Investigation on Heat evolution during
    hydration of cementitious materials by G Prasanth and
    • The use of Calcium Nitrate as a Multifunctional Concrete Manu Santhanam-2013.
    admixture was studied by Justnes H -1995. • Use of Adiabatic Calorimetry for performance
    assessment of concrete by Yogesh Kumar et al -2016.
    • Low temperature Admixtures for Army by Korohen- 1999.

    • Publication by Boris A. Krylov on Cold Weather Concreting-


    1997.
    • Publication by Mehta and Monteiro on Concrete Microstructure,
    Properties and Materials-2014.
    Deduction
    • Reduced temperature
    • Changes the property of the water, reducing the reactivity in hydration process.
    • Increase in setting time by 2 to 10 times.

    • Mechanically bound water.


    • Water present consumed for cement hydration process.
    • Excess water present turns to ice and exerts pressure on the concrete crystal structure.

    • Mechanical Properties
    • Curing concrete near freezing conditions is associated with 20 to 25 percent loss of 28 days compressive
    strength.
    • Pre-storing the constituents of concrete at near freezing temperature results in reduction of 28 days
    Compressive strength by 30 percent
    • There is a regain in compressive strength in long term if the temperature increases post casting

    • Enclosures and excess heating of Constituents


    • Not cost effective and energy inefficeient.
    • Fire hazard
    Scope
    • Binder. OPC -53 Grade.

    • Chemical Admixtures (Powder Form)

    • PCE based High Range Water Reducer (HRWR).

    • Antifreeze admixtures.

    • Air-Entraining admixture.

    • Environmental conditions

    • Controlled conditions for assessment of cement properties.

    • Minus five Degree Celsius (-5 0C) to Plus five degree Celsius (+5 0C) for admixture optimisation and
    development, assessment of mix properties.

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