Study of the Effect of Curing With Fresh Water and Salt Water on Structural Strength of Concrete

The modern era is focusing on the taming, sustainability and recycling of the resources by imparting innovative techniques and methodologies. Keeping this in view, a study was conducted on the strength of concrete after preparing and curing with different types of water for structural use. This work deals with the study of various effects of preparing and curing with salt water on properties of strength of concrete such as compressive strength, tensile strength and flexural strength with respect to fresh water. This study indicated that the strength of concrete of the mixtures prepared using salt water was comparable with the strength of the control mixture. Also, the water absorption of concrete is not affected when salt water was used. The study also indicates that the initial and final setting time of cement was same as that of Potable water and Secondary Treated salt Water but decreased for Primary Treated salt Water, for compressive strength it was increased in Secondary Treated Waste Water and salt waste water at longer duration, for tensile and flexural strength tests was same results so, there was no any improvement in tensile and flexural strength by using Secondary Treated salt Water.