Concrete Rapid Construction by Microwave Heat Curing

초록

Rapid concrete curing by elevated temperature is one of the important technologies for saving construction cost and construction time of the concrete structure. Recently, microwave heating form has been developed to accelerate concrete curing in Korea. The newly developed technology substantially reduces the concrete curing time. In other words, microwave heat curing technology leads to higher early-strength of the concrete for earlier removal of the form as well. In this study, field verification tests were conducted to check its feasibility and applicability. The results demonstrated that this technology can be feasible in extremely cold area without special insulation facilities, so that reduce the construction period and cost.