• Keerthi Saroja
• N Veerendra Babu

The advances in the construction and chemical industry opened the way for the development of the latest curing methods and building materials. Since water is a scarce resource on a regular basis, there is an immediate need to carry out study work on water conservation in concrete manufacturing and construction. Concrete curing puts an important role in the production of concrete strength and hardness which contributes to improved durability and performance. Curing is important if concrete is to serve the expected purpose over the structure's design life, although excessive curing time can contribute to project rising costs and excessive delays in construction. This project is intended to test the effectiveness of various curing techniques and to analyse concrete's strength properties. Normal concrete was prepared with a water cement ratio of 0.5 and 0.35 with mixing method IS was introduced, since the standard strength curing concrete of grade M20 and M50 of concrete is construction based on trial and error. The strength properties of Normal Strength Concrete and high strength concrete, cast with the Super plasticizer Conplast SP430 has tested in this experimental investigation and compared with the same conventionally cured concrete. The cubes are cast for measuring compressive strength at 7 , 14 and 28 days of curing, respectively, using methods of curing that are immersion, accelerated curing, membrane curing (i.e.; plastic sheeting method), dry air curing, water proofing compound, wax based and acrylic based curing to cure the cubes until the test day. The result obtained indicates the best method of curing for obtaining improved compressive strength.

Immersion curing, accelerated curing, membrane curing, dry air curing, compressive strength.

"Experimental Study on Strength Variation in Concrete by Using Different Curing Techniques", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.639-646, August-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008081.pdf

"Experimental Study on Strength Variation in Concrete by Using Different Curing Techniques", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp639-646, August-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008081.pdf