Maturity test of steel fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete based on early ages calibration

The maturity test is a method for estimating the in-situ compressive strength of concrete. Beforeusing the method to determine the properties of the desired concrete, it is necessary to perform a standardcalibration process as one of the requirements of the maturity test. The standard calibration process is bothtime-consuming and costly. According to the maturity test standards, this process should be repeated foreach concrete mix design. The requirement has become a significant impediment to the widespread use ofthe maturity method. In this paper, the early age calibration method has been tested for 5 fiber selfcompactingconcrete mix designs. According to the research, the strength-maturity curve based on the 2-day and 3-day strength values has an error of less than 6%. The average error is less than 3%. These resultsshow that the early ages calibration method has been able to accurately produce the strength-maturitycalibration curve in fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete.

Maturity test of steel fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete based on early ages calibration Keywords:

Fibre self-compacting concrete , Early ages calibration , strength-maturity curve , strength-maturity scale factor.