Resumen

SOLIS-CARCANO, Rómel; MORENO, Éric I.  y  VAZQUEZ-ROJAS, Cecilio. Diferencias en la resistencia de concretos sujetos a curados húmedos y al ambiente en clima cálido subhúmedo. Concr. cem. investig. desarro [online]. 2011, vol.3, n.1, pp.25-35. ISSN 2007-3011.

Concrete curing is an undisputed accepted practice to obtain the best possible quality material. Keeping the concrete humid during the first weeks allows most of the cement to transform in hydrated products, which give the material its agglutinating power. In some regions around the world, ambient humid would keep concrete moist in natural form, thus it is not required to allocate resources to refill the water or to seal the surface. The aim of this work was to compare the compressive strength values obtained when concrete is subjected to moist and ambient curing processes during the different seasons of the year, under a hot subhumid climate. Results showed a meaningless influence of moist curing in the strength at early age, and a moderate influence at medium age. Also, it was found little variation in the results along the year.

Palabras llave : concrete; curing; limestone aggregate; hot sub-humid climate.