Study of strength and rate of drying of cement paste due to W/C ratio, surface area, thickness and compactness

• Main Author: Phua, So Bing.
• Other Authors: Lye Sun Woh
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54556
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this report, the effects of 4 different factors such as water cement ratio, surface area measured in terms of lap length, thickness and compactness of paste on its strength and rate of drying are studied. Vacuum drying was used as the means of speeding up the drying process. The experime...