Effect of environment on the strength and shrinkage of concrete

Abstract

The most important constituent of any structure is concrete. It is widely used in every construction project because of its physical and chemical properties. Concrete has a long-life span but everything deteriorate with time and the main reason of deterioration of concrete structure around the world is the weathering effect or we can say the effect of environment. Our environment consists of lot of different constituents. These constituents place a major role in the deterioration and destruction of the structure. The main reason for the destruction of the structure is the decrement in the strength of the concrete because of various different environment agents such as pH, temperature and the shrinkage due to the various conditions. In this paper we are going to study and analyze the effect of different environmental condition on the strength and shrinkage of concrete. This will help us to understand more about the behavior of concrete even though the exact behavior of concrete cannot be determined accurately. By this data the estimation of strength will be predicted more accurately.