CONCRETING IN HOT

WEATHER
BY: DVIJ PATEL G024
DEV NAIK G023
WHAT IS HOT WEATHER CONCRETING?

• Hot weather is any combination of the following conditions that tends to

impair the quality of freshly mixed or harder concrete by accelerating the
rate of moisture loss and the rate of cement hydration or otherwise causing
detrimental results:

1. High ambient Temperature.

2. High concrete temperature.
3. Low relative humidity.
4. Wind speed.
5. Solar radiation.
Problems due in hot weather concreting

•The success of many hot-weather concreting operations depends on the steps taken to slow the
cement hydration reactions within the concrete and to minimize the rate of evaporation of
moisture from the freshly mixed concrete. Potential concrete problems in hot weather are likely
to include:

•Increased water demand

•Increased rate of slump loss
•Increased rate of setting
•Increased tendency for plastic-shrinkage cracking
•Increased difficulty in controlling entrained air content
•Decreased 28-day and later strengths
•Increased tendency for differential thermal cracking
•Greater variability in surface appearance
•Increased permeability
Effects of hot weather concreting

• Hot weather imposes the harmful effects on the following properties of concrete:

1.Reduce the strength of the concrete.
2.Reduce the dimensional stability of the concrete.
3.Reduce the resistance to weathering of the concrete.
4.Cracks due to plastic shrinkage.
Maximum allowable Concrete temperature during placement of concrete
 PRECAUTION IN HOT WEATHER CONCRETING
To control the high concrete temperature following steps may be taken:

• Schedule concreting. The concrete can be scheduled to time when

the temperature is not high e.g. in summer it can be schedule to
night or early morning
• Material and mix proportions: use material and mix design proportion
having good weather resistance e.g. select sand having low specific
heat.
• Covered environment: The concrete can be done in a covered
environment.
• Chilling: The chilling of aggregate can be done by watering or keeping
them covered.
• Efficient work force: employ efficient workforce and machinery to
improve the handling.
• Use of low heat cement: Use low heat cement.