Author : Kastro Kiran V#, B Sindhu, G Tharun Kumar, N Ramaiah and R Tarun Sai

This paper aims to give overview on self-curing concrete made by means of various self-curing agents by using different water-cement ratios and various dosages of self-curing agents. Water consumption is huge for the process of preparing concrete and also during the process of 28 days of curing. It is said that the construction industry is the second largest industry to use huge quantities of water. For the constructions in the desert regions or in the places where water scarcity is available, it is difficult to manage the required quantity of water and hence the water which is available in the small water bodies like ponds and rivers are being used for the construction activities. This leads to the depletion of water in the water-scarce zones. Pertaining to this, the demand has raised in the construction industry to prepare concrete that consumes less amount of water but with desirable properties. Self-curing or internal curing concrete is a type of modern concretes that doesn’t require any amount of water throughout the development of curing concrete members. The self-curing nature for concrete is attained by using different self-curing agents like polymeric glycol, lightweight aggregates, polyethylene glycol, etc., This paper provides a detailed review of literature on various researches which were conducted on self-curing concrete at varied conditions.  Self-curing concrete can be seen as an alternative to conventional concrete in the near future.

Keywords: Internal Curing Concrete, Polyethylene Glycol, Self-curing Agent, Concrete Materials, Mechanical Properties.