Using simple soil water content sensors to measure water availability in fresh concrete

Preventing plastic shrinkage cracks improves the durability of concrete. This is because serve as pathways by which corroding agents can penetrate Freshly cast concrete a saturated mixture reactive and non-reactive materials. As water moves out mass used in hydration process, free reduces. Eventually, be considered to unsaturated. In this research project, viability using soil content sensors measure change availability from fresh state early-age was explored. The measured dielectric permittivity. permittivity, cumulative evaporation setting time mortars with varying water/cement ratios were tested. It found that constant influenced changes mortar have potential qualitatively monitor cement content, bleeding, evaporation. Further work required field.