Life of Rcc is taken as 100 years. What will be the life of
structure after 10 years. will the strength of concrete increases or decreases.

Answer Posted / lalit bhardwaj

in fact, conc. gains its 30% strenght in 3 months, 60% strenght in 7 months and its 100 % strenght in 1 year.
however, this strenght and life of concrete depends upon
various factors like climate, quality of materials etc.
but after 15 to 20 years it may starts loosing its strenght

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