Question { 11929 }
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
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