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CaseStudiesConstructionMaterials Mon,Oct12,2015at7:32PMTo:fahimahmed.ce@gmail.com

Ms.Ref.No.:CSCMD1500050Title:EffectofInternalCuringonConcretePropertiesCaseStudiesinConstructionMaterials

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Reviewer#1:AuthorsperformedaninterestingexperimentalworkfocusingontheuseofLWAasanalternativemethodforinternalcuringofconcretemixtures.Howevermuchmoreworkhastobedonebeforefinalacceptanceandpublicationofthemanuscript.

Abstract:Pleaserewritethelastsentence.Itdoesnotmakesense.

Introduction.Thisisthemostwellwrittenpartofthispaperantheonlyonerelatedwithreferences.Somecorrectionsarealsoneeded.ACISP:isAmericanConcreteInstituteSpecialPublication,notsuperplasticizer.Refertoitasfollowing:".fromwhichaspecialpublication(ACISP)was."_Nominalsizeofbrickis..YoprobablyrefertoIndianStandards.SincethisisanInternationalJournal,youhavetoclarifythat.Thesameisvalidfortheclassificationofbricksinfivestandards.UseiSIunits(MPa)alloveryourtextaswellasinallyourtablesandfigures.Ifyoualsowanttousepsivalues,createasecondverticalaxisinyourfigures.III.Experimentalprograms.Rewritethelasttwosentences.Itisnotclearforthereader.ResultsandDiscussion.Discussionistotallymissinginthissection.Arethereanyrelevantworksavailableintheliterature?Howareyourresultsconnectingwiththeirfindings?Andfinally,whatisreallynewinyourpaper?Testingcylinders.MentionthestandardyouusedforestimatingModulusofElasticity.Howmanyspecimenshaveyouusedforeachtest?Yourresultsarethemeanvalueofone,twoorthreespeciemens?Whatarethedeviationsinanycase?Explaintheresultsandyourfindings.Donotjustdescribethetrendofthecurvesinyourfigures.Trytoconnectthetrendswithotherrelevantresultsavailableintheliterature.DataonTable5andfigure11isnotcorrectaccordingtoFigure6,f28valueofmixtureCA0%w/v/=0.50isabout3000psi,not2400psiasyoumentiononTable5.TherearemoremistakesinthisTabletoo.Checkallyourresults.

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