“…4,5 Various methods of curing includes immersion in water, 6 sprinkling, 7 wet coverings, 8 plastic sheet covering, 9 open air curing, 10 and curing with use of chemical admixtures 11 or internal curing with use of natural fibers. 12,13 Many researchers have studied the effect of curing conditions on the strength development and shrinkage of ordinary concrete, 14 high-performance concrete, [15][16][17] lightweight concrete, 18 self-compacting concrete, 19,20 concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials as silica fume, 21,22 fly ash, 23 geopolymers, 24,25 clay, fly ash-clay, or shale ceramsite. 26 The actual concrete curing starts in the moment of compaction -maintaining ambient relative humidity over 90% limits shrinkage deformations to a large extent.…”