Effects of Internal Curing on Inclusion in Prepackaged Cementitious Grout and Ultra-High Performance Concrete Materials

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Parabéns aos autores pela originalidade do manuscrito. Considerando a importância para a sustentabilidade no planeta, este artigo descreve uma metodologia muito interessante para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas. 

Congratulations to the authors for the originality of the manuscript. Considering the importance for the sustainability of the planet, this article describes a very interesting methodology for the development of research.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you so much for taking the time to review this document. We really appreciate your kind words. We certainly do hope that this article is helpful to the community in many ways.

Thanks again,

Authors

Reviewer 2 Report

The paper provided a new internal curing method for proprietary prepackaged materials. It is valuable for practical engineering. However, several concerns should be addressed.

(1) Figure 3(f), the shinkage of UHPC control was as small as 300 microstrain, the reviewer doubt the UHPC control including SRA, EA,or IC originally, in other word, UHPC controll was non-shrinkage material intrinsically. Please the authors clarify this question.

(2) The sieved LWA and EG has negligible effect on the shrinkage of propietary prepackaged UHPC. The revewer suggests delete the contents about UHPC, and change the article title.

 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you so much for taking time to review the manuscript. I tried my best to addressed your concerns and I hope I was successful in doing so. Please let the authors know if the content is more clear and if the manuscript needs more modifications.

Thanks again, 

Authors

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Reviewer 3 Report

The authors have sufficiently addressed my concerns, so I recommend this paper for publication in Sustainability in its current form.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you so much for taking the time to review this document. The authors are really glad that you are satisfied with the content of the document. We hope that this article is helpful to the community in many ways.

Thanks again,

Authors