Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is highly workable concrete with high strength and high performance that can flow under its own weight through restricted sections without segregation and bleeding. SCC is achieved by reducing the volume ratio of aggregate to cementitious materials, increasing the paste volume and using various viscosity enhancing admixtures and superplasticizers. It is observed that the behaviour of the design concrete mix is significantly affected by variation in humidity and

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... perature both in fresh and hardened state. In this paper effect of few water-based curing techniques on shear strength of M30 grade self-compacting concrete (M30SCC) is discussed and compared with shear strength of normal vibrated concrete of same grade (M30NVC). It is concluded that although pond immersion method is best for curing, Sea water and wet covering curing can deliver more than 83% shear strength compared to immersion method. It can be observed that shear strength of M30SCC is more than M30NVC in all the curing techniques.