COLE COUNTY INDUSTRIES

PLASTIC SHRINKAGE CALCULATION CHART

100

RELATIVE
90
HUMIDITY (%) CONCRETE
80
TEMPERATURE (F)
0
70

60 100
50
90
40
80
30
60 70
20
50
10
40

40 50 60 70 80 90 100
WIND VELOCITY
AIR TEMPERATURE (F) 0.8

0.7
25 MPH

0.6
20 MPH
0.5
RATE OF
15 MPH
EVAPORATION 0.4
(lb / ft2 / hr)
0.3 10 MPH

0.2
5 MPH

0.1
2 MPH
0 MPH
0

TO USE THE ABOVE CHART, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:

1 Enter with air temperature
2 Move up to relative humidity
3 Move right to concrete temperature
4 Move down to wind velocity
5 Move left to read approximate rate of evaporation.

Example:
1 60 degrees, up to
2 humidity (30%), right to
3 Concrete temperature (70 deg) down to
4 Wind velocity (17 mph), left to
 COLE COUNTY INDUSTRIES
PLASTIC SHRINKAGE CALCULATION CHART
5 Rate of evaporation (.25 lb / ft2 / hr.)