Abstract:The lateral pressure of very earlyage concrete on the formwork directly affects the formwork design, whose numerical size is controlled by the casting rate, concrete mix,temperature, surface characteristics, size and shape of formwork and the depth of the casting concrete and so on. Therefore, the influencing mechanism is quite complicated. Based on theory analysis, a model test which can obtain the lateral pressure under the condition of different concrete mix was designed, and the measuring results were analyzed. The test results show that the vertical distribution of lateral pressure is similar to the hydrostatic pressure, but significantly less than the hydrostatic pressure. As the concrete watercement ratio increases, the initial template lateral pressure gets closer to the hydrostatic pressure, and the lateral pressure drops faster. The cancellation of lateral pressure occurs after the end of the dormant period of cement hydration. The accelerated rate of formation of hydrates enables the material to become selfbearing, which leads the rapid decrease of lateral interaction towards zero.