Crack mitigation effects of shrinkage reducing admixtures

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-204, Issue , 2001, Pages 155-170

  Bentur, A ^a   Berke, N S ^b   Dallaire, M P ^c   Durning, T A ^d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracking; Creep; Drying shrinkage; Fibers; Restrained shrinkage; Shrinkage reducing admixture

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE ADDITIVES; CONCRETE MIXTURES; CURING; DRYING; HARDENING; POLYPROPYLENES; SHRINKAGE;

ADMIXTURE; CRACKING PERFORMANCE; DRYING SHRINKAGES; HARDENED CONCRETE; MITIGATION EFFECTS; PERFORMANCE; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE CRACKINGS; RESTRAINED SHRINKAGE; SHRINKAGE REDUCING ADMIXTURES; SHRINKAGE TEST;

FIBERS;

EID: 0013023762     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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