Plastic shrinkage cracking of normal and high-strength concrete: A comparative study

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-40

  Samman, Tamim A ^a   Mirza, Wajahat H ^a   Wafa, Faisal F ^a  

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Author keywords

Concrete panels; Concretes; Crack propagation; Cracking (fracturing); Evaporation; High strength concretes; Mix proportioning; Normal strength concretes; Plastic shrinkage

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; EVAPORATION; FRACTURE; SHRINKAGE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; WIND;

HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES; MIX PROPORTIONING; NORMAL STRENGTH CONCRETES; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0029779063     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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