Cracking tendency and drying shrinkage of silica fume concrete for bridge deck applications

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-77

  Whiting, David A ^a   Detwiler, Rachel J ^a   Lagergren, Eric S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Concretes; Cracking; Shrinkage; Silica fume

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRINKAGE; SILICA;

CRACKING TENDENCY; DRYING SHRINKAGE; SILICA FUME;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0033993276     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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