Creep, shrinkage, and cracking of restrained concrete at early age

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-331

  Altoubat, Salah A ^a   Lange, David A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cracking (fracturing); Creep; Curing; Early ages (of concrete); Fiber; Shrinkage; Steel

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CREEP; CURING; STEEL; STRESS RELAXATION;

HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETES (HPC);

CONCRETES;

EID: 0035412977     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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