Minimisation of early age thermal cracking in a J-shaped non-reinforced massive concrete quay wall

Engineering Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 801-808

  De Schutter, G ^a   Vuylsteke, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracking; Heat of hydration; Quay wall; Thermal stresses

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORROSION; DURABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRATION; OPTIMIZATION; STRESSES;

CONCRETE QUAY WALLS; THERMAL CRACKING;

QUAY WALLS;

CONCRETE; CRACKING;

EID: 16544366652     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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