Effects of shrinkage reducing admixture in shrinkage compensating concrete under non-wet curing conditions

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 704-708

  Collepardi, Mario ^a   Borsoi, Antonio ^a   Collepardi, Silvia ^a   Ogoumah Olagot, Jean Jacob ^a   Troli, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Expansive agent; Shrinkage compensating concrete; Shrinkage reducing agent; Wet curing

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CAPILLARY FLOW; CRACK INITIATION; CURING; DRYING; EVAPORATION; FLOORS; POLYETHYLENES; POROUS MATERIALS; SHRINKAGE;

EXPANSIVE AGENTS; SHRINKAGE COMPENSATING CONCRETE; SHRINKAGE REDUCING AGENTS; WET CURING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 17644381934     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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