Mitigation strategies for autogenous shrinkage cracking

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 677-685

  Bentz, D P ^a   Jensen, O M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracking; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CRACK INITIATION; EVAPORATION; HYDRATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHRINKAGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DRYING SHRINKAGES; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETES (HPC); HYDRATING PASTE STRUCTURE; MIXTURE COMPOSITION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 2642578823     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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