Evaluation of plastic shrinkage cracking of self-consolidating concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 272-279

  Turcry, Philippe ^a   Loukili, Ahmed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CIVIL ET MÉCANIQUE GEM   (France)

Author keywords

Concrete; Plastic shrinkage; Self consolidating concrete; Shrinkage cracking

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC SHRINKAGE; SELF CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE; SELF CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE (SCC); SHRINKAGE CRACKING;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CONSOLIDATION; CRACK INITIATION; EVAPORATION; SETTING; SHRINKAGE;

PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

EID: 33748526879     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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