Quantifying the influence of specimen geometry on the results of the restrained ring test

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Moon, Jae Heum ^a   Rajabipour, Farshad ^a   Pease, Brad ^a   Weiss, Jason ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autogenous shrinkage; Concrete; Cracking, degree of restraint; Drying shrinkage; Moisture gradient; Restrained ring test; Shrinkage cracking

Indexed keywords

AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; DEGREE OF RESTRAINT; DRYING SHRINKAGE; MOISTURE GRADIENT; RESTRAINED RING TEST; SHRINKAGE CRACKING;

CRACKS; DRYING; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOISTURE; SHRINKAGE; STIFFNESS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33748573668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI100436     Document Type: Article

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