Tensile creep of concrete: Study of its sensitivity to basic parameters

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 360-368

  Bissonnette, Benoît ^a   Pigeon, Michel ^a   Vaysburd, Alexander M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Vaycon Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracking; Drying shrinkage; Elastic modulus; Fiber reinforcement; Tensile creep; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

DRYING SHRINKAGE; FIBER REINFORCEMENT;

CRACK INITIATION; DRYING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 34547665136     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Felt, E. J., "Resurfacing and Patching Concrete Pavement with Bonded Concrete," Proceedings of the Highway Research Board, 1956, pp. 444-469.
2. Illston, J. M., "The Creep of Concrete under Uniaxial Tension," Magazine of Concrete Research, V. 17, No. 51, 1965, pp. 77-84.
3. Cook, D. J., "Some Aspects of the Mechanism of Tensile Creep in Concrete," ACI JOURNAL, Proceedings V. 69, No. 10, Oct. 1972, pp. 645-649.
4. Domone, P. L., "Uniaxial Tensile Creep and Failure of Concrete," Magazine of Concrete Research, V. 26, No. 88, 1974, pp. 144-152.
5. Brooks, J. J., and Neville, A. M., "A Comparison of Creep, Elasticity and Strength of Concrete in Tension and in Compression," Magazine of Concrete Research, V. 29, No. 100, 1977, pp. 131-141.
6. Kovler, K., "Interdependence of Creep and Shrinkage for Concrete under Tension," Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, V. 7, No. 2, 1995, pp. 96-101.
7. Bissonnette, B., and Pigeon, M., "Tensile Creep at Early Ages of Ordinary, Silica Fume and Fiber Reinforced Concrete," Cement and Concrete Research, V. 25, No. 5, 1995, pp. 1075-1085.
8. Poston, R. W.; Kesner, K.; McDonald, J. E.; Vaysburd, A. M.; and Emmons, P. H., "Concrete Repair Material Performance-Laboratory Study," ACI Materials Journal, V. 98, No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 2001, pp. 137-147.
9. Pigeon, M., and Bissonnette, B., "Tensile Creep and Cracking Potential of Bonded Concrete Repairs," Concrete International, V. 21, No. 11, Nov. 1999, pp. 31-35.
10. Bernard, O., "Long-Term Behavior of Composite Concrete Structures Made of Concrete Cast at Different Times," PhD thesis, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2000, 189 pp. (in French)
11. Altoubat, S. A., and Lange, D. A., "Creep, Shrinkage, and Cracking of Restrained Concrete at Early Age," ACI Materials Journal, V 98, No. 4, July-Aug. 2001, pp. 323-331.
12. See, H. T.; Attiogbe, E. K.; and Miltenberger, M. A., "Shrinkage Cracking Characteristics of Concrete Using Ring Specimens," ACI Materials Journal, V. 100, No. 3, May-June, 2003, pp. 239-245.
13. Ward, M. A., and Cook, D. J., "The Mechanism of Tensile Creep in Concrete," Magazine of Concrete Research, V. 21, No. 68, 1969, pp. 151-158.
14. Canadian Standard Association, "Concrete Materials and Methods of Concrete Construction," CSA Standard A23.1-04, 2004, 526 pp.
15. Gagné; R.; Boisvert, A.; and Pigeon, M., "Effect of Superplasticizer Dosage on Mechanical Properties, Permeability, and Freeze-Thaw Durability of High-Strength Concretes with and without Silica Fume," ACI Materials Journal, V. 93, No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 1996, pp. 111-120.
16. Al-Kubaisy, M. A., and Young, A. G., "Failure of Concrete under Sustained Tension," Magazine of Concrete Research, V. 27, No. 92, 1975, pp. 171-178.
17. Banthia, N., "Load Relaxation in Steel Fibers Embedded in Cementitious Matrices," International Journal of Cement Composites and Lightweight Concrete, V. 11, No. 4, 1989, pp. 1-6.
18. Saucier, F.; Détriché, C. H.; and Pigeon, M., "Tensile Relaxation Capacity of a Repair Concrete," Materials and Structures, V. 25, No. 150, 1992, pp. 335-346. (in French)
19. Hornain, H., "Microstructural Aspects of Metallic Fiber Reinforced Concrete," Proceedings of the Colloque Les Bétons Renforcés de Fibers Métalliques, Béthune, France, 1994, pp. 9-19. (in French)
20. Neville, A. M., Properties of Concrete, 3rd Edition, Pitman Publishing Limited, Marshfield, Mass., 1981, 779 pp.
21. Hansen, W., and Almudaiheem, J. A., "Ultimate Drying Shrinkage of Concrete-Influence of Major Parameters," ACI Materials Journal, V. 84, No. 3, May-June 1987, pp. 217-223.
22. Brooks, J. J., "Influence of Mix Proportions, Plasticizers and Superplasticizers on Creep and Drying Shrinkage of Concrete," Magazine of Concrete Research, V. 41, No. 148, 1989, pp. 145-153.
23. Hsu, T T C.; Slate, F. O.; Sturman, G. M.; and Winter, G., "Microcracking of Plain Concrete and the Shape of the Stress-Strain Curve," ACI JOURNAL, Proceedings V. 60, No. 2, Feb. 1963, pp. 209-224.
24. ACI Committee 209, "Prediction of Creep, Shrinkage and Temperature Effects in Concrete Structures (ACI 209R-92)," American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich., 1992, 47 pp.
25. Cook, D. J., "Some Aspects of the Mechanism of Tensile Creep in Concrete," ACI JOURNAL, Proceedings V. 69, No. 10, Oct. 1972, pp. 645-649.
26. Neville, A. M.; Dilger, W.; and Brooks, J. J., Creep of Plain and Structural Concrete, Construction Press, London, UK, 1983, 361 pp.