Temperatures and stresses due to cement hydration on the R/C foundation of a wind tower-A case study

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2392-2400

  Azenha, Miguel ^a   Faria, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cement hydration; Early age concrete; Field assessment; Thermal cracking; Wind tower R C foundation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CEMENTS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FORECASTING; FOUNDATIONS; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TOWERS;

ANCHORAGE ZONES; CASE STUDIES; CEMENT HYDRATION; CONCRETE MIXTURES; EARLY AGE CONCRETE; EARLY STAGES; FIELD ASSESSMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; GRANITE MASSIF; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CRACKING; THERMAL FIELD; WIND TOWER R/C FOUNDATION; WIND TOWERS;

STRESSES;

CEMENT; CRACKING; FOUNDATION; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 50149120338     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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