Early age cracking of reinforced concrete bridge decks

Bridge Structures

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-396

  William, Gergis W ^a   Shoukry, Samir N ^a   Riad, Mourad Y ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Bridge instrumentation; Concrete shrinkage; Early age cracks; Thermal stresses

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE INSTRUMENTATION; CONCRETE SHRINKAGE; CONSTRAINING EFFECTS; CONTRACTION AND EXPANSION; EARLY AGE; INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS; LONGITUDINAL STRESS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

BRIDGE DECKS; CONCRETE PLACING; CRACKS; INSTRUMENTS; SENSORS; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL STRESS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 55649108126     PISSN: 15732487     EISSN: 17448999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732480500483828     Document Type: Article

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