Short-term tensile creep and shrinkage of ultra-high performance concrete

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Garas, Victor Y ^a   Kahn, Lawrence F ^a   Kurtis, Kimberly E ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Curing; Fiber reinforcement; Reactive powder concrete; Self healing; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CONCRETE TESTING; CREEP; CREEP TESTING; CURING; FIBERS; HEAT TREATMENT; POWDERS; SHRINKAGE; STEEL; STEEL TESTING; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPRESSIVE CREEPS; DRYING SHRINKAGES; FIBER REINFORCEMENT; FREE SHRINKAGES; REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE; SELF-HEALING; STEEL FIBERS; STRENGTH RATIOS; TENSILE CREEP BEHAVIORS; TENSILE CREEP TESTING; TENSILE CREEPS; TENSILE PERFORMANCE; THERMAL TREATMENT; ULTRA HIGHS; UNDERLYING MECHANISMS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 61349145535     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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