Internal curing of engineered cementitious composites for prevention of early age autogenous shrinkage cracking

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 893-901

  Şahmaran, Mustafa ^a   Lachemi, Mohamed ^b   Hossain, Khandaker M A ^b   Li, Victor C ^c  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autogenous shrinkage; Drying shrinkage; Engineered cementitious composites (ECC); Flexural test; Internal curing; Uniaxial tensile test

Indexed keywords

AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; DRYING SHRINKAGE; ENGINEERED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES (ECC); FLEXURAL TEST; INTERNAL CURING; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST;

AGGREGATES; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACKS; CURING; DEWATERING; DRYING; DUCTILITY; FLY ASH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SHRINKAGE; SILICA; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING;

SILICA SAND;

EID: 69249215227     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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