Cracking behavior of concrete with shrinkage reducing admixtures and PVA fibers

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 699-704

  Passuello, Alexandra ^a   Moriconi, Giacomo ^a   Shah, Surendra P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracking; Prediction of cracking; PVA fibers; Shrinkage; Shrinkage reducing admixtures

Indexed keywords

CRACK OPENING; CRACKING; CRACKING BEHAVIOR; DRYING SHRINKAGES; FIBER DOSAGES; FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETES; PREDICTION OF CRACKING; PVA FIBER; PVA FIBERS; SHRINKAGE REDUCING ADMIXTURES; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETE ADDITIVES; CRACKS; FIBERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SHRINKAGE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 70349795438     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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