Experimental study on the relationship between shrinkage and interior humidity of concrete at early age

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-199

  Zhang, J ^a   Dongwei, H ^a   Wei, S ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT HYDRATION; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CRACKING RISK; EARLY AGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREE SHRINKAGES; FRESH CONCRETE; GLOBAL DEFORMATIONS; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES; INDUCED STRESS; INTERIOR HUMIDITY; INTERNAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PLASTIC STATE; SHRINKAGE STRAINS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CEMENTS; DEFORMATION; HYDRATION; MOISTURE;

SHRINKAGE;

EID: 77952944989     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: 1751763X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2010.62.3.191     Document Type: Article

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