Super absorbing polymers as an internal curing agent for mitigation of early-age cracking of high-performance concrete bridge decks

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Craeye, Bart ^a,b   Geirnaert, Matthew ^a   Schutter, Geert De ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autogenous shrinkage; Early age cracking; High performance concrete; Internal curing; Super absorbing polymers

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE MIXTURES; CRACKS; CURING; DEFORMATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); HYDRATION; POLYMERS; SHRINKAGE;

ABSORBING POLYMERS; AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; EARLY AGE CRACKING; EARLY-AGE CRACKING RISK; EXPANSIVE DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; INTERNAL CURING; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES;

HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE;

EID: 77957664588     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.06.063     Document Type: Review

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