Why does ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) exhibit such low shrinkage and such low creep?

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-220, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-154

  Acker, P ^a  

^a LAFARGE CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Constitutive equations; Creep; Micromechanics; Physical analysis; Shrinkage; Viscoelasticity; Viscoplasticity

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONCRETE TESTING; CREEP; FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE; HYDRATION; ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE;

CAPILLARY TENSIONS; CREEP AND SHRINKAGES; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES; HYDRATED CEMENT PASTES; SHRINKAGE AND CREEP; STRONG CORRELATION; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETES (UHPC); VISCOPLASTIC RESPONSE;

SHRINKAGE;

EID: 84907316962     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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