Effect of pre-soaked superabsorbent polymer on shrinkage of high-strength concrete

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2741-2758

  Kong, Xiang ming ^a,b   Zhang, Zhen lin ^a   Lu, Zi chen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autogenous shrinkage; Cement hydration; High strength concrete; Pore structure; Super absorbent polymer

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXING; CONCRETES; DROPS; HARDENING; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; POLYMERS; PORE STRUCTURE; SHRINKAGE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; CEMENT HYDRATION; CEMENT HYDRATION PROCESS; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES; SHRINKAGE PREDICTION MODEL; STRENGTH-REDUCING EFFECTS; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER;

CURING;

EID: 84938289476     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-014-0351-2     Document Type: Article

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