Effects of superabsorbent polymers on shrinkage of concrete: Plastic, autogenous, drying

Application of Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP) in Concrete Construction: State-of-the-Art Report Prepared by Technical Committee 225-SAP

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 63-98

  Mechtcherine, Viktor ^a   Dudziak, Lukasz ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; SHRINKAGE;

AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; INTERNAL CURING; LOW PERMEABILITY; LOW WATER; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER; VOLUMETRIC CHANGES;

CURING;

EID: 84982789569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2733-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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