Mitigating autogenous shrinkage by internal curing

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-218, Issue , 2004, Pages 143-154

  Geiker, Mette R ^a   Bentz, Dale P ^b   Jensen, Ole Mejlhede ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autogenous deformation; Autogenous RH change; Early age cracking; Internal curing; Lightweight fine aggregates; Mortar

Indexed keywords

CURING; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE; MORTAR; SILICA FUME; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; COMPUTER MODELING; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; PARTIALLY SATURATED; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER PARTICLES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CROSS SECTIONS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

SHRINKAGE;

EID: 85111734198     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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