Tensile Creep Behavior of Concrete Subject to Constant Restraint at Very Early Ages
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Abstract
Tensile stress develops in concrete when shrinkage deformations and restraints (internal or external) exist. Utilization of appropriate creep or relaxation functions is crucial for assessing stress and the associated cracking potential in concrete, especially at early ages when chemical and physical properties change rapidly. The existing models, developed either from compressive creep tests or conventional tensile creep tests with constant loads applied at certain ages, were found to be unsuitable for such stress evaluation. This study was performed to investigate the restrained strain-stress development and tensile creep behavior of concrete subject to constant restraint starting at very early ages, which well represents field conditions of actual structures. Restrained stresses were measured using a specially designed frame. The concretes were cured and tested at two different temperatures (23°C versus 33°C) and ground granulated blast furnace slag contents (0% versus 30% of the total cementitious materials by mass). A modified tensile creep model is proposed to account for the high viscosity of concrete under constantly restrained conditions, allowing more accurate assessments of stress and cracking potential in structures such as slabs or pavements on the ground.
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This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation of China under Grant 51108246. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 25 • Issue 9 • September 2013
Pages: 1277 - 1284
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Received: Feb 1, 2012
Accepted: Aug 28, 2012
Published online: Aug 31, 2012
Discussion open until: Jan 31, 2013
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