Cracking Tendency of Self-Compacting Concrete Subjected to Restrained Shrinkage: Experimental Study and Modeling
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 18, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper presents a study on cracking risk due to shrinkage of self-compacting concrete (SCC). Cracking of SCC was investigated through a comparison of material properties, such as shrinkage, modulus of elasticity, creep, and fracture parameters, between SCC mixtures and ordinary concrete (OC) mixtures. Restrained shrinkage tests (ring tests) were also performed on the same mixtures. Numerical simulations were then used to assess the correlation between material properties and results of restrained shrinkage tests. SCC and OC were found to have equivalent shrinkage cracking tendency, provided that compressive strength is kept the same and that SCC has adequate segregation resistance.
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Acknowledgments
The writers gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the French Research Program “Projet National B@P” and the society “VM Materiaux.” They also wish also to thank P. Arora, a student from the University of New Delhi for his help.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 18 • Issue 1 • February 2006
Pages: 46 - 54
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Received: Jul 20, 2004
Accepted: Nov 15, 2004
Published online: Feb 1, 2006
Published in print: Feb 2006
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