Effects of shrinkage reducing admixture in shrinkage compensating concrete under non-wet curing conditions

The practice of using expansive agents has been recommended to manufacture shrinkage-compensating concrete provided that an adequate wet curing is carried out. On the other hand, more recently the use of shrinkage reducing admixture (SRA) has been suggested to improve concrete performance in terms of lower risk of cracking related to drying shrinkage. However, neither expansive agent nor SRA, when used separately, can definitively and safely avoid the risk of cracking caused by drying shrinkage in real concrete structures under the practical conditions of curing on many job-sites. This paper shows the advantages of the combined use of SRA and CaO-based expansive agent to produce shrinkage-compensating concrete even in the absence of an adequate wet curing. (A) "Reprinted with permission from Elsevier".

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• Authors:
  • COLLEPARDI, M
  • BORSOI, A
  • COLLEPARDI, S
  • Ogoumah Olagot, J J
  • TROLI, R
• Publication Date: 2005-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 704-8
• Serial:
  • Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0958-9465

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Admixtures; Concrete; Concrete curing; Durability; Shrinkage; Tests
• ITRD Terms: 4736: Admixture; 4755: Concrete; 4702: Curing (concrete); 5910: Durability; 4743: Shrinkage; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01012473
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 20 2005 3:31PM