Engineering Concrete Performance: Comparing Chemical and Physical Options for Producing Desired Properties

People have attempted to engineer concrete performance since the first concrete bridge was built in the United States in 1889. The author examines several areas in concrete performance engineering, including rheological performance, segregation in self-consolidating concrete, plastic shrinkage cracking, autogenous shrinkage and early-age cracking, high early strength, resistance to freezing and thawing, transport/reaction-based degradation processes, and computational tools. A table lists some freely available concrete performance prediction computational tools, including several offered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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• Authors:
  • Bentz, Dale P
• Publication Date: 2007-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 33-37
• Serial:
  • Concrete International
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0162-4075

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Chemical properties; Cracking; Engineering; Freezing; Physical properties; Rheological properties; Self compacting concrete; Thaw
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Autogenous shrinkage; Computation; Concrete performance; Degradation; Early age cracking; High early strength; Plastic shrinkage; Segregation
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081167
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 26 2007 9:55AM