AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE SHRINKAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASTIC MORTARS

An apparatus designed primarily to measure shrinkage forces developed in a restrained specimen of cement paste or mortar is described. On the basis of tests carried out, it is concluded that the apparatus may be used to assess qualitatively the tendency for mortars to form plastic shrinkage cracks./TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  An Foras Forbartha

  St Martin's House, Waterloo Road
  Dublin 4,   Ireland 
• Authors:
  • Orr, DMF
  • Haigh, G F
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 43-48
• Serial:
  • MAGAZINE OF CONCRETE RESEARCH
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 74
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0024-9831

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cement paste; Cracking; Equipment; Measurement; Mortar; Plastic deformation; Qualitative analysis; Shrinkage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083856
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM