The utilization of shrinkage reducing admixture (SRA) in concrete has been received
considerable attention in recent years. SRA is being used very commonly to reduce the …

Creep and shrinkage of concrete under restrained conditions during the first days after
casting have been characterized by experiments that provide data on shrinkage and tensile …

The long-term performance of concrete structures is affected to a large extent by the
properties and behaviour of concrete at early age. However, the fundamental mechanisms …

Viscoelastic behavior of early-age normal and high-strength concrete has been investigated.
The study shows that concrete exhibits high tensile creep strain if loaded at an age less than …

The thesis deals with experimental and numerical modelling to characterize early age
tensile and compressive creep and its associated stress relaxation-which are very important …

At early ages (less than 24 h), cracking can occur in concrete because it can be subjected to
dimensional changes, due to shrinkage, can generate loads which are greater than the low …

A moisture gradient develops as concrete dries, inducing a drying shrinkage stress gradient
that can lead to early-age cracking in restrained concrete. A new internal relative humidity …

Creep and shrinkage of concrete under sealed and wet curing conditions have been
investigated to determine the tensile basic creep of concrete during the first days after …

Modern high performance concretes have low water cement ratios and do often includesilica
fume. Also early age high strength cements are often applied and when all thesefactors sum …

This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of uniaxial restraint tests for evaluation of
behavior and cracking potential of early-age cementitious systems in the last five decades …