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Basic and drying creep of concrete

  • RILEM Symposium Munich, April 1–3 1968
  • Physical and Chemical Causes of Creep and Shrinkage of Concrete
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L'examen du facteur de facilité de formation d'un gel et du paramètre P de fluage, ce qui inclut les concentrations en volume du gel et de la pâte de ciment, ainsi que l'emploi d'une réaction hyperbolique fluage-temps, ont permis d'élaborer une expression du fluage du type de l'équation (13), qui indique que le fluage est proportionnel au rapport contrainte-résistance et qu'il s'accroît avec le volume du gel et, dans le cas de fluage au séchage, avec le retrait simultané. Les résultats d'essais effectués sur des bétons confectionnés avec un ciment de type I sont présentés et analysés en fonction de l'expression proposée. On montre que la réactivité est plus forte dans des conditions de stockage à l'humidité que dans une atmosphère à 50% h.r. Il faut au moins 100 jours pour que la réactivité s'accomplisse.

Summary

From considerations of the gel compliance factor and of a creep parameter P, involving the volume concentrations of gel and of cement paste, and using a hyperbolic creep-time expression, an expression for creep of the type of Eq. (13) has been derived. This indicates that creep is proportional to the stress-strength ratio, and that it also increases with an increase in the volume of gel and, in the case of drying creep, with concurrent shrinkage. Test results on concretes made with Type I cement are presented and analyzed with respect to the proposed expression. It is shown that creep recovery is higher under wet storage conditions than at a relative humidity of 50%. The time necessary for the recovery to be complete is at least 100 days.

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Neville, A.M., Ward, M.A. & Kwei, G.C.S. Basic and drying creep of concrete. Mat. Constr. 2, 117–124 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02475099

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