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Effect of reinforcement on plastic shrinkage and settlement of self-consolidating concrete as repair material

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The experimental investigation on plastic shrinkage and plastic settlement for different self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixtures as repairing materials is presented. The concrete mixtures were placed on the surface of the concrete substrate slabs at different restraint degrees. Four different types of repairing materials such as plain SCC, SCC with silica fume (SF), SCC with latex and SF, and SCC with latex, SF and fiber were evaluated. The slabs included both reinforcement and without reinforcing bars. The tests involved measurement of concrete bleeding and evaporation rates, steel bar strains and crack characteristics. The results indicated that bleeding rate is not the only controlling factor, but restraint condition, configuration of steel bars and the concrete strain capacity are also affect plastic shrinkage and settlement behaviors significantly. Latex and fiber were found to be effective in reduction of cracks and concrete strains. Cracks did not develop on the surface of concrete containing latex and fiber. The results showed that if a slab is reinforced by one single bar (in each direction of the slab), at relatively large diameter as used in this study, it would not improve the plastic shrinkage behavior, although it causes plastic settlement cracking.

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    Parviz Ghoddousi & Ali Akbar Shirzadi Javid

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Ghoddousi, P., Javid, A.A.S. Effect of reinforcement on plastic shrinkage and settlement of self-consolidating concrete as repair material. Mater Struct 45, 41–52 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-011-9747-4

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