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Fatal Factor for Durability: Drying Shrinkage

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Drying shrinkage is one of the basic properties of concrete. When concrete structures are in the circumstances of open air, or dry and hot atmosphere, various degrees of drying shrinkage cracks will occur after certain times.

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Yang, W. (2015). Fatal Factor for Durability: Drying Shrinkage. In: The Issues and Discussion of Modern Concrete Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47247-7_11

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