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To investigate the early-age behaviors of concrete under a restrained condition, a set of apparatus was developed. In this way, the tensile creep and other early-age properties can be investigated in depth. By measuring the modulus of elasticity of concrete, synchronous shrinkage of concrete and steel rings and free shrinkage of concrete, the deformations of concrete ring can be quantified respectively. The experimental results show the tensile stress in concrete is time-dependent, and the stress at cracking is much lower than the tensile strength at that age; the tensile creep plays an important role in relaxing the tensile stress and postponing the cracking of concrete.
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Ma, X., Cao, L., Hooton, R.D. et al. Time-dependent early-age behaviors of concrete under restrained condition. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol. 22, 350–353 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-005-2350-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-005-2350-1