This paper provides an overview of the early-age properties of concrete, from a materials
science and concrete engineering perspective. The aim of this manuscript is to contribute to …

Thermal shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage usually develop in concrete at early age,
which may contribute to the occurrence of cracking when the stress induced from restrained …

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 …

A numerical model has been developed to predict early-age cracking for massive concrete
structures. Taking into account creep at early-age is essential if one wants to predict …

Composite structures consist of several building materials that work together in a monolithic
way. They are widely used in constructions as for example in bridges. The most common …

This study is focused on the behaviour of concrete at early-age in massive structures, in
relation with the prediction of both cracking risk and residual stresses, which is still a …

Several tests, devoted to the study of cracking due to autogenous and drying shrinkage,
exist in the literature. They are generally not relevant for the study of massive structures for …

The stiffness of cementitious materials decreases with increasing temperature. Herein,
macroscopic samples of mature cement pastes are subjected at 20, 30, and 45° C …

Early age cracking of massive concrete structures highly depends on creep and especially
basic and thermal tensile creep. Direct tensile test are difficult to perform and actually no …

We propose a micromechanics model for aging basic creep of early-age concrete.
Therefore, we formulate viscoelastic boundary value problems on two representative volume …