A complete review of the fast-developing topic of high performance concrete (HPC) by one of the leading researchers in the field. It covers all aspects of HPC from materials, properties …
G De Schutter, L Taerwe - Materials and structures, 1996 - Springer
For the evaluation of the risk of thermal cracking in hardening massive concrete elements, knowledge of the development of strength and deformability of early-age concrete is …
Long span suspension bridges cost billions. In recent decades, structural health monitoring systems have been developed to measure the loading environment and responses of these …
Y Xia, B Chen, X Zhou, Y Xu - Structural Control and Health …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
It is important to take into account the effect of temperature in assessing the structural condition of bridges. However, very few quantitative studies have examined the temperature …
Q Kong, S Hou, Q Ji, YL Mo… - Smart Materials and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Very early age (0–20 h) concrete hydration is a complicated chemical reaction. During the very early age period, the concrete condition dramatically changes from liquid …
In this paper, we present a new multi-physics computational framework that enables us to capture and investigate complex fracture behavior in cement-based materials at early-age …
FA Branco, PA Mendes - Journal of Structural Engineering, 1993 - ascelibrary.org
Thermal effects have been frequently associated with concrete-bridge damage. The nonlinear temperature distributions that arise in bridges are not easily estimated and are …
R Faria, M Azenha, JA Figueiras - Cement and concrete composites, 2006 - Elsevier
In view of the growing use of High Performance Concrete, with large hydration-induced volumetric changes (both thermal and shrinkage related), numerical modelling of concrete at …
These recommendations have been prepared by the corresponding working group within RILEM TC 287-CCS “Early-age and long-term crack width analysis in RC structures” …