CONCRETE SHRINKAGE PREDICTION USING MATURITY AND ACTIVATION ENERGY

dc.contributor.advisorGoulias, Dimitrios G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Christopher Stevenen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T06:09:50Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T06:09:50Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractShrinkage is a complex material response that often affects concrete in an adverse manner. The characteristics of the natural environment in which concrete is placed and the rate of strength development have been used to model the rate of shrinkage development. Furthermore, concrete maturity has been used to predict the rate of strength development of concrete cured at different temperatures. This study sought to find a correlation between activation energy based concrete maturity and concrete shrinkage. A single concrete mixture was tested to determine the apparent activation energy of the mixture and the shrinkage under varying environmental conditions. A shrinkage model incorporating relative humidity and temperature was developed to predict the shrinkage of the concrete mixture. A relationship between concrete shrinkage and activation energy based maturity was investigated.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9561
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Civilen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledActivation Energyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledConcreteen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMaturityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledShrinkageen_US
dc.titleCONCRETE SHRINKAGE PREDICTION USING MATURITY AND ACTIVATION ENERGYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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