Implementing capillary pressure control measures to prevent plastic shrinkage cracking in concrete

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dc.contributor.author Deysel, Renier Christiaan
dc.contributor.author Boshoff, W.P. (Billy)
dc.contributor.author Smit, Martha Sophia
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-14T05:23:47Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-14T05:23:47Z
dc.date.issued 2023-09
dc.description DATA AVAILABILITY : Data will be made available on request. en_US
dc.description.abstract Plastic shrinkage cracking occurs when fresh concrete is drying and restrained from deformation, which typically results in cracking. The tensile stresses causing cracking result from the negative capillary pressure that develops in the drying concrete. This study developed a model that uses live in-situ capillary pressure measurements in fresh concrete to control the capillary pressure response to prevent plastic shrinkage cracking at any reasonable evaporation rate, making it a valuable tool for preventing plastic shrinkage cracking. en_US
dc.description.department Civil Engineering en_US
dc.description.librarian am2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.elsevier.com/locate/conbuildmat en_US
dc.identifier.citation Deysel, R.C., Boshoff, W.P., Smit, M.S. 2023, 'Implementing capillary pressure control measures to prevent plastic shrinkage cracking in concrete', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 397, art. 132407, pp. 1-11. https://DOI.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132407. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0950-0618 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1879-0526 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132407
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95936
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.rights © 2023 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license. en_US
dc.subject Plastic shrinkage en_US
dc.subject Plastic shrinkage cracking en_US
dc.subject Fresh concrete en_US
dc.subject Tensiometers en_US
dc.subject Capillary pressure en_US
dc.subject No cracking capillary pressure boundary model en_US
dc.subject Empirical model en_US
dc.subject SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure en_US
dc.title Implementing capillary pressure control measures to prevent plastic shrinkage cracking in concrete en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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