Report on Early-Age Cracking, Causes, Measurement, and Mitigation 1

Report on Early-Age Cracking, Causes, Measurement, and Mitigation

Description ACI Committee 231 defines “early age” as the period afterfinal setting, during which properties are changing rapidly.For a typical Type I portland-cement concrete moist cured atroom temperature, this period is approximately 7 days. Thisdocument, however, includes discussions of early-ageeffects beyond 7 days. It is important to understand howconcrete properties change with time during early […]

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