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Cracking by restrained shrinkage in reinforced concrete structures

Authors: Farid BENBOUDJEMA, Aveline DARQUENNES

Publication date: May 10, 2015

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1. Shrinkage deformations

1.1 Endogenous withdrawal

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1.1.1 Mechanisms

Endogenous shrinkage is a deformation of the material that cannot be avoided due to its dependence on cement hydration.

It occurs under isothermal conditions and in the total absence of any water exchange with the outside environment.

This deformation results from the combination of two phenomena (figure

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