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Restrained shrinkage behavior of heat-cured, high early-strength high-performance concrete (HES-HPC)
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Restrained shrinkage behavior of heat-cured, high early-strength high-performance concrete (HES-HPC)
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Eagelton
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Jonathan
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1990-
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Jonathan Eagelton
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Hani
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Hani Nassif
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chair
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Husam Najm
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internal member
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HAO WANG
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2014
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2014-01
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eng
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For decades, High Performance Concrete has commonly been used in bridge decks due to its high strength and durability. Despite these properties, cracking in decks continues to be a challenge for bridge engineers. Cracking in bridge decks can lead to weaker structural members, increased damage during freeze-thaw cycles, and accelerated corrosion. These issues lead to more frequent maintenance as the deck needs to be replaced, which raises costs. Causes of cracking includes: harsh weather conditions during pour or curing, high shrinkage stresses, and extremely high live loads due to overweight truck traffic. There is some belief that freshly poured concrete will develop some stress as adjacent lanes are loaded with trucks. Since the concrete is still weak at this stage, it is believed that the strain caused by this stress generation may be large enough to cause cracking. Because of this, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) has recently developed Supplementary Technical Specifications for a High Early Strength HPC (HES-HPC) to replace bridge decks during staged construction. Higher early age strength can be achieved by increasing the rate of hydration, which can be accomplished with higher temperatures. Part of the specifications suggests the use of a heat blanket to keep the concrete at higher temperatures in the early hours to achieve a faster strength gain. Despite this proposition, heat blanket cured concrete has yet to be tested for restrained shrinkage using the ring test. Additionally, shrinkage reducing admixture has yet to be studied for HES-HPC, despite the possibility of its applicability. The restrained shrinkage ring test is used to compare the cracking tendency of HPC, typical HES-HPC, and heat cured HES-HPC. Shrinkage reducing admixture is also studied to determine if it can be practically applied to HES-HPC. Results of the restrained shrinkage test are also correlated with the free shrinkage results. Crack development is monitored throughout the test and used for comparison.
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Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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x, 106 p. : ill.
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Jonathan Eagelton
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High strength concrete--Cracking
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High strength concrete--Expansion and contraction
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Concrete bridges--Floors
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3J1017Z
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ETD graduate
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Eagelton
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Jonathan
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2014-01-02 15:37:57
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Jonathan Eagelton
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2014-01-31
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2016-01-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after January 31st, 2016.
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