Archive for the ‘Shrinkage and Curling of Slabs on Grade’ Category

Factors affecting shrinkage Powers; Meininger; and Tremper and Spellman are the three references I have used most to explain the causes of drying shrinkage. Each of them point out that water demand of the separate materials used in concrete is the major determinant of the shrinkage of concrete. I maintain that variations in water demand caused by the separate concrete ingredients has a far greater effect […]

A Series examining the causes of shrinkage and curling of slabs on grade and design considerations that can minimize these effects.