Thermal Cracking of Massive Concrete Structures: State of the Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 254-CMS (RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports Book 27)

This book provides a State of the Art Report (STAR) produced by RILEM Technical Committee 254-CMS ‘Thermal Cracking of Mas-sive Concrete Structures’. Several recent developments related to the old problem of understanding/predicting stresses originated from the evolution of the hydration of concrete are at the origin of the creation this technical committee. Having identified a lack in the organization of up-to-date scientific and technological knowledge about cracking induced by hydration heat effects, this STAR aims to provide both practitioners and scientists with a deep integrated overview of consolidated knowledge, together with recent developments on this subject. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx Introduction (Eduardo M. R. Fairbairn, Miguel Azenha)....Pages 1-12 Hydration and Heat Development (Laurie Lacarrière, Agnieszka Knoppik, Wilson Ricardo Leal da Silva, Tulio Honorio, Vit Šmilauer, Shingo Asamoto et al.)....Pages 13-46 Thermal Properties (Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Agnieszka Knoppik, Wilson R. Leal da Silva, Pietro Lura, Tulio Honorio, Yunus Ballim et al.)....Pages 47-67 Mechanical Properties (Farid Benboudjema, Jérôme Carette, Brice Delsaute, Tulio Honorio de Faria, Agnieszka Knoppik, Laurie Lacarrière et al.)....Pages 69-114 Mixture Proportioning for Crack Avoidance (Stéphanie Staquet, Brice Delsaute, Eduardo M. R. Fairbairn, Roberto Torrent, Agnieszka Knoppik, Neven Ukrainczyk et al.)....Pages 115-151 Temperature Control (Miguel Azenha, Ioannis P. Sfikas, Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Selmo Kuperman, Agnieszka Knoppik)....Pages 153-179 Numerical Modelling (Francesco Pesavento, Agnieszka Knoppik, Vít Šmilauer, Matthieu Briffaut, Pierre Rossi)....Pages 181-255 Cracking Risk and Regulations (Agnieszka Knoppik, Jean-Michel Torrenti, Shingo Asamoto, Eduardus Koenders, Dirk Schlicke, Luis Ebensperger)....Pages 257-306 On-site Monitoring of Mass Concrete (Dirk Schlicke, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Rodrigo Lameiras, Miguel Azenha)....Pages 307-355 Sustainability Aspects in Mass Concrete (Neven Ukrainczyk, Eduardus A. B. Koenders)....Pages 357-409