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.
Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction, by Eduardo Fairbairn and
Miguel Azenha.- Hydration and heat development, by Laurie Lacarrière,
Agnieszka Knoppik, Wilson Ricardo Leal da Silva, Tulio Honorio, Vit milauer,
Shingo Asamoto, and Eduardo Fairbairn.- Thermal properties, by Mateusz
Wyrzykowski, Agnieszka Knoppik, Wilson R. Leal da Silva, Pietro Lura, Tulio
Honorio de Faria, Yunus Ballim, Brice Delsaute, Stéphanie Staquet, and Miguel
Azenha.- Mechanical properties, by Farid Benboudjema, Jérôme Carette, Brice
Delsaute, Tulio Honorio de Faria, Agnieszka Knoppik, Laurie Lacarrière, Anne
Neiry de Mendonça Lopes, Pierre Rossi7, and Stéphanie Staquet.- Mixture
proportioning for crack avoidance, by Stéphanie Staquet, Brice Delsaute,
Eduardo Fairbairn, Roberto Torrent, Agnieszka Knoppik, Neven Ukrainczyk, and
Eduardus A.B. Koenders.- Temperature control, by Miguel Azenha, Ioannis P
Sfikas, Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Selmo Kuperman, Agnieszka Knoppik.- Numerical
modelling, by Francesco Pesavento, Agnieszka Knoppik, Vit milauer, Matthieu
Briffaut, and Pierre Rossi.- Cracking risk and regulations, by Agnieszka
Knoppik, Jean-Michel Torrenti, Shingo Asamoto, Eduardus Koenders, Dirk
Schlicke, and Luis Ebensperger.- On-site monitoring of mass concrete, by Dirk
Schlicke, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Rodrigo Lameiras , Miguel Azenha.-
Sustainability aspects in mass concrete, by Neven Ukrainczyk and Eduardus
A.B. Koenders.- Terminology, Symbols and Acronyms.