Concrete Q&A: Control of Concrete Cracking for Liquid-Tight Environmental Structures

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Title: Concrete Q&A: Control of Concrete Cracking for Liquid-Tight Environmental Structures

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Publication: Concrete International

Volume: 42

Issue: 2

Appears on pages(s): 67-68

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DOI: 10.14359/51724563

Date: 2/1/2020

Abstract:
Knowing that reinforced concrete will crack, how do I attain reasonable assurance that the walls of my environmental structure will be essentially liquid-tight?

Related References:

1. ACI Committee 350, “Code Requirements for Environmental Engineering Concrete Structures and Commentary (ACI 350-06),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2006, 485 pp.

2. Hanskat, C., “Why Does My New Concrete Tank Leak?” ASCE Structures Congress 2008: Crossing Borders, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 24-26, 2008.

3. Kianoush, M.R.; Acarcan, M.; and Dullerud, E., “Cracking in Liquid-Containing Structures,” Concrete International, V. 28, No. 2, Apr. 2006, pp. 62-66.

4. Kianoush, M.R.; Acarcan, M.; and Ziari, A., “Behavior of Base Restrained Reinforced Concrete Walls Under Volumetric Change,” Engineering Structures, V. 30, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 1526-1534.

5. ACI Committee 350, “Environmental Engineering Concrete Structures (ACI 350R-89),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 1989, 24 pp.

6. Vetter, C.P., “Stresses in Reinforced Concrete Due to Volume Changes,” ASCE Transactions, V. 98, No. 2, 1933, pp. 1039-1053.

7. Neville, A.M., “Autogenous Healing—A Concrete Miracle?” Concrete International, V. 24, No. 11, Nov. 2002, pp. 76-82.




  

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