Title: Creep and Shrinkage of Aging Concrete

Author(s): KS. Pister, J.H. Argyris, and K.J. William

Publication: Symposium Paper

Volume: 55

Issue:

Appears on pages(s): 1-30

Keywords: age; concretes; creep properties; deformation; mass con-crete; pressure vessels; shrinkage; strains; stresses; thermodynamics

DOI: 10.14359/6607

Date: 8/1/1978

Abstract:
A thermodynamically-based creep theory is developed, in which the strain at any time is composed of mechanical, thermal, hygral and autogenous contributions. Each of these contributions (except the autogenou consists of an instantaneous part which is reversible (in the working stress regime) and a time-dependent part which may in turn contain both reversible and irreversible components. The theory provides a unifying framework for examining existing methods of modeling creep phenomena and developing new models where experimental data reveal deficiencies in current models.