Title: Numerical Creep Analyses Applied to Concrete Structures

Author(s): George L. England

Publication: Journal Proceedings

Volume: 64

Issue: 6

Appears on pages(s): 301-311

Keywords: concretes;creep (materials);loading;relaxation;strain hardening;strains;stresses; structural analysis;temperature;time

DOI: 10.14359/7568

Date: 6/1/1967

Abstract:
The effects of creep and temperature on the behavior of concrete structures are discussed. Then based on a specific thermal creep concept, three methods of analyses are de-scribed: (1) rate of creep, (2) relaxation, and (3) strain hardening. These analyses are described in relation to step-by-step methods of solution and are shown to be capable of estimating the time-dependent behavior of concrete structures subject to certain conditions of temperature and loading. It is concluded that some saving of computational time can result from simultaneous solution, to a given problem, by the first two types of analyses.