Summary

The creep and shrinkage of concrete are complex phenomena which are not yet fully understood and there is a pressing need to solve the fundamental problems of creep and shrinkage and to develop adequate methods of predicting the structural performance of concrete members and structures affected by them. The aim of this book is to discuss the results of experimental research, to summarize various approaches to the prediction of creep and shrinkage, and to present suitable methods of structural creep analysis which allow the creep and shrinkage effects to be simply calculated. Particular attention is paid to methods which are intended for use as design tools. The first chapter deals with the fundamental features of creep and shrinkage of concrete according to the results of experimental research, while the second is devoted to the mathematical modeling of creep and shrinkage of concrete and to the practical prediction of these phenomena. Several practical models for predicting mean cross section creep and shrinkage are also presented.