Research and Economic Development, Office of
Date of this Version
4-2022
Document Type
Presentation
Abstract
Early-age shrinkage cracking of concrete bridge decks and rails accelerates the penetration of water and chemicals which leads to reinforcement corrosion, delamination, and eventually spalling. All this results in shorter service life, road closure, and costly repair. Development of Low-cement concrete(LCC) mix to reduce early age shrinkage crack through aggregate grading optimization was done in this research work. This approach also reduces concrete cost ($15-$20/cyd) (15–25%) and its carbon footprint (≈15%).
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Comments
This research project has 3 phases. This poster was presented at the end of phase 1 of this research work.