Control of Cracking in Reinforced Concrete Structures [Hardcover]

This book presents new guidelines for the control of cracking in massive reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. Understanding this behavior during construction allows engineers to ensure properties such as durability, reliability, and water- and air-tightness throughout a structure’s lifetime. Based on the findings of the French national CEOS.fr project, the authors extend existing engineering standards and codes to advance the measurement and prediction of cracking patterns.

Various behaviors of concrete under load are explored within the chapters of the book.  These include cracking of ties, beams and in walls, and the simulation and evaluation of cracking, shrinkage and creep. The authors propose new engineering rules for crack width and space assessment of cracking patterns, and provide recommendations for measurement devices and protocols.

Intended as a reference for design and civil engineers working on construction projects, as well as to aid further work in the research community, applied examples are provided at the end of each chapter in the form of expanded measurement methods, calculations and commentary on models.

Foreword xi

Notations xv

Introduction xxi

Chapter 1. CEOS.fr Project Presentation  1

1.1. CEOS.fr work program 1

1.2. Testing 2

1.2.1. Tests on prismatic full-scale blocks 2

1.2.2. Tests on 1/3-scale beams 10

1.2.3. Tests on 1/3-scale shear walls 13

1.2.4. Tests on ties 17

1.3. Modeling and simulation 21

1.3.1. MEFISTO research program 21

1.3.2. Benchmarks and workshops 23

1.3.3. Numerical experiments 24

1.4. Engineering 25

1.5. Database and specimen storage 26<lÓC