Shrinkage and creep behaviour of slag cement concrete
- Vol.26(1), Jan-Mar
- Pune NICMAR 2011
- 5-15p.
Large scale investments are witnessed recently in the infrastructure projects such as highways, road and railway bridges, airports etc. Most of the spending on these projects has been attributed to the cost of bulk materials like cement, steel and concrete. Any small breakthrough in the research and development in concrete will be cost effective as far as the materials are concerned. Cement production is one of vast potential damages of environment. Hence, it is necessary to replace cement with some alternates. Creep and shrinkage of concrete are known to have significant effects at early age of concrete. The strength and durability of concrete mainly depend on the shrinkage and creep of concrete. To predict the behavior in terms of strength and durability, it is essential to know the behavior of shrinkage and creep of the concrete at various ages. So, the current paper is aimed to study the behavior of creep and shrinkage of concrete at various ages with replacement to cement by slag and fly ash with different replacement levels.