TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of internal curing by using superabsorbent polymers (SAP) on autogenous shrinkage and other properties of a high-performance fine-grained concrete: results of a RILEM round-robin test
AU - Mechtcherine, Viktor
AU - Gorges, Michaela
AU - Schroefl, Christof
AU - Assmann, Alexander
AU - Brameshuber, Wolfgang
AU - Ribeiro, António Bettencourt
AU - Cusson, Daniel
AU - Custódio, João
AU - da Silva, Eugênia Fonseca
AU - Ichimiya, Kazuo
AU - Igarashi, Shin-ichi
AU - Klemm, Agnieszka
AU - Kovler, Konstantin
AU - de Mendonça Lopes, Anne Neiry
AU - Lura, Pietro
AU - Nguyen, Van Tuan
AU - Reinhardt, Hans-Wolf
AU - Toledo Filho, Romildo Dias
AU - Weiss, Jason
AU - Wyrzykowski, Mateusz
AU - Ye, Guang
AU - Zhutovsky , Semion
N1 - Print reference details needed when available. ET 28-6-13
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - The article presents the results of a round-robin test performed by twelve international research groups in the framework of the activities of the RILEM Technical Committee 225-SAP “Applications of Superabsorbent Polymers in Concrete Construction”. Two commercially available SAP materials were used for internal curing of a high-performance, fine-grained concrete in combination with the addition of extra water. The concrete had the same recipe in all laboratories involved but was composed of local materials. All found a considerable decrease in autogenous shrinkage, said decrease attributable to internal curing.
AB - The article presents the results of a round-robin test performed by twelve international research groups in the framework of the activities of the RILEM Technical Committee 225-SAP “Applications of Superabsorbent Polymers in Concrete Construction”. Two commercially available SAP materials were used for internal curing of a high-performance, fine-grained concrete in combination with the addition of extra water. The concrete had the same recipe in all laboratories involved but was composed of local materials. All found a considerable decrease in autogenous shrinkage, said decrease attributable to internal curing.
KW - autogenous shrinkage
KW - internal curing
KW - superabsorbent polymers
U2 - 10.1617/s11527-013-0078-5
DO - 10.1617/s11527-013-0078-5
M3 - Article
SN - 1359-5997
JO - Materials and Structures
JF - Materials and Structures
ER -