Controlling Temperature and Shrinkage Cracks in Bridge Decks and Slabs

University of California, Davis (UCD) and San Jose State University (SJSU) will partner to study five factors of High Performance Concreter (HPC): Plastic Shrinkage, Plastic Settlement, Drying Shrinkage, Autogenous Shrinkage and Temperature Variation. UCD will do the modeling and SJSU will conduct the experimental work. UCD will use data taken from two box-girder bridges and run simulations on them. SJSU will conduct various concrete experiments to generate results for model input and validation.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819
• Project Managers:

  Lee, Peter

• Performing Organizations:

  Regents of the University of California, Davis

  Davis, CA  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Bolander, John

• Start Date: 20110420
• Expected Completion Date: 20170101
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Cracking; Experiments; High performance concrete; Settlement (Structures); Shrinkage; Slabs
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01620040
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 28 2016 11:40AM