{"title":"Early-Age Thermal Cracking in Laser-Screeded Concrete Slabs","authors":"H. Haynes","doi":"10.14359/10813","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A case history is presented in which a laser-screeded slab showed more cracks than would be expected in conventional strip-cast slabs. It was determined that laser-screeded slabs are more sensitive to early-age, thermal cracking than strip-cast slabs because of extra restraint provided by fixed-edge boundary conditions. Among the possible solutions is closer spacing of contraction joints and fog curing during the first day.","PeriodicalId":130124,"journal":{"name":"SP-204: Design and Construction Practices to Mitigate Cracking","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SP-204: Design and Construction Practices to Mitigate Cracking","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14359/10813","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A case history is presented in which a laser-screeded slab showed more cracks than would be expected in conventional strip-cast slabs. It was determined that laser-screeded slabs are more sensitive to early-age, thermal cracking than strip-cast slabs because of extra restraint provided by fixed-edge boundary conditions. Among the possible solutions is closer spacing of contraction joints and fog curing during the first day.