Chart Title

600

400

200

0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 31

Series 1 Series 2 Series 3

Original length

Unrestrained shrinkage

Restrained shrinkage
develops tensile stress

If tensile stress is greater than

tensile strength, concrete cracks
 Temperature differential
Core temperature
Temperature ℃

>20℃
Higher temperature

<20℃ 20℃ differential – possibility

of cracks
Surface temperature

Time after casting - hours

 stress (MPa)

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10

7
0
54.9
57
69.8
73.1
85.5
86.1
192.8
264
268.8
90%

162.8
40%

86.3
81.2
10%

78.2
80%

169.2
261.1
265.9
20%

187.8
60%

91.4

strains
82.4
90%

79.5
140.3
Modulus of elasticity

249.3
266.2
230.7
130.4
84.3
80.4
106
220.2
264.7
262.7
153.9
84.6
81.4
 Tensile strengths(MPa)
6

5
STRENGTH

4
(MPa)

0
1 3 7 14 21

DAYS
Split( std) Split(Nstd) flex(std) flex(Nstd)
 Tank-1
600
strains (μm/m)

500
400
300
200
100
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33
Time(days)

Loc A Loc B Loc C

Chart Title
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0
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Loc D Loc E Loc F

 Chart Title
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300
Axis Title

250
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150
100
50
0
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Axis Title

Loc G Loc H Loc I

wall-1
800
700
Strains (μm/m)

600
500
400
300
200
100
0
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Time(days)

Loc A Loc B Loc C

 Wall 1
900

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Loc D Loc E Series 3

wall-2
1000
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strains(μm/m)

700
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500
400
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200
100
0
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Time(days)

Loc A Loc B Loc C

 wall-3
1000
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strains(μm/m)

700
600
500
400
300
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100
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Time(days)

Loc A Loc B Loc C