Drying shrinkage microcracking in cement-based materials

Drying Shrinkage Microcracking in Cement-based Materials

In this paper the nature of drying shrinkage microcracking in a variety of model cementbased materials, as well as in more practical types of concrete is described. The model mixtures were studied to elucidate the mechanisms of drying shrinkage microcracking and the factors that influence these mechanisms. This fundamental knowledge is important...

Quantification of shrinkage microcracking in young mortar with fluorescence light microscopy and ESEM

In this paper a method is described to quantify shrinkage microcracking in young mortar by means of crack mapping. Visualisation of the microcracks is realised with two techniques: Fluorescence Light Microscopy (FLM) and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM). The preliminary results obtained with the microcrack mapping method showed...