Title: 
            Creep and Shrinkage of Structural Concrete Sections
        
        
            Author(s): 
            M. R. Resheidat
        
        
            
                Publication: 
                Symposium Paper
            
            
                Volume: 
                117
            
            
                Issue: 
                
            
            
                Appears on pages(s): 
                251-266
            
            
                Keywords: 
                box beams; bridges (structures); computer programs; creep properties; performance; post-tensioning; prestressed concrete; reinforced, concrete; serviceability; shrinkage; strains; stresses; structural design; Structural Research
            
            
                DOI: 
                10.14359/2837
            
        
        
            Date: 
            10/1/1989
        
        
            Abstract:
            Internal algorithms for creep and shrinkage when substituted by approximate algebraic equations lead to the adoption of a computational procedure substantially independent of linear equations adopted in the time-dependent prediction model. Presented herein are the numerical results of stresses and strains of reinforced and post-tensioned concrete bridge box-sections where creep and shrinkage are considered. Field measurements  of deformations have been recorded and compared with the corresponding numerical results obtained by utilizing a computer program. Results are presented in a graphical form. It may be concluded that the computer method is a convenient tool for describing the behavior of structural concrete sections considering creep and shrinkage in connection with performance and  service ability.