External Shrinkage Restraint for Multi-Story Concrete Structures.pdf
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The purpose of this article is to establish an appropriate Shrinkage Restraint percentage to use for a typical intermediate concrete floor in a multi-story structure. The calculations demonstrate how construction sequence and varying shrinkage rates of adjacent levels affect external shrinkage restraint and the expected, net differential shrinkage at each level. A similar example was originally presented in a webinar titled Designing for Temperature and Shrinkage Loadings in RAM Concept