Creep, shrinkage, and durability mechanics of concrete and other quasi-brittle materials. Proceedings of the 6th international conference CONCREEP-6\@MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, August 20--22, 2001 (Q2770463)

This volume contains both invited and contributed papers presented at the title conference. The book presents the latest results and implementation strategies of creep and shrinkage research at the interface of solid mechanics, materials science, experimental mechanics, computational mechanics of concrete-like materials and structural engineering.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book consists of four parts: I. Micromechanisms and micromechanics of creep and shrinkage (1. Micromechanism of creep and shrinkage; 2. Micromechanics of creep and shrinkage); II. Creep, shrinkage and fracture couplings (3. Multiphase approach; 4. Creep and fracture of concrete at high temperatures and below; 5. Constitutive and numerical modeling; 6. Model-based monitoring of cracking in early-age concrete structures; 7. Large-scale monitoring of creep, shrinkage and cracking in structures); III. Durability mechanics of concrete structures (8. Deterioration kinetics of concrete structure in aggressive environments; 9. Chemomechanics of concrete deterioration; 10. Monitoring of the durability performance of concrete structures subjected to severe chemomechanical deterioration); IV. From new concrete materials to the design of high-performance structures (11. Creep and shrinkage of new concrete products; 12. Core properties of early-age concrete creep and cracking; 13. Shrinkage reducing methods and agents; 14. From creep and shrinkage tests to the design of concrete structures; 15. Structural mechanics of creep and shrinkage).NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book is designed for material scientists and engineers interested in the micromechanics of creep, shrinkage and fracture.