ASTM C1579

Full Name

ASTM C1579 – Standard Test Method for Evaluating Plastic Shrinkage Cracking of Restrained Fiber Reinforced Concrete (Using a Steel Form Insert)

Scope

This test method compares the surface cracking of fiber reinforced concrete panels with the surface cracking of control concrete panels subjected to prescribed conditions of restraint and moisture loss that are severe enough to produce cracking before final setting of the concrete.

Keywords

crack width; evaporation; fiber-reinforced concrete; plastic shrinkage cracking; restrained shrinkage cracking

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