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Time-Dependent Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns Including Effects of Shrinkage, Creep and Cracking

Polivka, Ronald M.; Bresler, Boris

UCB/SESM-1975/05, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-06, 107 pages

An analytical model for predicting time-dependent behavior of plain and reinforced concrete columns is formulated to account for non-uniform drying shrinkage, creep, and cracking. The model is limited to unloaded or axially loaded (no eccentric loading or bending) square concrete columns. The model is applied in a computer program.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-75-05.pdf (19 MB)