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Creep Characteristics of Mass Concrete for Dworshak Dam

Pirtz, David

UCB/SESM-1965/02, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1965, 57 pages (500/C23/65/02(b))

The purpose of this test program was to determine some of the effects of maximum size of aggregate, cement content, specimen size, storage temperature, and age at loading on the creep characteristics for concrete to be used in the Dworshak Dam. All concrete mixes were designed to maintain the same W/C ratios, slumps, and air contents. Both the data obtained from this investigation and the information obtained from instrumentation in the dam itself can be used to calculate the stresses in the dam. A total of 25 compression creep specimens were fabricated.

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