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This book provides a State of the Art Report (STAR) produced by RILEM Technical Committee 254-CMS ‘Thermal Cracking of Mas-sive Concrete Structures’. Severa

Restraint and intrinsic stresses in concrete at early ages are vitally important for concrete structures which must remain free of water-permeable cracks, such

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in thermal cracking of massive concrete structures such as dams.

Introductory Technical Guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in thermal cracking of massive concrete structures such as dams.

Methods of controlling mass concrete temperatures range from relatively simple to complex and from inexpensive too costly. Depending on a particular situation,