Slab deformations caused by shrinkage – experiment vs. numerical calculation

Abstract

This article gives an overview of the experiment, which aims to detect the effect of the shrinkage on the stress and the strain of the slabs reinforced at one surface by different types of reinforcement (steel and GFRP reinforcement). Some partial results from the strain measurements on steel reinforced slabs and their comparison with numerical calculation are also reported in the article. From publications found larger bending tensile creep towards compression creep can explain the difference between calculation and experiment.