Creep and Shrinkage

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 1-2

3. How Do Creep and Shrinkage Affect the Behavior of Structures?

   1. Differentiation Among Types of Stresses and of Action Effects According to Their Causes

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 3-4

   2. The Effects of Shrinkage

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 5-5

   3. The Effects of Creep

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 6-11

   4. Summary of the Effects of Creep and Shrinkage

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 11-13

4. Behavior of Materials

   1. General Rheological Description of the Deformation Process in Concrete

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 15-20

   2. Development of the Strength of Concrete

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 21-24

   3. Data on the Magnitude of Strain

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      Pages 24-47

   4. Prediction Methods

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      Pages 47-56

   5. Deformation Characteristics of Reinforcing and Prestressing Steels

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 56-58

   6. Comparison with Construction Site Observations

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 58-60

   7. Prospects for Future Developments

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 60-61

5. Back Matter

   Pages 61-64

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6. Examples

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-68

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   2. Brief Compilation of Formulations for an Estimate of Instantaneous and Time-Dependent Strains

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 68-81

   3. Summary of Relationships for Calculating the Consequences of Creep and Shrinkage

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 81-89

   4. Statically Indeterminate Coupling between a Flexible Steel Tension Member and a Concrete Structure

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 89-91

   5. Internally Statically Indeterminate Coupling between Bonded Reinforcement and Concrete

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 91-98

   6. Two-fold Internally Indeterminate Coupling between a Rigid Reinforcement Bonded to Concrete: Solution by the Busemann Method

      • Hubert Rüsch, Dieter Jungwirth, Hubert K. Hilsdorf

      Pages 98-101

This book is based on Reinforced Concrete-Prestressed Concrete, Volume 2, Accounting for the Effects of Creep and Shrinkage on the Behavior of Structural Systems by Hubert Rusch and Dieter Jungwirth, which appeared in German in 1976. Even then, it was Hubert Rusch's fervent wish to have his thoughts on the deformations of concrete translated into English in order to reach a wider audience. His earlier efforts to contribute a study to the Series of Monographs of the Ameri­ can Institute had unfortunately not succeeded. Despite a serious illness, Hubert Rusch undertook, with his characteristic prudence and thoroughness, the preparatory work for the translation and related revision of his book. Unfortunately fate did not grant him the satisfaction of seeing his work completed. Hubert Rusch died on October 17, 1979. In writing this book, Hubert Rusch drew on his many years of devoted study of the creep problem. These investigations go back to 1934. His awareness of the plastic deformation of concrete under sustained load, which had been reported to him on the occasion of an American sojourn, led him to discover the causes of a major building collapse. At his urging, Professor A. Hummel published, in 1935, a critical survey of the test results then available on concrete creep.

• Kriechen
• Schwinden
• Stahlbeton
• concrete
• deformation
• development
• distribution
• future
• material
• materials
• plastic deformation
• prestressed concrete
• stress
• structure
• translation

• Technische Universität, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

  Hubert Rüsch

• Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

  Dieter Jungwirth

• Institut für Baustofftechnologie, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany

  Hubert K. Hilsdorf

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