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Temperature rises are definitely one of the most important driving forces for thermal cracking in mass concrete, together with the restraint to deformation. Therefore, amongst the most widespread measures that can be taken to minimize the risks of thermal cracking, the temperature control of concrete since its production and throughout construction is of utmost significance. Following Chap. 5 where temperature control of concrete by limiting the heat generation potential of the binder in the mixture was already addressed, this chapter is dedicated to a review on measures that can be taken to control concrete temperature at several levels, mainly focused in limiting temperature rises due to cement hydration heat: (i) pre-cooling of mix constituents; (ii) cooling concrete during the mixing procedures; (iii) controlling temperature during transport and placement; (iv) selecting and designing suitable surface measures for temperature control; (v) post-cooling with water or air; (vi) scheduling of construction stages.
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The kind contribution of the construction company SOMAGUE in sharing their experience in concert with temperature control in concrete is gratefully acknowledged. The sharing of information on behalf of the colleagues José Conceição and Shingo Asamoto is also acknowledged. This work was partially supported by: project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007633 (ISISE), funded by FEDER funds through COMPETE2020—Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI), and by Portuguese funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. FCT and FEDER (COMPETE2020) are also acknowledged for the funding of the research project IntegraCrete PTDC/ECM-EST/1056/2014 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016841).
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Azenha, M., Sfikas, I.P., Wyrzykowski, M., Kuperman, S., Knoppik, A. (2019). Temperature Control. In: Fairbairn, E., Azenha, M. (eds) Thermal Cracking of Massive Concrete Structures. RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76617-1_6
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