This CD-ROM is a collection of papers prepared for a session held at the ACI 2007 Fall Convention in Puerto Rico on the effects of shrinkage and creep of concrete. The papers are organized into four groups: 1) design, construction, and behavior of bridge structures; 2) effect of concrete shrinkage and creep on the design and construction of tall buildings; 3) deflection and cracking serviceability of slabs, beams, and walls; and 4) other problems and basic questions.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 - Stress Distribution of Prestressed Concrete Structures as Influenced by Time and Temperature
• Chapter 2 - Numerical Approach to Viscoelastic Analysis of Concrete Structures Using Equilibrium and FEM
• Chapter 3 - Removal of Temporary Supports and Creep Effects in Sequential Construction of Bridges
• Chapter 4 - Creep and Shrinkage of a Self-Compacting VHPC in Prebent Composite Beams for Innovative Railway Bridges in France-Part I: Modeling
• Chapter 5 - Creep and Shrinkage of a Self-Compacting VHPC in Prebent Composite Beams for Innovative Railway Bridges in France-Part II: Case Study
• Chapter 6 - Design Optimization of a Continuous Railway Bridge with Prebent and Prestressed Composite Decks
• Chapter 7 - Designing for Effects of Creep and Shrinkage in High-Rise Concrete Buildings
• Chapter 8 - Creep and Shrinkage and the Design of Supertall Buildings-A Case Study: The Burj Dubai Tower
• Chapter 9 - Effect of Early Age Loading on Time-Dependent Deflection and Shrinkage Restraint Cracking of Slabs with Low Reinforcement Ratios
• Chapter 10 - Effect of Shrinkage on Short-Term Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Beams and Slabs
• Chapter 11 - A Proposal of Simple Design Equations for Evaluating Flexural Serviceability Performance of Reinforced High and Low Shrinkage HSC Beams 181
• Chapter 12 - Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Shrinkage on Flexural Deformation and Crack Width
• Chapter 13 - Influence of Passive Reinforcement on Creep and Shrinkage of Concrete: Long-Term Observations
• Chapter 14 - Investigation of Cracking of Mass Concrete Members Induced by Restrained Contraction
• Chapter 15 - Drying Shrinkage Updated Model for Hardened Chilean Concretes
• Chapter 16 -Shrinkage Effect on Shear Strength of Reinforced, High Strength Concrete Beams
• Chapter 17 - Does Bernoulli’s Hypothesis Apply to Differential Shrinkage Problems?
• Chapter 18 - The Importance of Time in Understanding Concrete Behaviour