TENSILE CREEP MODEL BASED ON CORROSIVE ATTACK OF WATER VAPOR ON C-S-H GEL AFFECTED BY SELF-DESICCATION AND APPLIED STRESS

With experimental result that the amount of chemically bound water of low water cement paste under restraint condition increase as against the same cement paste without restraint, hypothesis is presented that afford to explain this phenomena is proposed and the relation between tensile creep behavior and internal moisture content of cement paste. Based on this hypothesis, it is attempted to develop a tensile creep model. 1