Comprehensive database on concrete creep and shrinkage” Structure Engineering Report 02-08/A210u, Northwestern Univeristy

Abstract: As a sequel to the first large database created at Northwestern University in 1978, the paper presents a further enlargement of the database, comprising 621 creep tests and 490 shrinkage tests. This database significantly extends the 1993 RILEM database which contained 518 creep tests and 426 shrinkage tests. The new database will make possible more realistic verification and calibration of creep prediction models for design, provided that a proper unbiased statistical technique, compensating for inevitable strong statistical bias in the distribution of data, is employed. The database can be downloaded freely from the websit