Research Article

Reduction of the Early Autogenous Shrinkage of High Strength Concrete

Table 6

Comparison of the autogenous shrinkage of 24- and 48-hour-old concrete, without and with a shrinkage-reducing admixture, and their associated 28-day compressive strengths.

Concrete mixAdditional measure
[][][MPa]

C2/−0.203−0.23581.4
M2Use of a shrinkage-reducing admixture−0.050−0.03077.9