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Causes of Early-Age Thermal Cracking of Concrete Foundation Slabs and their Reinforcement to Control the Cracking Cover

Causes of Early-Age Thermal Cracking of Concrete Foundation Slabs and their Reinforcement to Control the Cracking

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|Oct 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjce-2017-0013 | Journal eISSN: 1338-3973 | Journal ISSN: 1210-3896
Language: English
Page range: 8 - 14
Published on: Oct 3, 2017
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