‘TABLE 4-3 Combination of Loading, Restraing, and Humidity Conditions — Mechanism Diagram Strain vs. Time Stress ve.Time Stain Stress Lo, ; = botwoon concrete nen x ambient (no crying Basic Creep shrinkage) Constant ° time ste ony Strain , Stress H 1] leo | ~ ‘Constant strain Relaxation : i time or - . ol 0 —_ od = a ‘sivess Drying The member is ree Shrinkage : tomove (Unrestral . —a fo No stesses are Pic 100% - |o a | senerates Time ‘train 1 Drying ie of ___» Shrinkage oO Time ‘Development of (Restrained) 4 tensile stress. The previous example Is a particular case with §=0 Te oa stains ot he sum ole oat [basic creep, and drying shiniage svn he san 3001 eryingcrvep shoud be inca -The relaxation stross the stress [due to drying shrinkage y Srinkage and in the same director1000 ‘ + Drying — Rewetting —,| 800 |- ‘ Reversible Total shrinkage — shrinkage| Negative strain x108 S 8 Irreversible 20 : shrinkage L | | 4 io ! % 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Time, days (a) g& g § = Irreversible 200 LF creep Elastic Concrete [- strain unloaded 0 ty yp Ll 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Time after loading, days (b) Figure 4-8 Reversibility of drying shrinkage and creep. (From Mindess, S., and J.F Young, Concrete, 1981, pp. 486, 501. Reprinted by permission of Prentice- Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.) There is a remarkable similarity of concrete behavior on: (a) drying and rewet- ting and (b) loading and unloading (uniaxial compression). a