Title: Cracks and Crack Control in Concrete Structures
Date: July-August, 1988
Volume: 33
Issue: 4
Page number: 124-145
Author(s): Fritz Leonhardt
https://doi.org/10.15554/pcij.07011988.124.145

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Abstract

The material presented in this paper is based on more than 30 years of research,  observations and experience concerning causes, control, and consequences  of cracking in concrete structures. This extensive  background was helpful in the preparation of this paper which deals with questions of concrete cracking. 

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