Causes and Prevention of Crack Development in Plastic Concrete

The author of this paper begins with a clear mission “… cracking can be practically eliminated if appropriate measures to minimize the causes are taken at the right time.” This paper discusses many of the factors that can cause cracking at early ages before focusing on the cracking that occurs before the concrete sets (that is, when it is in the plastic state). The paper describes how plastic shrinkage cracking is greatly dependent on the...