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Shrinkage Compensating - rahul saini - 11-04-2014

Shrinkage Compensating

A characteristic of grout, mortar, or concrete made using an expansive cement in which volume increase, if restrained, induces compressive stresses intended to approximately offset the tendency of drying shrinkage to induce tensile stresses.

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