4C-Temp&Stress for concrete - Description

4C-Temp&Stress is a computational tool to calculate temperatures and stresses in hardening concrete structures.

By means of 4C-Temp&Stress the hardening period can be simulated on a pc in order to avoid or minimize early-age thermal cracking during the first few days after casting. The parameters affecting early-age cracking are the casting rate, formwork, insulation, cooling pipes, heating wires, ambient weather conditions, etc.

The results of a calculation may be presented as:

• Diagrams showing temperature, maturity, strength and stress as functions of time.
• Isocurves of temperature, maturity, strength and stress at a given time.

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Since the mid-1990ies 4C-Temp&Stress has been used to document curing and early-age requirements on several large civil structures around the world, including:

• The Øresund Link between Copenhagen and Sweden.
• Copenhagen Minimetro, bored tunnels and deep stations.
• Marmaray Railway crossing, Istanbul, Bosphorus Strait. Bored tunnel, cut and cover, deep stations, Gama-Nurol JV.
• Sitra bridges, Bahrain, Gamuda Berhad Contractors.
• Funder highway bridge, Denmark, Züblin - Dyvidag JV.