Plastic-shrinkage and drying-shrinkage cracks are the most common types of random cracking that occur in concrete roads and ...

Intrinsic are naturally occurring cracks that are related to concrete as a material such as plastic settlement and shrinkage, freezing of freshly placed concrete, crazing, thermal and drying ...

New slabs-on-ground crack when tensile stresses from restrained shrinkage exceed the concrete's strength. This type of early-age cracking occurs during the first few days of the slab's life and is ...

Concrete, a ubiquitous material ... A fiber content of 1–2% reduced shrinkage by 15–30%, demonstrating its effectiveness in mitigating cracking. These advancements are promising for various ...