Concrete will also experience shortening due to creep and shrinkage.
Similar to the
effect of elastic shortening, stress loss occurs in tendons.
The occurrence of
creep and shrinkage is depending on various factors, such as concrete mix, environment,
member thickness and maturity of concrete at the time of loading.
Formulation
provided by code of practice usually aims to estimate the creep and shrinkage losses
solely for simplistic design purpose.
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