Extended Microprestress-Solidification Theory (XMPS) for Long-Term Creep and Diffusion Size Effect in Concrete at Variable Environment

Saeed Rahimi-Aghdam, Zdenek P. Bazant, Gianluca Cusatis

The solidification theory has been accepted as a thermodynamically sound way to describe the creep reduction due to deposition of hydrated material in the pores of concrete. The co…