ACI SP-218:2004 PDF Download

ACI SP-218:2004 is a Symposium Publication that focuses on high-performance structural lightweight concrete. The publication features a compilation of papers that cover various aspects of this type of concrete in construction applications worldwide. Topics discussed in the papers include microstructural concerns like autogenous shrinkage and internal curing, material and structural properties such as transfer length, shear strength, and seismic behavior, and applications in large civil structures like long-span bridges, offshore platforms, and navigational locks.

The table of contents provides an overview of the topics covered in the publication. The papers included in the publication cover a range of subjects, including the use of lightweight high-performance concrete beams in Virginia, transfer and development length of strand in high strength lightweight concrete, seismic design of lightweight concrete structures, lightweight concrete in the marine environment, shear strength of lightweight reinforced concrete beams, composite bridge systems with high-performance lightweight concrete, lightweight concrete in floating dams, internal curing and its role in absorbed water in aggregates, mitigating autogenous shrinkage by internal curing, the use of magnetic resonance imaging to study internal moist curing, the development of very low-density structural lightweight concrete, and bridges in Norway that utilize high-performance lightweight aggregate concrete.