1- DRYING SHRINKAGE / RESTRAINED SHRINKAGE CRACKS

Hardening concrete expands slightly with a gain in moisture and contracts with a loss in moisture. As drying takes place, concrete shrinks. Where there is no restraint, movement occurs freely and no stresses or cracks develop. If the tensile stress that results from

Betontek Engineering Construction Technology Laboratory was established in July 2005 by Mahmut DEMIR and Resat SONMEZ. The company is approved and certified by “MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN PLANNING”. The laboratory is equipped by necessary equipment to carry on some tests of certain construction materials and is audited annually by the auditors of Minister of Public Works