About the author  ⁄ Anton Schindler, P.E., Ph.D.

Anton K. Schindler is a Professor and HRC Director in the Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University. Anton is a fellow of ACI and ASCE, and he received ACI's Wason Medal for concrete materials research in 2006 and 2011. (schinak@auburn.edu)

Early-age cracking of concrete bridge decks, typically caused by drying, autogenous, and thermal shrinkage effects, can have detrimental effects on long-term behavior and durability. Darwin and Browning (2008) recently reported that “by controlling early-age cracking, the amount of cracking at later ages should remain low.” They also reported that early-age cracking could significantly increase the rate and amount of chloride penetration (from deicing salts), which may accelerate the corrosion rate of embedded reinforcing steel.

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