DMRB Volume 3 Section 5 Part 16 BA 24/14 Highway structures: Inspection and maintenance. Standards and advice notes superseded by the Eurocodes but required for assessment. Early thermal cracking of concrete
Publication Year
2014
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Outlines the mechanism by which restraint of early thermal movement causes cracking and the factors which are involved. In addition it suggests suitable methods by which the cracking can be controlled. The standard has been superseded by the Eurocodes but may be used for assessment purposes.
Document History
Superseded by AM-STR-06004 (TII, 2014). NRA DMRB 3.5.16.
Publisher Information
National Roads Authority
The National Roads Authority's (NRA) primary function, under the Roads Act 1993, was to secure the provision of a safe and efficient network of National roads. They were responsible for the planning and supervision of construction and maintenance, publishing the NRA DMRB and NRA MCDRW. In 2016 the NRA merged with the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) to form a new organisation, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
St Martin's House
Waterloo Road
Dublin 4
NRA
Ireland