DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13843474
title: Data for: Drying-Induced Deformation in Concrete: Insights from a 5-Year Study

description: The experimental dataset from Havlasek, Smilauer, and Nezerka's paper "Drying-Induced Deformation in Concrete: Insights from a 5-Year Study" is available in five archives. These archives contain the data organized according to the specified structure and accompanying Gnuplot source files for easier data visualization.

Full experimental description is given in the paper and in the preceding publication entitled "Shrinkage-induced deformations and creep of structural concrete: 1-year measurements and numerical prediction accessible from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000888462100051X

All Gnulot input files (*.gnu) generate a corresponding *.pdf file with the same base name. These PDFs are included, but they're not listed.Usage: $ gnuplot < plot_name_of_gnuplot_file.gnu

The full experimental dataset is reduced to 100 time points using resampling. Initially, geometric progression is applied, but once the time step reaches 30 days, it remains constant.

*** FILES STRUCTURE ***

|--- ambient_conditions|    | # history of ambient humidity and temperature|    ||    |--- plot_large_beams_ambient.gnu|    | # time "0" corresponds to the onset of drying of the beams, i.e. concrete age 34.063 days|    ||    |--- data|          | # time "0" corresponds to concrete set|          |--- humidity_function.dat|          |--- temperature_function.dat      ||--- creep_shrinkage_prisms|    | # development of creep and shrinkage of beams 100x100x400 mm exposed to drying at the concrete age of 28 days; concrete specimens are drying from two lateral surfaces only|    ||    |--- axial_shrinkage.gnu|    | # total shrinkage|    |--- eccentric_creep.gnu|    | # total creep in axial direction and bending |    ||    |--- data|          |--- Jtot_ecc_axial_toi.csv|          |--- Jtot_ecc_bending_toi.csv|          |--- shrinkage_toi.csv||--- curvature_beams| # curvature of concrete beams with various sizes and sealing configurations, time "0" = installation time = onset of drying = concrete age of 34.063 days|    | |    |--- beam_1.gnu|    | # 100 Top: breadth B = 0.10 m, height H = 0.10 m, span = 2.50 m, length = 2.70 m, drying from the top surface|    |--- beam_2.gnu|    | # 100 Sealed: breadth B = 0.10 m, height H = 0.10 m, span = 2.50 m, length = 2.70 m, sealed surface|    |--- beam_3.gnu|    | # 100 Bottom: breadth B = 0.10 m, height H = 0.10 m, span = 2.50 m, length = 2.70 m, drying from the bottom surface|    |--- beam_4.gnu|    | # 100 Both: breadth B = 0.10 m, height H = 0.10 m, span = 2.50 m, length = 2.70 m, drying from the top and bottom surfaces|    |--- beam_5.gnu|    | # 50 Top: breadth B = 0.10 m, height H = 0.05 m, span = 1.75 m, length = 1.95 m, drying from the top surface|    |--- beam_6.gnu|    | # 200 Top: breadth B = 0.10 m, height H = 0.20 m, span = 3.00 m, length = 3.20 m, drying from the top surface, loading with external weights 2 x 30 kg placed 0.6 m from the support|    |--- beam_7.gnu|    | # 150 Top: breadth B = 0.10 m, height H = 0.15 m, span = 3.00 m, length = 3.20 m, drying from the top surface|    |--- beams_100_ABC.gnu|    | # individual responses of the beams with height 100 and different sealing configurations|    |--- beams_100_mean.gnu|    | # mean responses of the beams with height 100 and different sealing configurations|    |--- beams_sizes_ABC.gnu|    | # individual responses of the beams with different height and drying from the top surface|    |--- beams_sizes_mean.gnu|    | # mean responses of the beams with different height and drying from the top surface|    ||    |--- data|          |--- automatic|          | # measurement with post-mounted linear potentiometer installed at midspan of each specimen|          |    |--- 1_mean_curvature_toi.csv|          |    | # columns: time, mean curvature and standard deviation of curvature; the values are calculated from specimens A, B and C|          |    |--- 1A_curvature_toi.csv|          |    | # columns: time and curvature|          |    |--- 1B_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 1C_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 2_mean_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 2A_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 2B_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 2C_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 3_mean_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 3A_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 3B_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 3C_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 4_mean_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 4A_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 4B_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 4C_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 5_mean_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 5A_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 5B_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 5C_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 6_mean_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 6A_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 6B_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 6C_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 7_mean_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 7A_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 7B_curvature_toi.csv|          |    |--- 7C_curvature_toi.csv|          |--- dial_gauge|          | # measurement using a set of 5 digital indicators with a fixed position from the left support, only the front specimens (A) is measured using this technique|          | # columns: time, curvature and standard devidation of curvature. Weights corresponding to theoretical normalized deflections are applied.|          |    |--- 1a_weighted_toi.csv|          |    |--- 2a_weighted_toi.csv|          |    |--- 3a_weighted_toi.csv|          |    |--- 4a_weighted_toi.csv|          |    |--- 5a_weighted_toi.csv|          |    |--- 6a_weighted_toi.csv|          |    |--- 7a_weighted_toi.csv|          |--- DIC|          | # measurement using digital image correlation, locations of the reference plates are above the support and at quarter-spans|               |--- 1_stat_toi.csv|               | # columns: time, mean curvature and standard deviation of curvature. The values are calculated from specimens A, B and C. The weights are given by the standard deviation of curvature of the individual specimens|               |--- 1a_stat_toi.csv|               | # columns: time, mean curvature and standard deviation of curvature.|               |--- 1b_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 1c_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 2_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 2a_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 2b_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 2c_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 3_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 3a_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 3b_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 3c_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 4_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 4a_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 4b_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 4c_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 5_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 5a_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 5b_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 5c_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 6_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 6a_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 6b_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 6c_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 7_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 7a_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 7b_stat_toi.csv|               |--- 7c_stat_toi.csv||--- drying_cylinders| # data of moisture loss measured on cylinders drying from the top and bottom surface and with a sealed circumference, onset of drying at concrete age 28 days|    ||    |--- drying_cylinders_average.gnu|    ||    |--- data|    | # columns: duration of drying, average moisture loss [kg/m^3], standard deviation of moisture loss|          |--- dwdV_25_toi.csv|          |--- dwdV_50_toi.csv|          |--- dwdV_100_toi.csv|          |--- dwdV_150_toi.csv|          |--- dwdV_200_toi.csv||---isotherm| # data for sorption isotherm expressed as a dependence of moisture content [kg/m^3] on relative humidity [-]|    ||    |--- isotherm.gnu|    | experimental data and a least-squares fit with a VanGenuchten expression|    ||    |--- data|    | # columns: relative humidity, average moisture content and standard deviation of moisture content|          |--- isotherm_beam.dat|          | # data measured on specimens cut from a spare concrete beam|          |--- isotherm_cube.dat|          | # data measured on specimens cut from a standard concrete cube