1975. The effect of elevated temperatures on concrete and concrete structures - a review of literature prepared by J. Irving

This review, prepared for the FIP Commission on Concrete Pressure and Storage Vessels, is a survey of the literature on the effects of high temperatures on the properties of concrete, including considerations of creep at extreme temperatures and the relationship between computed stresses and those occurring in practice.

The first draft was presented for comment to the FIP Commission at its meeting in Paris on 14 November 1974, and was subsequently circulated to interested parties in the United Kingdom. The final draft incorporates comments received up to the time of printing for publication at the second FIP Commission meeting, to be held in conjunction with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ International Conference on Experience in the Construction, Commissioning and Operation of Prestressed Concrete Pressure Vessels and Containments for Nuclear Reactors at the University of York, 8–12 September 1975.

The reviewer has included a personal selection of key references to relevant work from the last decade. The main sources have been the fields of fire research and prestressed concrete pressure vessels for nuclear reactors.