CIP 6 Joints in Concrete Slabs on Grade（CIP 6关节在混凝土板级）.pdf

CIP 6—Joints in Concrete Slabs on Grade WHAT are Joints Concrete expands and shrinks with changes in moisture and temperature. The overall tendency is to shrink and this can cause cracking at an early age. Irregular cracks are unsightly and difficult to maintain but generally do not affect the integrity of concrete. Joints are simply pre-planned cracks. Joints in concrete slabs can be created by forming, tooling, sawing, and placement of joint formers. Types of joints include: a. Contraction joints are intended to create weakened planes in the concrete and control the location where cracks, resulting from dimensional changes, will occur. b. Isolation or expansion joints separate or isolate slabs from other parts of the structure, such as walls, footings, or columns; and driveways and patios from sidewalks, garage slabs, stairs, light- poles and other points of restraint. They permit b. At early ages, before the concrete dries out, most independent vertical and horizontal movement cracking is caused by temperature changes or by between adjoining parts of the structure and help the slight contraction that takes place as the minimize cracking when such movements are concrete sets and hardens. Later, as the concrete restrained. dries, it will shrink further and either additional c. Construction joints are surfaces where two cracks may form or preexisting cracks may successive placements of concrete meet. They are