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The paper presents details of an experimental and numerical study of thermal strains and induced stresses in large-scale mass concrete. Three large-scale monoliths were built on a dam construction site in the James Bay Territory (Canada) to monitor the thermal behavior of mass concrete subjected first to heat of hydration development and subsequent freeze and thaw cycles. The monoliths were instrumented with thermocouples and mechanical strain gages.
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