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1、147THEROLEOFSHRINKAGEREDUCINGADMIXTURESONSHRINAKGE,STRESSDEVELOPMENT,ANDCRACKINGAThesisSubmittedtotheFacultyofPurdueUniversitybyBradleyJ.PeaseInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofMasterofScienceinCivilEngineeringMay2005147DedicatedtotheMemoryofmyFather,Dr.ShermanMattesonPease,D.D.S.1
2、47ACKNOWLEDGEMENTIwouldliketoexpressmydeepestgratitudetoProfessorJasonWeissforhisyearsofguidance,support,adviceandteachingthroughoutthecourseofmyresearch.Workingwithhimasanundergraduateandgraduateresearchassistantwasafulfillingexperience.IhavegainedimmeasurableknowledgefromProfessorWeiss.Ialsoappr
3、eciatetheparticipationofProfessorJanOlek,ProfessorMenashiCohenandProfessorJohnHaddockinmydefensecommittee.ProfessorsJanOlekandJohnHaddockhavebeenintegralinmyMaster’seducationatPurdueUniversity.Additionally,IextendmygratitudetoProfessorMenashiCohenforplayingavitalroleinmyinitialinterestinconcreteas
4、thefacultyadvisorforthePurdueUniversityConcreteCanoeTeam.Inaddition,IwouldliketoextendmygratitudetoMetteGeiker,AssociateProfessorattheTechnicalUniversityofDenmark.IappreciateyouwelcomingmetoDTUtogainfromyourvastknowledge.MytimespentinDenmarkwasbothinsightfulandmemorable.Igratefullyacknowledgesuppo
5、rtreceivedfromtheNationalScienceFoundation(GrantNo.0034272)andDegussaAdmixtures,Inc.ThisresearchwasconductedintheCharlesPankowConcreteMaterialsandMaterialSensingLaboratoriesandassuchI147gratefullyacknowledgethesupportthathasmadetheselaboratoriesandtheiroperationpossible.Inaddition,Iwouldliketoackn
6、owledgethecontinuoussupportandguidancefrommymother,LynnPease,mybrother,JasonPease,mycousin,MarvinMattesonandallmyrelatives.ImustacknowledgetheassistanceandfriendshipsofallofmygraduatestudentcolleaguesatPurdueincluding,FarshadRajabipour,Jae-HeumMoon,TomSchmit,HardikShah,AmitBarde,AleksandraRadlinsk
7、a,AkhterHossain,NarayananNeithalath,ToddChariton,TonyThier,MarkNeimuth,andSwathiParameswaran.TheassistanceofAndyKing,JonCouch,RyanAnderson,JarvisJointer,GuyMazzotta,JimHumphries,ScottGriffin,andJustinLashleydurin
