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7*4Appendix 4»4»1 - p»1(November f 1983)SHRIHKAGE OF CONCRETEBecause experience showed that the allowance made forshrinkage in British codes was insufficient for Hong Kong conditions fexperiments were made f in conjunction with creep test ing, to determinesuitable values for use in Hong Kong designs* The experiments havebeen described by Ghai (6)® Erfcracts from the results are shown onFigure 4«4«4»Figure 4®4«4 indicates that the gross shrinkage strain to"be anticipated in Hong Kong is about four times the recommendationsgiven in Appendix C of BS 5400 $ Part 4.

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