ABSTRACT
From SHCC tensile creep test results of Boshoff & van Zijl (2007), it appears that a smaller number of cracks arise in specimens which have reached a particular tensile deformation level in creep, compared with tensile specimens loaded monotonically to the same level of tensile deformation. Although new cracks do arise during the sustained load phase, widening of existing cracks appear to contribute to the time-dependent increase in deformation. In applications of SHCC with high sustained loads, such timedependent widening must be considered for sustained durability. This is a current research focus.
