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The hydration of cement generates heat and can subject structural elements to temperature variations that can be significant, particularly in massive concrete structures. Considerable attention has been focused on this problem dating back to the 1930s during construction of concrete dams in North America. Thermal cracking in massive concrete as well as cracking resulting from drying and autogenous...