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The drying shrinkage of concrete is analogous to the mechanism of drying of timber specimen. The loss of free water contained in hardened concrete, does not result in any appreciable dimension change. It is the loss of water held in gel pores that causes the change in the volume.
If the concrete under the test plastic was dry, the problem is caused by condensation from the air. 1  To reduce the problem, you could: 2  Heat the garage during the times of year youâre experiencing a problem. 3  Rough up the surface of the concrete by applying a concrete cleaning/etching solution.