Basic creep of concrete under compression, tension and bending

► Experimental setups developed to achieve direct tensile and bending creeps are presented. ► Precautions taken to obtain relevant data are described. ► Results are available for specimens subjected to 50% of the strength in tension. ► Final discussion compares the basic creep under tension, bending and compression. ► The analysis of results highlights considerable coupling between shrinkage and tensile creep.