From prescription to performance: international trends on concrete specifications and the Brazilian perspective

There are two types of specifications: prescriptive and performance based. The prescriptive specifications focus on materials properties, materials proportions, mixing and transporting procedures and on a variety of processes, such as placing and curing. In these specifications, the concrete desired...

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Main Authors: J. Tanesi, M. G. da Silva, V. Gomes, G. Camarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON)
Series:Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-41952010000400004&lng=en&tlng=en