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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON)
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| 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 |