THE RATIONAL DESIGN OF HIGH-QUALITY CONCRETE MIXES

THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE MAJOR FACTORS CONCERNED IN MIX DESIGN ARE CLEARLY INDICATED ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF RECENT RESEARCH. ONCE THE BASIC CONCEPTS ARE FULLY UNDERSTOOD IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE SAME METHOD OF DESIGN CAN BE USED FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CONCRETES AND MATERIALS. DIFFERENT TYPES OF CEMENT, FINE AGGREGATE AND COARSE AGGREGATE ARE READILY INCLUDED IN DESIGN FOR THE MOST ECONOMICAL CONCRETE. FURTHERMORE, DESIGN CAN BE BASED ON EITHER ACCURATE LABORATORY DATA OR COMPARATIVE AND VISUAL ESTIMATES AS CONSIDERED NECESSARY. MANY OF THE OBSERVATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE CAN NOW BE ASSESSED BOTH QUANTITATIVELY AND RATIONALLY BY REFERENCE TO THE DESIGN RELATIONSHIPS. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, No 5, PP 212-222
• Authors:
  • HUGHES, B P
• Publication Date: 1968-5

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Concrete (London)
  • Publisher: CONCRETE SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0010-5317

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Admixtures; Alternatives analysis; Coarse aggregates; Fine aggregates; Laboratory studies; Mix design; Quality control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Observation; Quality
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00212607
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1994 12:00AM