Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@JournalArticle {2208, title = {Self compacting Concrete and Conventional Concrete in the Arena Pernambuco: Comparative Study of Durability Indicators and Economic Feasibility}, journal = {Romanian Journal of Materials}, volume = {45}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-09-01 00:00:00}, pages = {402-410}, publisher = {Foundation for Materials Science and Engineering {\textquotedblleft}Serban Solacolu{\textquotedblright}}, abstract = {This study addressed the application, strength and durability of self-compacting concrete (SCC) in a large-scale construction site, comparing its performance with vibrated conventional concrete (CC) with similar characteristics, assessing its economic feasibility.
The studies were undertaken in the Arena Pernambuco project and involved the concreting during May, June and July 2012, for data collection, accompanying the routine concrete control tests and performing specific strength and durability tests.
The SCC compressive strength was on average 4.5\% higher than the CC one, and its formwork reinforced to withstand greater lateral pressure of the fresh concrete. The durability indicators results were in favour of SCC, which cost was 13.5\% higher than CC.
}, keywords = {durability and applicability on a jobsite, Self-compacting concrete (SCC)}, issn = {1583-3186}, url = {WOS:000367029800014 }, author = {Calado, C. and Cam{\~o}es, A. and Andrade, T. and Ribeiro, J. and Barkok{\'e}bas Jr, B.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt