The self-compacting concrete is a product developed by Japanese in 1988 and its principal characteristic is the fluidity, with high capacity to occupy the spaces without using vibrator. Is a technology that shows many ...

Berücksichtigen die ständige Zunahme der Betonfertigteilbau Benutzung, merken sich einem Nachfrage nach einer weiterer Technologischer Vervollkommnung in dieser Art von Konstruktion. Um diese Notwendigkeit zu erfüllen, ...

Vinasse is the main by-product of the sugar and alcohol industry. For each liter of ethanol produced from sugarcane, approximately 12–18 L of vinasse are generated. Being such, its use as a hydration agent in concretes may ...

The construction industry has been growing requiring improvements in the performance of materials, procedures and human resources. In order to improve concrete performance in the first ages, strategies have been used, among ...

Some alternatives are emerging to industrialize construction. Precast elements are an option, combining speed of execution, strict quality control and high organizational level of production. In this work, we carried out ...

The estimated housing deficit in Brazil was 5.6 million in 2008, in which 83.5% was in urban areas, wherein to meet such demand there is a need for industrialized construction. Prefabricated building systems with precast ...

The industrialization of homes is becoming increasingly prevalent. The precast concrete system is a means to optimize construction processes, increasing its quality, but it is still an underutilized methodology in the ...

The self-compacting concrete (SCC) is conquering the market of construction and providing properties that can satisfy the needs required within the precast industry for productivity. To be considered as such, their production, ...

This work aims to present an updated structural design script for prestressed hollow core slabs and to construct an overview about their manufacture in the Southwest and South-Central regions of Paraná, making it possible ...

Although the term quality control has grown tremendously in recent centuries, it’s possible to see that humanity has always been concerned with this type of control, for example the Egyptian embalming. However, it is ...