San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 308
As a means of more readily consolidating freshconcrete, vibration has many advantages. Themodern high-frequency vibrators make it possibleto economically place mixtures which are imprac-tical to place by hand under many conditions. Asan example, concrete of a stiff consistency—1 /2-in.slump—can be… … lULY, 1950 puddling, a much wetter consistency would havebeen necessary, probably 5 or 6-in. slump. It is a well established principle of concrete-making that for given materials and conditionsof curing the quality of the hardened concrete isdetermined by the amount of water used for itsmixing. The…
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