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Concrete Mixture Optimization Using Statistical Methods: Final Report

General Interest: provides practical guidance to engineers responsible for the day-to-day design, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and management of pavements.

Primary Topic: Materials-Concrete

Description: Report describes the background lab and statistical analysis performed for the development of a software tool - Concrete Optimization Software Tool (COST) - that employs a six-step interactive procedure starting with materials selection and working through trial batches, testing, and analysis of test results. The end result is recommended mixture proportions to achieve the desired performance levels with optimal costs.

FHWA Publication Number: FHWA-RD-03-060

Publication Year: 2003

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