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Recent advances in optimizing cement and concrete products by using calculated packing diagrams appear to offer the promise of superior products via increased packing efficiency. Further research is needed, however, to fully tap the potential of these techniques. For instance, the effect of surface forces on the packing of fine particles cannot be fully dealt with using current techniques. However, the use of calculated packing diagrams has been shown to be of immediate use in the optimization of fine and coarse aggregate distributions.
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Roy, D.M., Scheetz, B.E. & Silsbee, M.R. Processing of Optimized Cements and Concretes Via Particle Packing. MRS Bulletin 18, 45–49 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1557/S088376940004389X
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