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    Manuel Vieira

  2. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  3. Queen’s University, Belfast, UK

    Mohamed Sonebi

  4. Hunan University, Changsha, China

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Vieira, M., Ferrara, L., Sonebi, M., Shi, C. (2014). Specialty SCC. In: Khayat, K., De Schutter, G. (eds) Mechanical Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete. RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03245-0_7

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