Fresh Concrete Tests

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* Various Lab Test on Concrete There are many tests which are conducted to check the quality of concrete. These tests are basically divided into two categories. * Various Lab Test on Fresh Concrete Under these, the following tests will be carried out in laboratory: i. Slump test ii. Compacting factor iii. Vee-Bee test * Various Lab Test on Hardened Concrete There are two kinds of tests which are done on hardened concrete. These are non-destructive test and destructive tests. Both of them will be done during this course. In non-destructive test, the sample is not destroyed and this test is very useful in determining the strength of existing buildings or structures where as in destructive test a sample is made and then destroyed to find out the strength of concrete. Compression and core tests are the example of destructive test. The nondestructive tests that will be carried out are the Rebound Hammer and Ultrasonic Pulse velocity tests. * Test to determine the workability of fresh concrete (Developed from ASTM C- 125, 143, and ACI Standard 211.3.) * Definition of workability Workability of concrete is defined in ASTM C-125 as the property determining the effort required to manipulate a freshly mixed quantity of concrete with minimum loss of homogeneity. The term manipulate includes the early-age operations of placing, compacting, and finishing. The effort required to place a concrete mixture is determined largely by the overall work needed to initiate and maintain flow, which depends on the rheological property of the lubricant (the cement paste) and the internal friction between the aggregate particles on the one hand, and the external friction between the concrete and the surface of the formwork on the other. Consistency, measured by the slump-cone test or Vebe apparatus (described below), is

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