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TESTING:
 Takeout the concrete specimen from curing tank at least three hours before testing.
 Do capping of specimen with Sulphur or plaster of Paris before testing and place it aside for at
least three hours.
 Note down the cross-sectional dimensions volume measure weight of specimen.
 Find the density of concrete specimen it should be greater than 800Kg/m3.otherwise discard
samples. ρ = M/V > 800Kg/m3.
 Now place the specimen in compression testing machine and apply loading at rate of 0.25 ± 0.05
MPa/sec.
 Note down the maximum value of load (P).
 Find out the compressive strength of concrete as follows:
σ = P/A

 Round off compressive strength value to nearest (0.1 MPa).

 Report the type of failure pattern.

OBSERVATION AND CALCULATIONS:

W/C = 0.50 MIX RATIO = 1:1.5:3

COMPARISON:
W/C=0.50

X-
Sample Age Volume ρ P Load
Specimen sectional f’c
No.
Area
(days) m3 (kg/m3 (KN)

1 Cylinder 0.0176 7 0.005 2620 344.9 12.75

2 Cylinder 0.0176 14 0.005 2704 371.5 16.56

2 Cylinder 0.0176 28 0.005 2734 397.5 18.95

3 Cube 0.0225 7 0.003 2873.3 286 19.52

4 Cube .0225 14 0.003 2950 372.7 21.005

5 Cube .0225 28 0.003 2963.3 426.4 22.49

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fc’
Cylinder strength /
Age
cylinder cube cube strength

7 12.75 19.52 0.65

14 16.56 21.005 0.79

28 18.95 22.49 0.84

COMPARISON CURVES
CUBES CYLINDERS

24

22 22.49
21.005
20
19.52
Strength MPa

18.95
18
16.56
16

14
12.75
12
6 13 20 27
Days

COMMENTS:
In this experiment we determine the compressive strength of cylindrical specimens and cubes. We
perform 7, 14 & 28 days test on the specimen. By performing the experiment we determine that
cube have more compressive strength than cylinder because cube have equal dimension and bear
more load than cylinder. This method is limited to concrete having a density at least 800 kg/m 3.The
28 days compressive strength (fc’) of cylinders is normally used in design. In these specimen we
observe that cylinder and cube have column failure.

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