amnans ‘Qualty Control Of Construction Testing Of Concrete Cubes Quality Control Of Construction Testing Of Concrete Cubes Roadside Design Guide . www bookstore transportationorg «Ped 8 Cane asa Rit Bets, Rs apc | Dsus Ti Bs AASHTO Roadside Design Guides Save--Buy gy Kaushal Kishore ireet from AASHTO Materials Engineer, Roorkee > “The aceptance enters of quay of concrete id down in IS456-2000. The ceria is mandatory and ‘rious provisions ofthe code have tobe complied befie the quay of once accepted. Ina the cass, the 2-days comorese sven salabne be the ererinn fr acceptance a ejection ofthe pp sot noe neta ever ote uy fone, pat 7 x ‘compressive strength ofeancete be carried ott 6 Cubes of 150 150 x 150 mmsize (the moma sie of aguregate doesnot exceed 38 men) shal be cat, 3 fr T-ays testing nd 3 for 28-days testing A set of 5 cubes (specimen) average strength walle asamp, Th iadvual variation of set of3 exes should not be rote than 15% of be average. Ime, te test resul ofthe samp is iva Note For aggregates larger than 38 na, bigger than 150 mm moukis are o be wed. See 18:10086-1982 CUBE MOULD: ‘The cube moulds of required size (150 me for nominal sie of aggregate not exceeding 38 mm) shall be made in such a manner as to fica thei separation no ‘wo pars, Cube moubisshlle provided waa base pat an they salle as pr 1S:10086-1982, The dimensions, tokrance and materia of eube moulds shall be es gen n table Table-1: Dimension, olerance and materials of 10 mm cube mould. SNo. Description Requirements [Distance besveen opposite ees, mm 1 150-02 Feige oF nai, am 2 150=02 Tickness of wal pits, mm Tangle between adjacent crores ad between histbr 4 ices and top and bottom plates of mould [Leng ofbave pte, mm 5 280 ith of base pate, ea [Thickness of base pte, em arises varston be pansness of aaron Beer 8 0.03 for new moulds, 0.05 mous nse, anise varaton be plnsnaws of base le tam ° 0.03 raters 10 by Site plate Cast ima fo) Base pte canon wun sngineeringcivilcomgualiy-contrl-of-construcion-testing-f-concrete-cubeshin veamnans ‘Qualty Control Of Construction Testing Of Concrete Cubes A TAMPING ROD As por 18:10086-1982, the tamping rd shale 160.5 mm dia and 6002 mmlong wits a rounded working cr and shale made of mal sec (COMPRESSION TESTING MACHINE: ‘The compression esting machine shall be as per TS:14858-2000, The machine shale capable of applying the lad a the specified rate, vsiiny without shock ‘sing mama or automate coatol Toe percentage of eror shal not exceed =1,0 perect of he inated Hod, (On regular basis the machine shoul! be clbated with na period not exceeding 12 months fiom previous verfcation. The machine is requed tobe catrated on orga instalation orreocaton, subject to major repairs or adjustment and whenever there reason to doubt te accuracy ofthe resus, without regard fo the ee ineral since te bast veriaton, “The accuracy ofthe testing nnchine sla bo veriod by applying ve ts loads in fou approxi equal increamvus in ascending order: The dibrene between any two successive fads shallot exceed one td ofthe dierence etwzen the maximum and minerum test bads. Te foad as indicated by the testing machine tnd the spp load computed ftom the readings ofthe vercaton devices shal be recorded a each test point, Caleute the er, E, andthe percentage af errr, EP for each point from these data as Sows: E-A-B E(BB)I00 ‘A =load iu indicated by the machine being verifed and [B= applied load inN as determined by the calbrating device (cueh as proving sng, fad cel, calbrating elder ele.) For checking irther accuracy of testing mcs conerete cubes ofthe same grade, batch age in SSD coraton shoul be tested on the machine beng checked and on aboady caibated standard compression tes machine and fad che difrence. Proper and regu calibration of esting machines essen SAMPLE OF CONCRETE, Samp of eoneete forts specimen shllbe taken atthe mixer or inthe case of ready mixed coneree fom th: tarsportation vehicle discharge. Such saps stall be obtaiped by repeatedly passing a scoop or pal irough the discharge steam of tbe concrete. The samples ds obtained shallbe mixed on anoreabsorbent base with shovel until unio in appearance. Sapling shoul be spread over the entire period of concreig and the Fequencyof sampling of eonerete ofeach ade shall eas fbwigs ‘Quanity of concrete in the work (m) Number of samples Ls ' eis 2 1630 3 31-50) 4 SI and above [1 pis one adaitonal sample fr each addtional 50m? or part ihereot Note Frequency of samping maybe aeed upon internal by supplier and purcse. CASTING OF CUBI “The cube mould pats should be removed, propery cleaned assembled and llth bots sould be ily tht. A thin layer fo then shall be appli om alee ices ofthe mould Ii mportant thal cube side fies must be paral ‘Aer taking concrete samples and xing them, the cubes shllbe cast as soon as possible. The concrete sample shall be ld into tbe cube mou in ayers spproxinately Sem deep. In placing each scoopf of concrete, the scoop shallbe moved around te top ede ofthe mould as the conerete ses fom order to ensue a synmetcldsirhuon of the concrete wth toe moukl. Each layer sal be compacted eter by hand r by the vbatin as described below, COMPACTION BY HAND: ‘ach byer ofthe conerete fled in the mould shal be compacted by not es than strokes by taxping bur. The stokes shllbe pensrate iat the unering yer and the bottom bye sal be rode throug is dept Where voids are kl bythe taping bar the sides ofthe mould salle tapped to cose be oils COMPACTION BY VIBRATION: ‘When compacting by vation each layer shallbe vibrated by means ofan electric or pneumatic hammer or vbrator or by means off suable vibrating table wl the specied condion stained cuRING: ‘The cased cubes shallbe stored under shed ata phic fee fom the vibration ata remperature 220C to 330C for 24 bows covered with wet straw oF Bunny sacking ‘The cube shallbe removed ftom the moulds at the end of 24 hours and immersed in clean water at temperature 240C 10 300C elthe 7 or 28-days age of esting, wun sngineeringivilcomgualiy-contrl-of-construcion-testing-f-concrete-cubeshin 28amnans ‘Qualty Control Of Construction Testing Of Concrete Cubes the cubes shall be tested inthe satrated and surtice dy condition. Fr the tr: representation of actual strength of concrete inthe sbuctre, exta cubes shall be cas, stored and cured as per he identical condition of hat structure, and tested at reqied age TESTING OF CONCRETE CUBES: ‘The dmmensnns ofthe specimens to he nearest 0.2 mm and thee weight halle noted here testing, The hear sic ofthe testing machine sal be wiped clean and any bos sand or other mater removed Eom the sures of he specimen whch arco beacon! wi th compression piers. The eabe sabe paced othe racine in such nthe th ad sha be app to apposite sles of eubes as cs tht no to the top and bottom The an ofthe specinan sale carey aged with ceue of he ts ofthe spicy seated platen. No packing stl be wed between the ices ofthe est pecinen and the sel pte ofthe testing macho. As the sphorzaly seated lok bought to bear on the specimen the movable portion shall be rotted gery by han 50 tht undo seating may be obtbed. The load sabe app wiou sock an increased contminl at rat of eproxiatly 140 kgs ein the scsitnce ofthe spcinea wo the fereasing ad beaks down and so gate ad canbe ssid. The rain oad appied tothe specinen shal then be recorded and be appearance of be come and ary weal ates ihe type of ire shallbe mated, se gland 2. The compressive sen of conrete shale ake fomMaximam hadiCross- Sectional are ofeube ‘Ta be report he nearest 0 SN? ACCEPTANCE: Tor the seceptnce, both th conditions shoul be met wil: 8) The mean stength detemined fon any grow of fhur-ton overlapping consecutive test resus shuld copy wih the appropriate lini as given in able-2 by Any nda est rest comps wit nthe appropriste It as given a tabe-2 Table-2 : Characteristic Compressive Strength Compliance Requirement: Spociod grade | Meanofthe group of nonoverlapping | ndviual est resus in Nin? conscotive test ress in Nie? Mais > fk + 0.825 x establihed standacd >oRk-3 Nien? deviation (ound oft nearest 0 Nita?) fk-+3 Nao? Whichever greater M20 orabove | > fk | 0.825 x established standard = k= 4 Nin? ‘deviation (ounded offto nearest 05 Nem?) fk +4 Nim? whichever greater Note: In absence of established standard deviation, the vals given in Tablo-8 of 18456-2000 may be assumed. INTERPRETATIONS-EXAMPLE FOR M-25 GRADE OF CONCRETE Fora pour of 31-50 m4 sampkes (ach sample Iaving 3 eubes) are mandatory. 1, The average ve of set of thee cubes (one samp) should have strength withthe ints oF =159% be al, ofthe average vue, Otherwise the resuk of that samp wil 2, The mean vake of samples (4 average vabes obtained fom each sample of cubes) should met the eriera at given mn table-2. For M-25 grade of sonercte the mean vale of these 4 samples should not be less tha cher 29 Nimmd or 28 Nan? ph 0.825 times the standard deviation wiichever the greater, 3. Any individual test esl ofa cube ou ofthe above shoul! not have vals less han 21 Nia Incase of doubt regarding th ade of concrete used eter due wo poor workmanship or based on resus of ube strength est fer tests shouldbe conducted such as non-destructive test by Conerere Test Hamner, Urasonic Concrete Tester ete Partial destructive est by dling cores a testing hem in compression. In ro case wer than three cores he tested, The fraltest cide the had tsthg on struct. DURABILITY OF CONCRETE: Cube testing alone aol the eres for he ducabiiy of conrete structure. A durable concrete one tht perform saictoiy inthe working emizonmer ding is aiepated exposure condions during serve, The msteras and mix proportions specified and used shoul be such sto msi i iepty and ifappeable, '@ protect embedded metal fiom conson, wun sngineeringivilcomgualiy-contrl-of-construcion-testing-f-concrete-cubeshin aeamnans ‘Qualty Control Of Construction Testing Of Concrete Cubes 115 essential hat every concrete structure should contin fo perform is stended finetions, thts mained is requéed stength and sendceaby,durg the specie or tradtionally expected serie i. I follws that concrete mat be abl ta witha the processes of deterioration to which canbe expected to be exposed. Such consreve sid tobe durable Both strength and duabity have tobe considered expcly a the design stage. The emphasis & on the word both because i woud bea mistake to replace coverempharis on strength by overemphass on duraiey. 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